Even Adam Schiff Admits Biden Classified Docs Scandal Might Have Jeopardized National Security

California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff admitted Sunday that President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents might have jeopardized national security.

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” Schiff praised Sunday’s appointment to a special counsel to investigate whether Biden improperly managed classified files. Schiff also demanded an intelligence assessment to determine if national security was being compromised. Schiff Claim Donald Trump was the former President “knowingly put our national security at risk” Mar-a-Lago, his Florida residence, with classified documents.

“I do think it’s the right move,” Schiff spoke of the special counsel investigation. “The attorney general has to make sure that not only is justice evenly applied, but the appearances of justice are also satisfactory to the public. And here, I don’t think he had any choice but to appoint a special counsel. And I think that special counsel will do the proper assessment.”

Rep. Adam Schiff is a former Chair of the House Intelligence Committee. @JonKarl Attorney General Garland was right to appoint a special counsel for the Biden documents case.

“I still would like to see Congress do its own assessment.” https://t.co/ndQmL4Gr7U pic.twitter.com/Tcaen00Q9W

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“I still would like to see Congress do its own assessment of — and receive an assessment from the intelligence community of whether there was an exposure to others of these documents, whether there was harm to national security, on the case of either set of documents with either president,” He also added, taking a swipe on Trump.

Schiff said that he couldn’t determine whether Biden harmed national security by possessing classified documents at his Delaware home.

“I don’t think we can exclude the possibility without knowing more of the facts,” He said. “We have asked for an assessment in the intelligence community of the Mar-a-Lago documents. I think we ought to get that same assessment of the documents found in the – in the think tank, as well as the home of President Biden. I’d like to know what these documents were. I’d like to know what the IC’s assessment is, whether there was any risk of exposure and what the harm would be and whether any mitigation needs to be done. I think that would be appropriate and consistent with what we requested in the case of Mar-a-Lago.”

“We have asked for an assessment in the intelligence community of the Mar-a-Lago documents,” Rep. Schiff says @JonKarl.

“I think we ought to get that same assessment of the documents found in the think tank, as well as the home of Pres. Biden.” https://t.co/ndQmL4Gr7U pic.twitter.com/jyAANuvTLP

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U.S. Attorney-General Merrick Garland Announced Thursday’s announcement by President Biden was that he had named a special counsel to investigate the president over classified documents he discovered.

Garland appointed former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur — who served during the Trump administration — to serve as special counsel in the investigation after 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.

Ryan Saavedra was a contributor to this report.