Republicans spent months defending Trump for repeatedly obstructing investigations into classified documents he had at Mar-a-Lago. Then, when President Biden immediately turned over classified documents his lawyers found to the FBI, House Oversight Chair James Comer made an onslaught of demands for documents, hearings, and investigations. This week, it was revealed that former Vice President Mike Pence also discovered classified documents at his home and turned them over to the FBI—yet Comer has yet to issue the same demands as he has for President Biden. The GOP’s baseless investigations are nothing more than partisan games, and Comer’s overt hypocrisy has never been more glaringly obvious:
| Comer’s Demands to President Biden | Comer’s Demands to former President Trump | Comer’s Demands to former Vice President Pence |
| Publicly vowed to hold Congressional hearings over Biden’s classified documents. | ||
| Publicly demanded a Congressional investigation on “anonymous donors” to the Penn Biden Center. | ||
| Contacted the Secret Service and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain demanding all visitor information at the Bidens’ Wilmington, Delaware home. | ||
| Contacted the University of Pennsylvania demanding confidential information about all employees, donors, and keycard holders connected to the Penn Biden Center. | ||
| Contacted the University of Pennsylvania demanding a visitor log and all security documents for the Penn Biden Center. | ||
| Demanded all documents and communications from White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain about the search for Biden’s classified documents. | ||
| Demanded lists of all Biden classified documents found, locations searched, and identifying information about lawyers/aides involved in the search from the White House. | ||
| Demanded all documents and communications with the Penn Biden Center from the White House. | ||
| Demanded all documents and communications between the White House and the National Archives about Biden’s classified documents. | ||
| Contacted the National Archives (NARA) for all documents and communications between NARA employees and/or outside entities about Biden’s classified documents. | ||
| Demanded all documents and communications between the Department of Justice and the National Archives about Biden’s classified documents. |