Biden 'surprised' government records at old office

according to the White House on november 2nd personal attorneys for president joe biden clearing out the biden center, the penn center Um where his think tank, where he was working after he left the vice presidency in 2017 until just about when he launched his 2020 presidential campaign. Um they were clearing clearing out the offices, they went to *** locked closet and they found documents that appeared to contain classified markings on them according to the White House. The president's personal attorneys informed the White House Counsel's office in immediately, then contacted the National Archives and Records Administration, which took custody of those documents the next morning and also notified the Department of Justice to conduct *** review of that matter of the way that those documents were handled. So we understand that that review is ongoing. Merrick Garland, the attorney general has designated *** trump holdover U. S. Attorney from Chicago to handle that review these documents uh were that apparently contained classified markings were told that came from his time as vice president. Just because *** document is marked as classified doesn't mean that it is necessarily classified in of itself. Um And also that there are multiple levels of classification um and potential penalties for mishandling that range from sort of uh depending on how sensitive that information is. The White House did say these very small number of documents, it will be important to see over the next days and weeks ahead. See just how many documents are they are they at what level were they classify that if they were classified at all And potentially what sensitive information could have been, uh, could have been revealed that those documents have been revealed publicly. So we don't yet know how these documents uh, came into made their way to the to now President biden's office at the time. If that's something that he took with him or staff took with him after he left the vice presidency, we do know that in the case of former President trump, he shipped boxes and boxes of documents down to his private club in florida. The differences here critical one is that these documents were discovered by the president. The President biden's personal attorneys with former president trump some of those documents requested by federal authorities on multiple occasions. And at times. Uh, at least one instance, uh, former President trump's attorneys said that they had no more documents when federal authorities when they subsequently security *** search warrant from *** federal judge based on probable cause of those documents exist existed, found dozens and dozens of more documents with classified mark at that at that at that club in florida. Already, we're seeing republicans who are newly empowered on capitol hill after taking control of the House of Representatives questioning the Department of Justice, handling of this, suggesting that there are more similarities here. Some suggesting that the White House should be rated why it hasn't been raided yet, which is *** line that we saw posted by former president trump legal jeopardy that the the President could be in. Seems there the chances of there being significant legal jeopardy seemed to be very small at this point, but the political ramifications of this, he's already condemned his predecessor's handling classified information after he left office. Those will certainly resonate for some time, and this is certainly something that the president will be asked about in the in the days and weeks ahead, and whether or not he decides to answer that, and how he answers, that will itself be be revelatory.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was surprised when informed that government records were found by his attorneys at his former office space in Washington. He was asked about the issue after the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee requested that the U.S. intelligence conduct a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�damage assessment바카라 게임 웹사이트� of potentially classified documents.Speaking to reporters in Mexico City, Biden said his attorneys 바카라 게임 웹사이트�did what they should have done바카라 게임 웹사이트� when they immediately called the National Archives about the discovery at the offices of the Penn Biden Center. He kept an office there after he left the vice presidency in 2017 until shortly before he launched his presidential campaign in 2019.The White House confirmed that the Department of Justice was reviewing 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a small number of documents with classified markings" found at the office.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there are any government records that were taken there to that office,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Biden said in his first comments since news of the Nov. 2, 2022, document discovery emerged Monday. He added that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t know what바카라 게임 웹사이트�s in the documents" and that his lawyers had suggested he not ask.Earlier Tuesday, Rep. Mike Turner sent the request to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, saying that Biden's retention of the documents put him in 바카라 게임 웹사이트�potential violation of laws protecting national security, including the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Irrespective of a federal review, the revelation that Biden potentially mishandled classified or presidential records could prove to be a political headache for the president, who called former President Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s decision to keep hundreds of such records at his private club in Florida 바카라 게임 웹사이트�irresponsible. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Those entrusted with access to classified information have a duty and an obligation to protect it,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Turner in a letter to Haines. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This issue demands a full and thorough review.