White House Questioned on How Biden Can Be Trusted Following Classified Docs Scandal
Numerous reporters harassed Karine Jean Pierre, White House press secretary, Wednesday to have her answer for a set of classified documents she found in the Washington office space of President Biden’s former institute.
Many of the reporters wanted to know why the public learned of the documents this week, despite them being found on Nov. 2, 2022 — just days ahead of the Midterm elections.
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, speaks at Wednesday’s daily briefing in Washington, D.C.
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“That’s more than two months later,” One reporter spoke out about the news. “Why wasn’t the public informed when the news was breaking?” White House Prepared a PR response for 2 months?
Jean-Pierre said that Biden’s lawyers, upon discovery of the documents, alerted the White House Counsel’s office, who notified the National Archives and Records Administration — which took custody of the documents the next day.
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“They did the right thing by turning over the documents to the archives,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s what they did. Once they realized that they had them and they were there.”
When asked if the White House would describe the document mishap, the White House responded that it was a “mistake,” Jean-Pierre replied vaguely to that “this is an ongoing process.”
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Another reporter asked for clarification on how exactly the documents got from the White House to Biden’s office. Jean-Pierre stated that it was. “under review.”
Jean-Pierre also suggested, at one point, that she hadn’t discussed the matter with President, which was later confirmed by Jean-Pierre: “We talked about the revelation of the documents, obviously, but about the documents itself, that is something that the president doesn’t even know. And I’m going to leave it there.”
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Jean-Pierre had a particularly testy exchange with CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe, after he recalled Biden’s pledge shortly after inauguration that he would make mistakes and would sometimes need to be corrected.
“So, you’re the one here talking to us about this. That’s why we’re asking. So, let’s just remember that,” O’Keefe said.
“Ed… we don’t need to have this. We work very well together. We don’t need to have this kind of confrontation,” Jean-Pierre shot back.
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Later on, Fox News’ White House correspondent Peter Doocy put it bluntly: “How could anyone be that irresponsible? Isn’t that what this president says about mishandling classified documents?”
“The president spoke to this personally… he believes that classified documents and information should be taken seriously… And he was surprised to learn by any records,” Jean-Pierre said.
Biden admitted that he was surprised to hear that his former Washington office had contained government records. After the House Intelligence Committee’s top Republican, Biden was asked about the matter. “damage assessment” Possible classified documents
Biden stated that his attorneys were available to him when he spoke to reporters in Mexico City Tuesday. “did what they should have done” When they discovered the Penn Biden Center’s offices, they immediately called National Archives. He occupied the same office from 2017 when he was elected vice president, until just before he began his Democratic presidential campaign in 2019.
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The White House confirmed that the Department of Justice was undergoing a review “a small number of documents with classified markings” Found at the office.
This report was compiled by the Associated Press.
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