House Republicans went after President Joe Biden for using pseudonyms in a number of emails. Now, the National Archives revealed there are approximately 5,400 such emails, files and records.
The pseudonyms were Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware, each of which had their own email address – robinware456@gmail.com, JRBWare@gmail.com and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov,.
The Southeastern Legal Foundation made a Freedom of Information Act request for the records in June 2022. The conservative legal organization is now suing. They want a federal judge to order the documents be released to the public. The SLF said the National Archives has not released a single email and “dragged its feet.”
“All too often, public officials abuse their power by using it for their personal or political benefit. When they do, many seek to hide it. The only way to preserve governmental integrity is for NARA to release Biden’s nearly 5,400 emails to SLF and thus the public. The American public deserves to know what is in them,” SLF General Counsel Kimberly Hermann said in a statement.
The National Archives informed SLF that the documents have to be processed and reviewed, and representatives for both former President Obama and President Biden have to be notified.
As SAN previously reported, the House Oversight Committee is also asking the National Archives for the emails, many of which are already online but partially redacted.
The Oversight Committee is asking for unrestricted special access so its investigators can review whether there was overlap between Biden’s official duties as Vice President and his son’s activities in Ukraine.