Biden Addresses Classified Docs Scandal, Says He Has “No Regrets” About His Actions

President Joe Biden On Thursday, he responded to an investigation into his handling classified material. He stated that he has “no regrets” Over his actions.

Biden was first to be found with classified documents in his private room at the Penn Biden Center, an think tank in Washington, D.C., just one week before midterm elections in 2022. Since then, Biden’s attorneys have located more classified documents at Biden’s home in Wilmington on three separate occasions: an unspecified number found in the garage on December 20, one document found in Biden’s study on January 11, and five more found in the study on January 12.

“We’re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly,” Biden spoke the following about California’s ongoing recovery efforts after recent storms. “I think you’re gonna find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets. I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do — that’s exactly what we’re doing. There’s no there, there.”

Biden attacked the reporter that asked the question, claiming it was offensive “quite frankly bugs” He said that the question was being asked.

Biden is asked by a reporter if he has any questions about classified documents. “What quite frankly bugs me is we have a serious problem here and the American people don’t quite understand why you don’t ask me questions about that” Before adding, he has “no regrets” His treatment of the doctors. pic.twitter.com/rkV8eOiaPq

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U.S. Attorney-General Merrick Garland appointed former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur — who served during the Trump administration — to serve as special counsel in the investigation after the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch, who was assigned to do an initial review of the case, recommended to Garland that a special counsel be appointed.

According to the Department of Justice, declined to assign FBI agents to monitor the search of Biden’s home under a mutual agreement reached with Biden’s personal attorneys. Department officials reportedly believed that FBI supervision would overly complicate the federal investigation into classified documents related to Biden, and that the supervision was unnecessary with Biden’s cooperation.

This report was contributed by Tim Pearce.

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