{"id":1804963,"date":"2023-01-13T11:51:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1804963"},"modified":"2023-01-13T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:54:35","slug":"congressman-who-once-expressed-fears-guam-would-capsize-suggests-bidens-classified-docs-were-planted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-who-once-expressed-fears-guam-would-capsize-suggests-bidens-classified-docs-were-planted\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Who Once Expressed Fears Guam Would Capsize Suggests Biden&#8217;s Classified Docs Were &#8220;Planted&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongressman-who-once-expressed-fears-guam-would-capsize-suggests-bidens-classified-docs-were-planted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1804963&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Rep. Hank Johnson (D.Ga.), stated that the classified government records found at President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s Delaware home and a Washington office Biden had used could have been \u201cplanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlleged classified documents showing up allegedly in the possession of Joseph Biden \u2026 I\u2019m suspicious of the timing of it,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrat-suggests-classified-docs-bidens-home-office-planted-second-batch-found\">Telled<\/a> Fox News January 12.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Biden\u2019s lawyer confirmed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/classified-documents-found-in-second-location-by-bidens-lawyers_4980314.html\">Second batch of classified documents<\/a> was found in the garage and an adjacent room inside the president\u2019s residence in Wilmington, Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m also aware of the fact that things can be planted on people. \u2026 Things can be planted in places and then discovered conveniently,\u201d Johnson continued.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman didn\u2019t offer any evidence for his claim.<\/p>\n<p>Despite speculation, the president acknowledged that he had discovered the material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said earlier this week, and by the way, my Corvette is in a locked garage. OK? So it\u2019s not like they\u2019re sitting out on the street,\u201d Biden discussed the latest discovery later Thursday with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Biden answered the question, &#8220;Is it in a locked garage?&#8221; \u201c\u2018Yes, as well as my Corvette.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople know I take classified documents and classified material seriously,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cI also said we\u2019re cooperating, fully cooperated with the Justice Department\u2019s review.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4981894\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12\/GettyImages-1456008271-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4981894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1456008271-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4981894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1456008271-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> On January 12, 2023, President Joe Biden delivered remarks about the economy and inflation at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>Second batch of Classified Documents<\/h2>\n<p>On Nov. 12, White House attorney Richard Sauber said that they searched Biden\u2019s residences in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/classified-documents-found-at-penn-biden-center-presidents-lawyer_4972626.html\">Discovery of documents marked with classified marks<\/a> Inside a locked closet in the Biden Penn Center. This is a Washington think tank office that Biden used from 2017 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sauber didn\u2019t say when the search was conducted. The first trove of classified materials was discovered on Nov. 2, days before the midterm elections, and it wasn\u2019t disclosed to the public until two months later.<\/p>\n<p>In Thursday\u2019s statement, Sauber said the attorneys \u201ccompleted the review last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the review, the lawyers discovered among personal and political papers a small number of additional Obama-Biden Administration records with classified markings,\u201d Sauber said.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer added most of the government documents marked classified were found in a storage space inside the garage at Biden\u2019s Wilmington residence, with one other with classified markings found in an adjacent room. \u201cNo documents were found in the Rehoboth Beach residence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4982209\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/13\/GettyImages-1035984080-1-1200x729.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4982209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1035984080-1-600x365-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4982209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1035984080-1-600x365-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> United States Attorney Robert Hur speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, in Baltimore, Md., on Sept. 19, 2018. (Zach Gibson\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>DOJ Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Later Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Grland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/attorney-general-appoints-special-counsel-to-investigate-documents-found-at-bidens-home-office_4981026.html\">Nominated<\/a> Robert Hur is a special counsel for investigating \u201cwhether any person or entity violated the law\u201d These documents are your guide.<\/p>\n<p>Hur was the U.S. attorneys for the District of Maryland prior to being appointed by President Donald Trump as the highest law enforcement official of Maryland in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will conduct the assigned investigation with fair, impartial, and dispassionate judgment,\u201d Hur said it in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/statement-special-counsel-robert-k-hur\">Statement<\/a> Issued after his appointment. \u201cI intend to follow the facts swiftly and thoroughly, without fear or favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sauber also issued a statement stating that they believe that the review will reveal these documents to be fraudulent. \u201cinadvertently misplaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced and the president and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake,\u201d the president\u2019s lawyer said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4981918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12\/speaker-mccarthy-speaks-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4981918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/speaker-mccarthy-speaks-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4981918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/speaker-mccarthy-speaks-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker (Republican-California), was in Washington on Jan. 12, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>For Congressional Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cNot once but now we\u2019re finding in two different locations, classified information just out there in the open,\u201d On Thursday, Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker (R-Calif.), spoke to reporters. \u201cI think Congress has to investigate this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before McCarthy\u2019s comment, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, had already said the House panel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/house-panel-launches-investigation-into-bidens-classified-document-stash_4977088.html\">Was investigating<\/a> Biden\u2019s handling of classified material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith or without a special counsel, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will investigate President Biden\u2019s mishandling of classified documents and the Swamp\u2019s efforts to hide this information from the American people,\u201d Comer <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-statement-on-appointment-of-special-counsel\/\"><\/a>\u00a0Thursday before the appointment as special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Archives and Records Administration, the White House, and the Department of Justice were aware of the classified documents stashed in a closet at the Penn Biden Center before the election, and now we\u2019ve learned classified documents kept in President Biden\u2019s garage were found in December,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many questions about why the Biden Administration kept this matter a secret from the public, who had access to the office and the residence, and what information is contained in these classified documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Zachary Stieber contributed this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-dorothy-li\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/default-user.png\" alt=\"Dorothy Li\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Dorothy Li is a reporter at The Epoch Times, based in Europe.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Hank Johnson (D.Ga.), stated that the classified government records found at President Joe Biden\u2019s Delaware home and a Washington office Biden had used could have been \u201cplanted.\u201d \u201cAlleged classified documents showing up allegedly in the possession of Joseph Biden \u2026 I\u2019m suspicious of the timing of it,\u201d Johnson Telled Fox News January 12. 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