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Classified records from Obama-Biden administration found at Washington office [Video]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- President Joe Biden’s personal attorneys found classified records from his vice presidency at a Washington office.
- Biden occupied an office at the Penn Biden Center from 2017 to before his 2020 presidential campaign.
- His attorneys found the documents in a locked closet on Nov. 2 and immediately turned them over to the National Archives.
A White House lawyer confirmed that President Joe Biden’s personal attorneys discovered classified records from his vice presidency at a Washington office he occupied before his presidential campaign.
According to Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, Biden’s personal attorneys identified classified material while they “were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space” on Nov. 2 at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.
Sauber added that the office of the White House Counsel immediately notified the National Archives, which took possession of the material the next morning. He did not specify what the documents contained, their classification, and how many there were, but he noted that the material was not under any previous inquiry or request by the National Archives.
The White House is currently cooperating with the Justice Department and the National Archives.
Biden served as vice president from 2009 to 2017 under former President Barack Obama. The Penn Biden Center was named after him after he occasionally used the office space from mid-2017 until the launch of his 2020 presidential campaign.
CBS News reported that the discovery included nearly 10 documents, none of which contained nuclear secrets. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has designated an attorney in Chicago to look into the material.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee pointed out that Biden’s attorneys “appear to have taken immediate and proper action” upon discovery of the material. Raskin expressed confidence that Garland will “make an impartial decision about any further action that may be needed.”
The Justice Department has an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of highly-sensitive classified documents kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate. On Aug. 8, the FBI conducted a court-approved search of his Florida estate, seized thousands of records, and found around 100 documents marked as classified.
On Monday, Trump commented on the discovery at Bidens previous office, posting on Truth Social: “When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House? These documents were definitely not declassified.”
Source: Reuters
James Herman
January 10, 2023 at 9:36 am
Garland will make an impartial decision??? Yeah, right. When Hell freezes over…
Perry
January 11, 2023 at 6:36 am
We are in the midst of our Nation crumbling. Isaiah 5:20,21
Ray
January 11, 2023 at 7:41 am
Guaranteed their will be no further action taken against the anti-America mumbling, bumbling fool that is biden. His whole corrupt administration believes they are above the law. FJB
Concerned citizen
January 11, 2023 at 9:11 am
The public will never know the content of Biden’s hidden documents. What would he want to hide? It is obviously his China connections and maybe even leaks to China. He is concealing information to protect his own and his family business ventures
Basil Bronson
January 11, 2023 at 9:55 am
Joe Biden concealing something?! NAW!!! Not honest Joe. He wouldn’t do anything like that!! Or would HE?!!
Roland
January 11, 2023 at 10:30 am
It doesn’t matter what was or is on the documents. Biden had no business having them. And taking them out of the White House compounded his crime. Plus leaving them in a unsecured location where they were accessable to any Tom Dick or Harry even adds one more crime. Biden is a treasonous piece of Shit and he obviously has been for many years.
Pia
January 11, 2023 at 12:49 pm
Biden claims he doesn’t know what is in the documents, doesn’t know how they got there, and apparently “forgot” that they existed. And that is at a “think tank” started while he was named a “professor” – not only is he the Nutty Professor, he is the Absent-minded Professor. The only institution he belongs in is one for the deranged. He is definitely a threat to society.
Casey
January 11, 2023 at 12:58 pm
What other closets contain documents! They need a search warrant for all the property of Penn!
Stephen G.
January 11, 2023 at 5:06 pm
Speaking of closets, they should look in Killery’s closet for skeletons. I mean literally real skeleton’s!!!
Nora
January 11, 2023 at 3:39 pm
By the Grace of God, things will change for the better.bring them down to there on level.Bless Be.
Sean Rickman
January 11, 2023 at 4:24 pm
Classified documents and a liberal democRAT and two sets of rules,one set for liberal,socialist democRATS and RINOS and another for conservative AMERICAN Republicans.This will go nowhere in a hurry.