{"id":1808482,"date":"2023-01-17T13:20:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808482"},"modified":"2023-01-17T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:25:07","slug":"government-watchdog-files-federal-complaint-about-involvement-of-white-house-counsels-office-in-classified-docs-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-watchdog-files-federal-complaint-about-involvement-of-white-house-counsels-office-in-classified-docs-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Watchdog Files Federal Complaint About Involvement of White House Counsel&#8217;s Office in Classified Docs Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fgovernment-watchdog-files-federal-complaint-about-involvement-of-white-house-counsels-office-in-classified-docs-scandal%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=1808482&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 class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX <\/strong>A government watchdog filed a federal complaint over the involvement of the White House Counsel\u2019s office in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>President Biden\u2019s<\/u><\/a> Growing scandal with classified documents<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Fox News Digital learned from the government watchdog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/environmental-groups-play-key-role-biden-admin-foreign-policy-emails-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Protect the Public\u2019s Trust (PPT)<\/u><\/a> On Tuesday, the complaint was filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American public will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice \u2013 with well-connected insiders subject to a lower standard of scrutiny than the normal citizen,&#8221; Mike Chamberlain, PPT director, said this in a statement sent to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-aides-find-5-more-classified-documents-biden-delaware-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>5 MORE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AT BIDEN&#8217;S DELAWARE HOME, WHITE HOUSE LAWYER SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-09-at-5.46.05-PM.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Protect the Public&#039;s Trust, a government watchdog, filed a federal complaint over the White House Counsel\u2019s Office\u2019s involvement in President Biden\u2019s growing classified documents scandal.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Protect the Public&#8217;s Trust, a government watchdog, filed a federal complaint over the White House Counsel\u2019s Office\u2019s involvement in President Biden\u2019s growing classified documents scandal.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Screenshot)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden promised the most ethical and transparent administration in history,&#8221; Chamberlain stated. &#8220;If the White House compounded a scandal involving possible mishandling of classified documents by improperly using taxpayer resources for his personal benefit and putting White House attorneys in positions that created conflicts of interest, we could be witnessing a serious betrayal of the public\u2019s already-plummeting trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It also creates the spectre of possible obstruction of a congressional investigation, depending on the legal basis for the intervention and any future privileges claimed by the White House on this escalating scandal,&#8221; He added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/620282945\/Protect-the-Public-s-Trust-WHCO-Misuse-Biden-Classified-Docs-Complaint?secret_password=V8qoIrrZ1UjX8ovXA412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>In the complaint<\/u><\/a>PPT claimed that the, which was first obtained Fox News Digital, was incorrect. &#8220;taxpayer resources may have been inappropriately used by senior White House lawyers, including Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber, to personally benefit Joe Biden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/schumer-manchin-hunter-bidens-wilmington-home-saw-frequent-visitors-while-classified-docs-were-stashed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SCHUMER, MANCHIN, HUNTER: BIDEN&#8217;S WILMINGTON HOME SAW FREQUENT VISITORS WHILE CLASSIFIED DOCS WERE STASHED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Biden-46.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"In the complaint exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, PPT alleged they \" believe taxpayer resources may have been inappropriately used by senior White House lawyers \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n PPT claimed they were a part of the complaint exclusivey obtained by Fox News Digital &#8220;believe taxpayer resources may have been inappropriately used by senior White House lawyers, including Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber, to personally benefit Joe Biden.&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(The Image Direct For Fox News Digital<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We further believe that the apparent representation of Mr. Biden by the White House Counsel\u2019s Office in this matter creates an untenable conflict of interest for that office,&#8221; The complaint is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The result, intended or not, could be to reduce transparency into the mishandling of state secrets and foreclose disclosure of communications between White House Counsel staff while acting on behalf of Joe Biden in his capacity as a citizen facing the prospect of criminal prosecution,&#8221; It will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jim-jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jim Jordan, R-Ohio,<\/a> The complaint was weighed in by the public, who asked why the special counsel for the president was working with Department of Justice (DOJ officials) to gather the classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why was White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber accompanying DOJ officials while they collected classified documents at the Biden residence?&#8221; Jordan asked. &#8220;Mr. Sauber\u2019s role raises serious concerns about the integrity of the Justice Department\u2019s investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/Biden-classified-documents-2020-campaign-video-shows-Delaware-garage.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The complaint comes as Biden weathers the growing classified documents scandal that saw the discovery of two batches of documents in the Penn Biden Center and the president\u2019s Wilmington, Delaware garage next to his Corvette.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The complaint comes as Biden weathers the growing classified documents scandal that saw the discovery of two batches of documents in the Penn Biden Center and the president\u2019s Wilmington, Delaware garage next to his Corvette.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Joe Biden for President)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This complaint comes as Biden faces the growing scandal surrounding the Penn Biden Center&#8217;s discovery of two batches documents. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president\u2019s Wilmington, Delaware garage<\/a> His Corvette next to him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House has also been under fire for the lack of visitors logs at the president\u2019s Delaware home. Fox News Digital reported Monday that they did not believe the logs existed.<\/p>\n<p>George Washington University (GWU) law professor Jonathan Turley says that President Joe Biden\u2019s lawyers are &#8220;likely witnesses in a criminal investigation&#8221; As the investigation into Biden&#8217;s handling classified documents continues,<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Houston Keene is a Fox News Digital politics writer. \u00a0Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX A government watchdog filed a federal complaint over the involvement of the White House Counsel\u2019s office in President Biden\u2019s Growing scandal with classified documents Fox News Digital learned from the government watchdog Protect the Public\u2019s Trust (PPT) On Tuesday, the complaint was filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. &#8220;The American &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1808485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,7372,5668,15065,7077,3974,5665,5045,3653,6998,5660,3819,4633,6056,3765],"class_list":["post-1808482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-classified","tag-complaint","tag-counsels","tag-docs","tag-federal","tag-files","tag-government","tag-house","tag-involvement","tag-office","tag-report","tag-scandal","tag-watchdog","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1808485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}