There's a key difference between the classified documents found at a
former Biden office and the ones Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago, national
security expert says
CBS News reported Monday that classified documents were found at an
office used by President Biden.
The documents were found by Biden's attorneys and provided to the
National Archives.
A legal expert said Biden's team appears to have done "exactly what
you're supposed to do."
A US attorney is reviewing a handful of classified documents found at President Joe Biden's former office in Washington, CBS News reported Monday.
In a statement, Richard Sauber, special counsel to President Biden, said
the White House is cooperating with the National Archives and the
Justice Department on the matter.
"The documents were discovered when the president's personal attorneys
were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC," Sauber said. Biden
held a position at the center, run by the University of Pennsylvania,
from 2017 to 2019.
The documents "were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry
by the Archives," Sauber noted and were immediately handed over to the record-keeping agency.
The Washington Post on Monday evening reported that roughly 10 documents
were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Engagement, citing
a person familiar with the probe. The White House Counsel's Office
notified the archives upon the discovery and the agency quickly took
control of the records, Sauber told the outlet.
The documents were found shortly before Attorney general Merrick Garland named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee
two Trump-related investigations in mid-November.
Former President Donald Trump immediately pounced on the story. "When is
the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the
White House?" he posted on his social media network.
But Bradley P. Moss, a national security lawyer, told Insider that so
far this looks like a routine matter with no allegation of criminal wrongdoing. He contrasted what we know about the case with that being
built against Trump, who held boxes of classified documents at his
Mar-a-Lago resort even after their return had been demanded by the
National Archives.
"Biden's team did exactly what you're supposed to do," Moss said. "When
you find improperly stored classified documents, you immediately notify
the government — and you turn it over immediately."
Classified documents are routinely misplaced, and so far this looks to
be a routine investigation, perhaps motivated in part by a desire by the Department of Justice to show it is impartial, Moss said. The nature of
the investigation would change if the US attorney in charge of reviewing
the documents, Matt Lausch, a Trump appointee, were to uncover any
evidence that Biden or his staff misled the National Archives.
"The reason Donald Trump is in criminal jeopardy right now isn't just
because of the documents being improperly stored. It was the
obstruction," Moss said. "That is why it has gotten to the point it has, where we're looking at the real possibility of a criminal indictment."
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kmiller <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-yahoo.com> wrote:
There's a key difference between the classified documents found at a former Biden office and the ones Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago, national security expert says
CBS News reported Monday that classified documents were found at an
office used by President Biden.
The documents were found by Biden's attorneys and provided to the
National Archives.
A legal expert said Biden's team appears to have done "exactly what
you're supposed to do."
A US attorney is reviewing a handful of classified documents found at President Joe Biden's former office in Washington, CBS News reported Monday.
In a statement, Richard Sauber, special counsel to President Biden, said the White House is cooperating with the National Archives and the
Justice Department on the matter.
"The documents were discovered when the president's personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC," Sauber said. Biden
held a position at the center, run by the University of Pennsylvania,
from 2017 to 2019.
The documents "were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry
by the Archives," Sauber noted and were immediately handed over to the record-keeping agency.
The Washington Post on Monday evening reported that roughly 10 documents were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Engagement, citing
a person familiar with the probe. The White House Counsel's Office notified the archives upon the discovery and the agency quickly took control of the records, Sauber told the outlet.
The documents were found shortly before Attorney general Merrick Garland named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee two Trump-related investigations in mid-November.
Former President Donald Trump immediately pounced on the story. "When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the
White House?" he posted on his social media network.
But Bradley P. Moss, a national security lawyer, told Insider that so
far this looks like a routine matter with no allegation of criminal wrongdoing. He contrasted what we know about the case with that being built against Trump, who held boxes of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort even after their return had been demanded by the National Archives.
"Biden's team did exactly what you're supposed to do," Moss said. "When you find improperly stored classified documents, you immediately notify the government — and you turn it over immediately."
Classified documents are routinely misplaced, and so far this looks to
be a routine investigation, perhaps motivated in part by a desire by the Department of Justice to show it is impartial, Moss said. The nature of the investigation would change if the US attorney in charge of reviewing the documents, Matt Lausch, a Trump appointee, were to uncover any evidence that Biden or his staff misled the National Archives.
"The reason Donald Trump is in criminal jeopardy right now isn't just because of the documents being improperly stored. It was the
obstruction," Moss said. "That is why it has gotten to the point it has, where we're looking at the real possibility of a criminal indictment."
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This spin was more predictable than the sunrise. And the fact that you brought it up was more predictable than you being predictable.
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