Biden Dodges Question About Classified Docs Found at His Think Tank
President Biden on Monday refused to answer questions about the classified documents that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C.
On Nov. 2, his personal lawyers discovered records from Biden’s tenure as vice president. These records were included in a compiled bibliography. “small number of documents with classified markings,” The White House stated. The documents were immediately taken into the National Archives, who received notification the next day.
“The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives,” Richard Sauber, White House Special Counsel, stated in a statement. “Since that discovery, the President’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland John Lausch, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, was given the responsibility of reviewing the records.
President Biden on Monday refused to answer questions about the classified documents that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C.
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Biden did not respond to reporters when they asked him about his reaction.
“Any response to the discovery of classified documents at your office?” The reporter asked. The president seemed to ignore the question and look down.
Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, which is affiliated to the University of Pennsylvania, was opened in Washington, D.C., February 2018.
This is after Biden was previously criticized Former President Trump After the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago property, Florida, in August
Biden’s records as Vice President were found at the think tank by his personal lawyers on Nov. 2 and included a “small number of documents with classified markings,” According to the White House,
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“How that could possibly happen? How anyone could be that irresponsible? And I thought what data was in there that would maybe compromise sources and methods?” The president said “60 Minutes” Last year. “And it just – totally irresponsible.”
According to the Presidential Records Act, all documents from the presidential administration or staff must be submitted to the National Archives.
Trump responded to Biden’s discovery by asking if he would be subject To an FBI search An apparent reference to Mar-a-Lago’s search by the agency.
At the entrance to the former US President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach (Florida), USA on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, a member of US Secret Service.
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“When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?” Trump wrote Monday’s Truth Social. “These documents were definitely not declassified.”
Paul Best from Fox News contributed to this report.
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