바카라 게임 웹사이트�On Tuesday, Rep. James Comer, the new GOP chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent the White House Counsel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s office a letter requesting copies of the documents found at the Biden office, communications about the discovery, and a list of those who may have had access to the office where they were found. The White House didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t immediately respond to the request.Haines agreed in September to conduct a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�risk assessment바카라 게임 웹사이트� rather than a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�damage assessment바카라 게임 웹사이트� of the Trump case.There are significant differences between the Trump and Biden situations, including the gravity of an ongoing grand jury investigation into the Mar-a-Lago matter. The intelligence risk assessment into the Trump documents is to examine the seized records for classification as well as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Sen. Mark Warner, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called for a briefing on the documents.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Our system of classification exists in order to protect our most important national security secrets, and we expect to be briefed on what happened both at Mar-a-Lago and at the Biden office as part of our constitutional oversight obligations," he said. "From what we know so far, the latter is about finding documents with markings, and turning them over, which is certainly different from a months-long effort to retain material actively being sought by the government. But again, that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s why we need to be briefed."Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said Monday that after Biden's attorneys found the records, they notified the National Archives and Records Administration 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which took custody of the documents the next day.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Since that discovery, the President바카라 게임 웹사이트�s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Sauber said.A person who is familiar with the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly said Attorney General Merrick Garland asked U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to review the matter after the Archives referred the issue to the department. Lausch is one of the few U.S. attorneys to be held over from Trump's administration.Trump weighed in Monday on his social media site, asking, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?바카라 게임 웹사이트�Republicans have just taken control of the House of Representatives and are promising to launch widespread investigations of Biden's administration.The revelation also may complicate the Justice Department's consideration of whether to bring charges against Trump, who is trying to win back the White House in 2024 and has repeatedly claimed the department's inquiry into of his own conduct amounted to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�corruption."The National Archives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Spokespeople for Garland and Lausch declined to comment.Comer also sent a letter to the National Archives requesting records and correspondence relating to the discovery of the Biden documents, asserting that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�NARA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s inconsistent treatment of recovering classified records held by former President Trump and President Biden raises questions about political bias at the agency.바카라 게임 웹사이트�His Democratic counterpart, Rep. Jamie Raskin, said Biden's attorneys 바카라 게임 웹사이트�appear to have taken immediate and proper action.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�I have confidence that the attorney general took the appropriate steps to ensure the careful review of the circumstances surrounding the possession and discovery of these documents and make an impartial decision about any further action that may be needed,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he added.Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the American public deserved to know earlier about the classified documents.바카라 게임 웹사이트�They knew about this a week before the election, maybe the American people should have known that,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Jordan told reporters. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�They certainly knew about the the raid on Mar-a-Lago 91 days before this election, but nice if on November 2, the country would have known that there were classified documents at the Biden Center.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Jordan is among House Republicans pushing for the creation of a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal government바카라 게임 웹사이트� within the Judiciary Committee.It wasn't immediately clear why the White House didn't disclose the discovery of the documents or the DOJ review sooner. CBS was first to report Monday on the discovery of the potentially classified documents.The Justice Department for months has been investigating the retention of roughly 300 documents that were marked as classified and were recovered from the Trump's Florida estate. In that instance, prosecutors say, representatives of Trump resisted requests to give back the full stash of classified documents and failed to fully comply with a subpoena that sought their return.FBI agents in August served a search warrant at the Mar-a-Lago property, removing 33 boxes and containers.That investigation is being led by special counsel Jack Smith. Prosecutors have interviewed an array of Trump associates and have been using a grand jury to hear evidence.Democrats made a similar request of the director of national intelligence in August following the search of Mar-a-Lago. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff, who then led the House Oversight and Intelligence committees, asked Haines for an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�immediate review and damage assessment,바카라 게임 웹사이트� alleging that Trump 바카라 게임 웹사이트�has potentially put our national security at grave risk.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Intelligence officials are not believed to have briefed Congress on their assessment in the four months since, according to public statements from lawmakers. Haines noted in her letter that any risk assessment would not 바카라 게임 웹사이트�unduly interfere바카라 게임 웹사이트� with the Justice Department바카라 게임 웹사이트�s criminal investigation into the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.___Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker and Farnoush Amiri in Washington, Colleen Long in Mexico City and Michael Tarm in Chicago contributed.

