{"id":2064437,"date":"2023-10-12T06:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T10:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-finds-contradictions-in-biden-attorney-statements-about-classified-documents\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:14:01","slug":"house-oversight-finds-contradictions-in-biden-attorney-statements-about-classified-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-finds-contradictions-in-biden-attorney-statements-about-classified-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Attorney&#8217;s Statements on Classified Documents Contradict, House Oversight Discovers."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhouse-oversight-finds-contradictions-in-biden-attorney-statements-about-classified-documents%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=2064437&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>House Committee Investigates Mishandling of Classified Documents\u200c at Penn Biden Center<\/h2>\n<p>Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) of the House Committee on Oversight \u2062and Accountability \u200cis intensifying \u200cthe investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified \u200bdocuments by President Joe Biden during his time as vice \u2062president. The \u200ccommittee has discovered discrepancies in\u2062 the <a title=\"House Republicans Demand Space Force Commander Be Reinstated After Being Fired For Criticizing Marxism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-space-force-commander-be-reinstated-after-being-fired-for-criticizing-marxism\/\">public statements made<\/a> \u2062by \u200cPresident\u200d Biden&#8217;s lawyer regarding\u200d the classified documents that were kept\u200c at the Penn Biden Center.<\/p>\n<p>According to the committee, the documents in question were stored in an &#8220;unsecured closet at the Biden Penn Center.&#8221; In January,\u200d President Biden&#8217;s attorney Bob Bauer claimed that \u200ca small number of classified\u200c documents from the Obama administration were unexpectedly found at the center. This issue gained attention\u2063 after the \u200dFBI raided former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago estate to retrieve classified documents.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-interviewed-by-special-counsel-in-classified-documents-probe-white-house-5507055?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Biden Interviewed by Special\u200b Counsel in Classified Documents Probe: White \u2063House<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/9\/2023<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-lawyers-file-motion-to-push-mar-a-lago-documents-trial-to-november-2024-post-5504507?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Trump\u2064 Lawyers File Motion\u200c to Push Mar-a-Lago Documents Trial to November 2024<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/5\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chairman Comer now reveals that\u200c they have obtained \u2063information suggesting that President Biden&#8217;s documents were actually \u200cdiscovered in 2021. Multiple White House staffers were sent to assess and retrieve\u200b boxes of documents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee has obtained information \u2062that contradicts important details from the White House\u2019s and President Biden\u2019s personal\u200d attorney\u2019s \u2062statements about the discovery of documents at Penn Biden Center, including the location and security of the classified documents,&#8221; stated Chairman Comer.<\/p>\n<p>According to the committee, President Biden utilized significant federal resources, \u2064including\u200b five White House employees and\u2062 a Department of Defense employee, to access and secure items at the \u2064Penn Biden Center. White House Counsel Dana Remus and other <a title=\"Biden Attorney's Statements on Classified Documents Contradict, House Oversight Discovers.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-finds-contradictions-in-biden-attorney-statements-about-classified-documents\/\">staff \u200dmembers played key roles<\/a> in coordinating the handling of the boxes containing classified materials.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman\u200b Comer accuses President Biden of providing incomplete and misleading\u200d information, omitting months\u2064 of communications and coordination\u200d from their investigations. He questions why so many White House staffers were involved in\u200b retrieving boxes that were\u200c believed to contain only personal\u200d documents.<\/p>\n<h2>White House Staffers Involved<\/h2>\n<p>Annie\u200b Tomasini,\u2063 senior\u2064 adviser \u200cand assistant to President Biden, was sent to take inventory\u200c at the Penn Biden Center\u2064 on March 18, 2021. White House Counsel Remus contacted Kathy\u200b Chung, a Department of Defense official at the \u200dtime, to retrieve\u200b documents on May 24, 2022. Ms.\u200d Chung fulfilled this request on June 28, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Comer highlights that Ms. Remus\u200b contacted Ms. Chung through her private email, potentially evading Freedom of Information Act disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 12, 2022, \u2064Ashley Williams, special assistant to the president, and Pat Moore, the \u200bpresident&#8217;s personal attorney, went\u200d to Penn Biden Center to further assess the boxes. The next day, Ms. Williams returned to\u200c retrieve a \u2064few of \u2064the \u200dboxes. Mr. Bauer,\u2064 the president&#8217;s personal attorney, texted Ms. Chung to \u200cinform her that Mr. Moore \u200bhad started sorting through the\u200d boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Comer did not disclose how the committee obtained this information, but some of it was revealed during \u200ban interview with Ms. Chung. None \u2063of these actions\u2063 were mentioned in President Biden&#8217;s official statements\u200b regarding the \u2063timeline of retaining classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the committee discovered that Mr. Moore\u200b had scheduled\u200c a\u200d FedEx pickup at Penn Biden Center on Nov. 2, 2022, the\u200b same day the National\u200d Archives and Records Administration was supposedly contacted to archive \u2062the \u2064documents. This\u200d raises concerns about potential removal of boxes before\u2062 the arrival of\u2064 NARA.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Comer \u2062argues that the White House&#8217;s involvement and concern in coordinating the\u2064 retrieval \u200band examination of the boxes indicate that they were \u200cnot merely personal items of President Biden&#8217;s.\u200d The committee is requesting communications and transcribed interviews with the named White House staffers to resolve the discrepancies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Ms. Remus has declined an interview with the committee, redirecting all questions to the White \u200dHouse. Chairman Comer also highlights security\u2064 issues, stating that the White House&#8217;s \u200bclaims about the locked closet where the boxes were found \u200bcontradict statements \u2064from Penn Biden Center employees. The committee is\u2062 determined to uncover the truth and is\u200c seeking further evidence \u200bto clarify the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What are\u2063 the implications of the\u2063 involvement\u2062 of other \u2063White House \u2062staff members in the mishandling of classified documents?<\/h2>\n<p>23.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u2062the committee has also obtained emails \u2063and other forms \u2062of \u200bcommunication\u2064 that\u2063 reveal the \u200dinvolvement of \u2062other White House\u200d staff members. These individuals include Deputy White House Counsel Christopher\u200b Grah\u200cham and Senior Policy Advisor Micha\u200cel Kikukawa.\u2063 The \u200ccommittee\u200c is questioning the extent \u200dof their involvement and\u2063 the reasons behind\u2063 their\u200c actions.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman\u200c Comer emphasizes\u200c that the mishandling of classified documents is a serious offense and raises concerns about the security and integrity of our government. He states, &#8220;It \u2063is deeply troubling that\u2064 the current President of the United States may have mishandled classified materials \u200dand <a title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\">provided misleading information<\/a> to the American \u2064people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation by the House Committee on Oversight \u2062and Accountability is ongoing,\u2063 and Chairman Comer \u200bhas requested additional documents, \u2064including any communications related to the discovery and retrieval of the classified documents from the Penn Biden Center. The \u2062committee intends to \u2062thoroughly examine the actions of President Biden \u2062and his staff and determine \u200bwhether any laws \u2062or protocols were violated.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u2062 and\u2063 his administration have not yet responded\u200b publicly\u200b to \u200bthe\u200b intensifying\u200b investigation. The White House Press Secretary has stated that they are aware of the committee&#8217;s request for additional documents and will cooperate fully with\u2064 the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation into the\u200d mishandling of classified documents by President Biden, particularly during his time as vice \u2062president, has significant implications for national security and the transparency of our \u200bgovernment. It is essential for the truth to be\u200c uncovered\u200b and for appropriate actions to be taken to ensure\u2062 accountability and the proper handling of classified information in the\u200c future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) seeks documents and communications on classified files stored at Penn Biden Center. 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