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U.S. NEWS Monday 16 January 2023
House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs case

By HOPE YEN The latest disclosure was in
Associated Press addition to the discovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — New- of documents found in De-
ly empowered House Re- cember in Biden’s garage
publicans on Sunday de- and in November at his
manded the White House former offices at the Penn
turn over all information Biden Center in Washing-
related to its searches that ton.
have uncovered classified Sauber said that Biden’s
documents at President personal lawyers, who did
Joe Biden’s home and for- not have security clearanc-
mer office in the wake of es, stopped their search
more records found at his after finding the first page
Delaware residence. on Wednesday evening.
“We have a lot of ques- Sauber found the remain-
tions,” said Rep. James ing material Thursday, as
Comer, chairman of the he was facilitating their re-
House Oversight and Ac- trieval by Justice Depart-
countability Committee. ment. Sauber did not ex-
Comer, R-Ky., said he wants plain why the White House
to see all documents and waited two days to provide
communications related an updated accounting.
to the searches by the Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., talks to reporters as he walks to the House chamber, on Capitol Hill in The White House is already
Biden team, as well as visi- Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Associated Press facing scrutiny for waiting
tor logs of the president’s more than two months to
home in Wilmington, Dela- tice Department was be- but yet hours after that we White House officials “can acknowledge the discov-
ware, from Jan. 20, 2021, ginning to investigate and still had the president’s per- say they’re being transpar- ery of the initial group of
to present. He said the aim said Biden’s “mishandling sonal attorneys, who have ent, but it’s anything but,” documents at the Biden of-
is to determine who might of classified materials raises no security clearance, still the committee chairman, fice.
have had access to classi- the issue of whether he has rummaging around the Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Mary-
fied material and how the jeopardized our national president’s residence, look- told Fox News Channel’s land, the top Democrat
records got there. security.” Comer demand- ing for things — I mean “Sunday Morning Futures.” on the House Oversight
The White House on Sat- ed that the White House that would essentially be a White House lawyer Rich- and Accountability Com-
urday said it had discov- provide all relevant infor- crime scene, so to speak,” ard Sauber said in a state- mittee, said the Justice
ered five additional pages mation including visitor logs Comer said. ment Saturday that a total Department rightfully ap-
of classified documents at by the end of the month. The House Judiciary Com- of six pages of classified pointed special counsels
Biden’s home on Thursday, Appearing on CNN’s “State mittee on Friday requested documents were found to “get to the bottom” of
the same day a special of the Union,” Comer re- that Attorney General Mer- from Biden’s time serving the Biden classified docu-
counsel was appointed to ferred to Biden’s home as rick Garland turn over infor- as vice president in the ments matter as well as in a
review the matter. a “crime scene” though mation related to the dis- Obama administration separate investigation into
In a letter Sunday to White he acknowledged that it covery of documents and during a search of Biden’s the mishandling of classi-
House chief of staff Ron was not clear whether laws Garland’s appointment of private library. The White fied documents at former
Klain, Comer criticized the were broken. special counsel Richard House had said previously President Donald Trump’s
searches by Biden repre- “My concern is that the spe- Hur to oversee the investi- that only a single page was private club and residence
sentatives when the Jus- cial counsel was called for, gation. found there. in Florida.q

Enrollment gains boost UnitedHealth in

fourth quarter

By TOM MURPHY Healthcare insurance busi- $53 billion.
AP Health Writer ness added more than Operating earnings ad-
UnitedHealth Group beat 600,000 customers to its vanced 16% to almost $4
fourth-quarter forecasts by Medicare Advantage busi- billion for the company’s
adding Medicare Advan- ness, which offers privately more profitable Optum
tage and Medicaid enroll- run versions of the govern- business, which includes a
ment and delivering more ment’s Medicare program growing number of clinics
care through its surging Op- mainly for people ages 65 and urgent care and sur-
tum Health business. and older. It then added gery centers.
The health care giant also another half million people UnitedHealth once mainly
saw earnings jump for its through Medicaid cover- sold health insurance, but In this June 15, 2018 file photo, United Healthcare correspondence
Optum Rx segment, which age it manages for states. it has been providing more is seen in North Andover, Mass. UnitedHealth Group reports
runs prescription drug cov- Those gains helped oper- care for several years now. earnings on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Associated Press
erage as one of the na- ating earnings, which ex- Overall, UnitedHealth
tion’s largest pharmacy clude investment gains or booked adjusted earnings to $82.79 billion, matching its forecast for adjusted
benefit managers. losses, surge 38% to nearly of $5.34 per share in the Wall Street forecasts. earnings to range between
Overall, the company said $3 billion for UnitedHealth- fourth quarter. For the full year, United- $24.40 and $24.90 per share
Friday that its profit soared care. Analysts expected $5.17 Health earned more than this year. The company typ-
17% to $4.76 billion in the fi- Medical costs, the compa- per share, according to $20 billion on $324.16 billion ically starts each year con-
nal quarter of 2022. ny’s largest expense, also Zacks Investment Research. in revenue. UnitedHealth servatively with its earnings
The company’s United- jumped 11% to more than Total revenue grew 12% also reaffirmed on Friday forecasts.q