WASHINGTON —

Speaking to reporters in Mexico City, Biden said his attorneys 바카라 게임 웹사이트�did what they should have done바카라 게임 웹사이트� when they immediately called the National Archives about the discovery at the offices of the Penn Biden Center. He kept an office there after he left the vice presidency in 2017 until shortly before he launched his presidential campaign in 2019.

The White House confirmed that the Department of Justice was reviewing 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a small number of documents with classified markings" found at the office.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there are any government records that were taken there to that office,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Biden said in his first comments since news of the Nov. 2, 2022, document discovery emerged Monday. He added that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t know what바카라 게임 웹사이트�s in the documents" and that his lawyers had suggested he not ask.

Earlier Tuesday, Rep. Mike Turner sent the request to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, saying that Biden's retention of the documents put him in 바카라 게임 웹사이트�potential violation of laws protecting national security, including the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Irrespective of a federal review, the revelation that Biden potentially mishandled classified or presidential records could prove to be a political headache for the president, who called former President Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s decision to keep hundreds of such records at his private club in Florida 바카라 게임 웹사이트�irresponsible. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Those entrusted with access to classified information have a duty and an obligation to protect it,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Turner in a letter to Haines. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This issue demands a full and thorough review.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

On Tuesday, Rep. James Comer, the new GOP chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent the White House Counsel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s office a letter requesting copies of the documents found at the Biden office, communications about the discovery, and a list of those who may have had access to the office where they were found. The White House didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t immediately respond to the request.

Haines agreed in September to conduct a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�risk assessment바카라 게임 웹사이트� rather than a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�damage assessment바카라 게임 웹사이트� of the Trump case.

There are significant differences between the Trump and Biden situations, including the gravity of an ongoing grand jury investigation into the Mar-a-Lago matter. The intelligence risk assessment into the Trump documents is to examine the seized records for classification as well as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Sen. Mark Warner, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called for a briefing on the documents.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Our system of classification exists in order to protect our most important national security secrets, and we expect to be briefed on what happened both at Mar-a-Lago and at the Biden office as part of our constitutional oversight obligations," he said. "From what we know so far, the latter is about finding documents with markings, and turning them over, which is certainly different from a months-long effort to retain material actively being sought by the government. But again, that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s why we need to be briefed."

Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said Monday that after Biden's attorneys found the records, they notified the National Archives and Records Administration 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which took custody of the documents the next day.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Since that discovery, the President바카라 게임 웹사이트�s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Sauber said.

A person who is familiar with the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly said Attorney General Merrick Garland asked U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to review the matter after the Archives referred the issue to the department. Lausch is one of the few U.S. attorneys to be held over from Trump's administration.

Trump weighed in Monday on his social media site, asking, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Republicans have just taken control of the and are promising to launch widespread investigations of Biden's administration.

The revelation also may complicate the Justice Department's consideration of whether to bring charges against Trump, who is trying to win back the White House in 2024 and has repeatedly claimed the department's inquiry into of his own conduct amounted to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�corruption."

The National Archives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Spokespeople for Garland and Lausch declined to comment.

Comer also sent a to the National Archives requesting records and correspondence relating to the discovery of the Biden documents, asserting that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�NARA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s inconsistent treatment of recovering classified records held by former President Trump and President Biden raises questions about political bias at the agency.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

His Democratic counterpart, Rep. Jamie Raskin, said Biden's attorneys 바카라 게임 웹사이트�appear to have taken immediate and proper action.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I have confidence that the attorney general took the appropriate steps to ensure the careful review of the circumstances surrounding the possession and discovery of these documents and make an impartial decision about any further action that may be needed,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he added.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the American public deserved to know earlier about the classified documents.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�They knew about this a week before the election, maybe the American people should have known that,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Jordan told reporters. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�They certainly knew about the the raid on Mar-a-Lago 91 days before this election, but nice if on November 2, the country would have known that there were classified documents at the Biden Center.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Jordan is among House Republicans pushing for the creation of a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal government바카라 게임 웹사이트� within the Judiciary Committee.

It wasn't immediately clear why the White House didn't disclose the discovery of the documents or the DOJ review sooner. CBS was first to report Monday on the discovery of the potentially classified documents.

The Justice Department for months has been investigating the retention of roughly 300 documents that were marked as classified and were recovered from the Trump's In that instance, prosecutors say, representatives of Trump resisted requests to give back the full stash of classified documents and failed to fully comply with a subpoena that sought their return.

FBI agents in August served a search warrant at the Mar-a-Lago property, removing 33 boxes and containers.

That investigation is being led by special counsel Jack Smith. Prosecutors have interviewed an array of Trump associates and have been using a grand jury to hear evidence.

Democrats made a similar request of the director of national intelligence in August following the search of Mar-a-Lago. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff, who then led the House Oversight and Intelligence committees, asked Haines for an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�immediate review and damage assessment,바카라 게임 웹사이트� alleging that Trump 바카라 게임 웹사이트�has potentially put our national security at grave risk.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Intelligence officials are not believed to have briefed Congress on their assessment in the four months since, according to public statements from lawmakers. Haines noted in her letter that any risk assessment would not 바카라 게임 웹사이트�unduly interfere바카라 게임 웹사이트� with the Justice Department바카라 게임 웹사이트�s criminal investigation into the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.

___

Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker and Farnoush Amiri in Washington, Colleen Long in Mexico City and Michael Tarm in Chicago contributed.

Biden 'surprised' government records at old office

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