Obama Ethics Chief Slams Biden Over Classified Doc Scandal: ‘Inexcusable Neglect Of Most Basic Security Protocols’

Walter Shaub from the Obama Administration’s Ethics Department blasted President Joe Biden this week in an interview. This was after classified documents were found at his house and in a think-tank named his.

“It’s nothing like Trump’s deliberate refusal to return classified records demanded by the National Archives, but Biden’s own retention of classified records reflects an inexcusable neglect of the most basic security protocols,” Shaub told Fox News. “The fact that the White House didn’t mention that records were found in more than one location when first asked about them was a breach of trust with the public and a self-inflicted wound.”

“Based on what we know so far, it seems unlikely that he’s at risk of any of legal consequences,” Shaub claimed “but I’m glad Garland appointed a special counsel to show even-handed treatment of the current and former president.”

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he 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.

The review began sometime after Biden’s personal attorney found 10 classified documents stashed in an envelope in the president’s private office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington. The envelope was discovered by the attorney in November 2. However, the discovery was only made public earlier this week. Richard Sauber (special counsel to the president) said that the documents were immediately transferred to the National Archives for storage.

Sauber said in a separate statement that a search of Biden’s known offices, quarters, and other spaces turned up a second set of classified documents, these located at the president’s home in Wilmington, Delaware.

Tim Pearce contributed to the report.