GOP Sen. Cotton vows to stall nominations until Congress gets Biden, Trump classified docs
"The administration is stonewalling Congress on the classified documents present at President Trump's residence and President Biden's residence and office, which is totally unacceptable."
By Ben Whedon
Updated: January 26, 2023 - 8:30pm
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton vowed that lawmakers would stall Biden government nominations until it handed over the materials the FBI recovered from both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
"Until the administration stops stonewalling Congress, there will be pain as a consequence for them," Cotton said, according to The Hill. "Whether it's blocking nominees or withholding budgetary funds, Congress will impose pain on the administration until they provide these documents."
"I'm prepared to refuse consent to fast-track any nominee from any department or agency and to take every step that I can on every committee on which I serve to impose consequences on the administration until they provide these documents," he declared.
The administration has insisted that it may not share that information amid the special counsel investigations that Jack Smith and Robert Hur are pursuing into the Trump and Biden document episodes, respectively. Cotton rejected this argument, contending that relevant lawmakers needed to know what information may have been compromised.
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