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mountaineer · « **on:** January 09, 2023, 10:45:09 pm »

U.S. attorney reviewing classified documents from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank
By Adriana Diaz, Andres Triay, Arden Farhi
Updated on: January 9, 2023 / 5:40 PM / CBS News

Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, two sources with knowledge of the inquiry told CBS News. The roughly 10 documents are from President Biden's vice-presidential office at the center, the sources said. CBS News has learned the FBI is also involved in the U.S. attorney's inquiry.

The classified material was identified by personal attorneys for Mr. Biden on Nov. 2, the day before the midterm elections, Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president confirmed. The documents were discovered when Mr. Biden's personal attorneys "were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.," Sauber said in a statement to CBS News. The documents were contained in a folder that was in a box with other unclassified papers, the sources said. The sources revealed neither what the classified documents contain nor their level of classification. A source familiar told CBS News the documents did not contain nuclear secrets.

Sauber also said that on the same day the material was discovered, Nov. 2, the White House counsel's office notified the National Archives, which took possession of the materials the following morning. ... CBS News
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I know, I know, "Biden" and "think tank" do not belong in the same sentence.

mountaineer · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2023, 11:13:21 pm »

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
BREAKING: Classified documents from Joe Biden’s vice presidency found at his private office.
Why hasn’t the FBI raided Biden yet?
6:04 PM · Jan 9, 2023

Brian Wallace
@BrianWa83201015
Replying to @CollinRugg
A very important point here is that POTUS has the sole discretion to declassify anything he feels necessary. The VP does not have that authority.
6:10 PM · Jan 9, 2023

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2023, 11:23:39 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on January 09, 2023, 11:13:21 pm

Brian Wallace
@BrianWa83201015

A very important point here is that POTUS has the sole discretion to declassify anything he feels necessary. The VP does not have that authority.

6:10 PM · Jan 9, 2023

Worth repeating ...... often.

mountaineer · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2023, 11:31:07 pm »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden's former institute, the White House said Monday.

Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said “a small number of documents with classified markings” were discovered as Biden's personal attorneys were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center, where the president kept an office after he left the vice presidency in 2017 until shortly before he launched his 2020 presidential campaign in 2019. The documents were found on Nov. 2, 2022, in a “locked closet” in the office, Sauber said.

Sauber said the attorneys immediately alerted the White House Counsel's office, who notified the National Archives and Records Administration — which took custody of the documents the next day. ... More

mountaineer · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2023, 11:33:40 pm »

$54M in Chinese gifts donated to UPenn, home of Biden Center

mystery-ak · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2023, 11:44:35 pm »

January 9, 2023 6:30pm EST
Classified documents from Biden's time as vice president discovered at Penn Biden Center, White House says
The president used the Penn Biden Center's office space from mid-2017 until he began the 2020 campaign

By Paul Best | Fox News

A batch of records from President Biden's time as Vice President, including a "small number of documents with classified markings," were discovered at the Penn Biden Center by the president's personal attorneys on Nov. 2, according to Richard Saubel, special counsel to the White House.

The attorneys found the documents in a locked closet while preparing to vacate office space at the center, which the president used from mid-2017 until he began the 2020 campaign.

The National Archives were notified of the finding and took possession of the documents on Nov. 3, Saubel said.

"The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives," Saubel said in a statement. "Since that discover, the President's personal attorneys have cooperated with he Archives and the Department of Justice in process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives."

more
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/classified-documents-bidens-time-vice-president-discovered-penn-biden-center-white-house-says

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2023, 12:07:01 am »

Quote from: mountaineer on January 09, 2023, 11:33:40 pm

$54M in Chinese gifts donated to UPenn, home of Biden Center

James Comer, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Hoodat · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2023, 12:17:07 am »

CNN trying to figure out a way to excuse this as being different from what Trump did. No mention of this at all on MSNBC as they criticize claims of election fraud in Brazil.

GeneralCarlosQ17 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2023, 12:51:38 am »

Classified docs from Biden's VP days found in private office.

President Biden's special counsel confirmed Monday that classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a private office space and turned over to the National Archives in November.

Driving the news: The documents were found while Biden's personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center, which Biden periodically used from mid-2017 until the start of his 2020 campaign, according to special counsel Richard Sauber.

The White House is cooperating with the National Archives and Department of Justice, Sauber noted.

#biden #documents #securityclearance #nationalarchive #lgb

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/biden-classified-records-national-archive

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2023, 01:13:24 am »

Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on January 10, 2023, 12:07:01 am

James Comer, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Chad Pergram
@ChadPergram

1) Oversight Cmte Chair Comer on Biden/classified documents: We asked the National Archives question for information when they raided Mar-A-Largo. And the only response we got was they referred us to the Department of Justice.

2) Comer: In the research we did at the time, every president had accidentally packed documents that may or may not be considered classified, but they weren't raided. Now we find out the current President actually accidentally had classified documents.

3) Comer: Is the White House going to be raided tonight? Are they going to raid the Biden center? I don't know. But, you know, this is further concern that there's a two tier justice system within the DOJ with how they treat Republicans versus Democrats

7:24 PM · Jan 9, 2023

Idiot · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2023, 01:18:45 am »

Quote from: GeneralCarlosQ17 on January 10, 2023, 12:51:38 am

Classified docs from Biden's VP days found in private office.

