by Tyler Durden
Biden’s Classified-Records Found In Garage, AG Garland To Make Statement
“How that could possibly happen, how anyone could be that irresponsible. And I thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods.”
President Biden’s words reflecting on former President Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents will be hard for the spin-meisters to distract from as a second batch of documents have been discovered.
Richard Sauber, Special Counsel to the President, has issued a statement to explain this ‘misunderstanding’.As we stated previously, we are fully cooperating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in possession of the Archives.
Following the discovery of government documents at the Penn Biden Center in November 2022, and coordinating closely with the Department of Justice, the President’s lawyers have searched the President’s Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, residences – the other locations where files from his Vice- Presidential office might have been shipped in the course of the 2017 transition. The lawyers completed that review last night.
During the review, the lawyers discovered among personal and political papers a small number of additional Obama-Biden Administration records with classified markings. All but one of these documents were found in storage space in the President’s Wilmington residence garage. One document consisting of one page was discovered among stored materials in an adjacent room. No documents were found in the Rehoboth Beach residence.
[ZH: so not in a safe as they were found in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago?]
As was done in the case of the Penn-Biden Center, the Department of Justice was immediately notified, and the lawyers arranged for the Department of Justice to take possession of these documents.
The White House will continue to cooperate with the review by the Department of Justice.But, as Jonathan Turley wrote, the same questions are being asked now about Biden’s own potential “irresponsible” handling of classified material and the true extent of any violations. On Monday, during a state visit to Mexico, Biden declined to answer questions from reporters.
The Biden classified documents matter has been referred to U.S. Attorney John Lausch for investigation. But the discovery will only magnify questions for Garland.
Some of us have criticized Garland for refusing to appoint a special counsel to investigate influence-peddling allegations against Biden’s son, Hunter, despite an overwhelming basis for such an appointment.
In contrast, Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate Trump soon after Trump announced his 2024 presidential candidacy. That again raised questions about Garland’s treatment of Biden, who is actually the president, may also be a presidential candidate in 2024, and may be involved in the underlying allegations against his son.
Now, with this new document discovery, Biden may be accused of the same underlying crime as Trump — yet Garland has elected, once again, not to appoint a special counsel. Instead, he is keeping the Biden matter within Justice Department ranks. While U.S. Attorney Lausch was appointed by Trump and is widely respected, Garland was not willing to keep the Trump case in the hands of a similarly respected Justice Department prosecutor.
Of course, his stupid, hypocritical remarks were made about a photo the FBI released showing how THEY displayed the documents, not how Trump stored them. But, it’s simply accepted that idiot Biden is a stupid moron that lies with every breath.
So, if I rob a bank and the authorities surround my house, if I “cooperate” and return the money (well, what they can find, anyway), it’s all good and I get to skate?
I want to know what they regard as “a small number”, since they also consider an empty folder marked “Classified” (if at Mar a Lago) as being “nuclear launch codes”.
Now, before all you right-wing white supremacist radical jackals go apeshit, it clearly states in the Constitution that classified documents can be stolen and kept unsecured as long as their is a Chevrolet Corvette nearby. I think Thomas Jefferson included that.
He should move jack smith over to investigate biden.
Let’s get some background on Hur, who appears to be Asian, if not Chinese. No doubt the fascist Garland is going to appoint another political hack to handle this dicey situation. Once again, accuse Trump of some erroneous violation only to find out idiot Biden is grossly guilty of the same thing and more.
It will come to nothing. They might as well appoint Joy Behar, the results will probably be the same.
I agree. Like the impeachments and Jan6th, the left will make political theater out of this and the Hunter “investigation” to simply show, “See? Nothing to see here. TRUMP!!!”