The discovery of classified documents in the possession of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, but dating from his tenure as Vice President, today makes the governor a target of objections from his aides and critics.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, for example, maintained that Congress cannot rule out the possibility that national security might be compromised by handling the material, the details of which are now being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
I don’t think we can rule out the possibility without more facts. I would like to know what those documents are, Schiff told ABC News television, I would like to know what the special counsel’s assessment is.
Analysts warn that the discovery of secret Biden documents in unauthorized places places Democrats in the middle of a political dilemma, who have criticized former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) for months for his handling of similar files.
Observers point out that the disagreements stem from the fact that while the current occupant of the Oval Office has shown willingness from the outset to cooperate with the relevant authorities, the billionaire has resisted handing over the papers, which led to a search of his property in March. Lake, Florida.
However, the appearance of two dozen old articles in the president’s hands undermines the credibility and strength of any investigation Democrats want to promote against Trump for this issue, and makes the scenario a rare one for a new Biden candidacy through 2024, they warn.
The acting president is currently facing an investigation by the Department of Justice, which has appointed the country’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, attorney Robert Hoare as special counsel.
The material was first discovered on November 6 in an office Biden used after serving in the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017), an event that the president’s lawyers reported to the National Archives and the Justice Department.
Although at the end of 2022 new documents were found in the garage of the President’s home in Delaware and inside the house, none of this information was known to the public until it was reported by NBC News a few days ago.
A third of the discoveries occurred over the past week, bringing the number of secret texts discovered to nearly two dozen.
According to a report by NBC News, one of the papers was marked as Fragmented Information/Sensitive/Top Secret, the US government’s highest level of classification.
CNN television reported that, along with personal papers, intelligence notes and others with data on Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom were found.
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