House Republicans received a smaller amount of documents than they requested in response to their subpoena to the Department of Justice in President Joe Biden’s classified documents case.

The subpoena demanded the DOJ turn over all documents related to the special counsel’s interviews with Biden as well as the ghostwriter of the president’s memoir, Mark Zwonitzer. 

The subpoena also requested documents related to a phone call between Biden, who was vice president at the time, and the Ukrainian prime minister in December 2015. All communications between the Justice Department, special counsel, the White House, and the president’s personal attorney were also requested in the subpoena. 

Special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation found evidence that the president mishandled classified documents during his time as vice president but did not suggest bringing criminal charges. The report did, however, paint a “dim” picture of Biden, saying he was “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” 

“Mr. Biden’s memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with a ghostwriter in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023,” according to the report.

The DOJ responded to the subpoena on Feb. 16 and stated the department was “working to gather and process” the requested documents by the March 7 deadline. 

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Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) said they requested the documents “to understand whether the White House or President Biden’s personal attorneys placed any limitations or scoping restrictions during the interviews with Special Counsel Hur or Mr. Mark Zwonitzer.”

Hur is scheduled to testify to the Judiciary Committee on March 12.