President Biden's special counsel confirmed Monday that classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a private office space and turned over to the National Archives in November.

Driving the news: The documents were found while Biden's personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center, which Biden periodically used from mid-2017 until the start of his 2020 campaign, according to special counsel Richard Sauber.

The White House is cooperating with the National Archives and Department of Justice, Sauber noted.

#biden #documents #securityclearance #nationalarchive #lgb

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/biden-classified-records-national-archive

Oh the horror!

mystery-ak · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2023, 02:09:49 am »

“When is the FBI Going to Raid the Many Homes of Joe Biden?” Trump Responds to Reports of Classified Documents Found at Penn Biden Center
By Cristina Laila
Published January 9, 2023 at 7:20pm

“When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House? These documents were definitely not declassified.” Trump said.

more
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/fbi-going-raid-many-homes-joe-biden-trump-responds-reports-classified-documents-found-penn-biden-center/

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2023, 02:11:50 am »

"Biden on 60 Minutes in September reacting to classified documents being found at Mar-a-Lago: "How does that happen? How could anyone be that irresponsible.". (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1612587335283007488

Hoodat · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2023, 02:15:35 am »

Can we find some lowly Delaware magistrate judge to sign off on a search warrant of Biden's home?

christian · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:53:18 am »

President Trump had no rights to his records being private or secured, so imagine the hypocrisy of Biden have the rights to secrecy Trump was denied!
The scumbags know silence is their only defense!

sneakypete · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2023, 05:39:02 am »

"Biden Think Tank".

ROFLMAO!

There are boogers smarter than Slow Joe.

Elderberry · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2023, 01:29:19 pm »

Legal Insurrection by William A. Jacobson Monday, January 9, 2023

Revealed: Then-VP Biden Removed Top-Secret “Sensitive Compartmented” Classified Documents, Kept In His Private U. Penn Office

Will there be FBI Raids? CNN: “The classified materials included some top-secret files with the ‘sensitive compartmented information’ designation, also known as SCI, which is used for highly sensitive information obtained from intelligence sources.”

It has just been revealed that Joe Biden, upon leaving office as Obama’s Vice President, took with him some of the most sensitive classified documents, and then kept them in his private office at the University of Pennslyvania.

CNN reports:

Several classified documents from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president were discovered last fall in a private office, Biden’s attorneys acknowledged Monday.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has asked the US attorney in Chicago to investigate the matter, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN, and congressional Republicans are also taking notice.

Biden’s lawyers say they found the government materials in November while closing out a Washington, DC-based office – the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement – that Biden used as part of his relationship with the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an honorary professor from 2017 to 2019.

Fewer than a dozen classified documents were found at Biden’s office, another source told CNN. It is unclear what the documents pertain to or why they were taken to Biden’s private office….

The classified materials included some top-secret files with the “sensitive compartmented information” designation, also known as SCI, which is used for highly sensitive information obtained from intelligence sources.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/01/revealed-then-vp-biden-removed-top-secret-sensitive-compartmented-classified-documents-kept-in-his-private-u-penn-office/

Kamaji · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2023, 01:42:04 pm »

Quote

Attorney General Merrick Garland has asked the US attorney in Chicago to investigate the matter

Solely for the purpose of whitewashing the entire affair and immunizing Biden from further criticism.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:01:25 pm »

thebradfordfile
@thebradfordfile

There is no crime they accused Trump of committing that Biden, Hillary, and Obama didn't do.

10:24 PM · Jan 9, 2023

mystery-ak · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:04:24 pm »

Biden documents: How the discovery of classified materials differs from Trump
by Brett Samuels - 01/09/23 9:23 PM ET

The White House on Monday disclosed that lawyers for President Biden discovered what they called a “small number” of classified documents in November in an office Biden had used between his time serving as vice president and president.

The documents were turned over the next day to the National Archives, and the White House said it is cooperating with the Department of Justice (DOJ) as it conducts a review of the documents.

The news quickly drew comparisons to former President Trump, who has been in hot water over his potential mishandling of classified materials upon leaving office two years ago.

In both cases, the two men appear to have failed to follow the Presidential Records Act, which requires presidents and vice presidents to turn over documents to the National Archives for secure storage.

But there are key differences between the two cases, which many Biden allies swiftly pointed out, while several Trump supporters openly wondered if the president would also see an FBI search of his home.

Here’s a look at some of the ways the Biden and Trump discoveries of classified documents differ, based on what is known so far.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3806250-differences-in-the-trump-biden-classified-document-discoveries/

BellyAche · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:08:30 pm »

And it will all be handled with such sensitivity and delicacy no doubt.... Without tossing the documents in question onto the floor for a photo op.

BellyAche · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:10:00 pm »

Quote from: sneakypete on January 10, 2023, 05:39:02 am

"Biden Think Tank".

ROFLMAO!

There are boogers smarter than Slow Joe.

Ah!!! I needed a good laugh this morning. Thanks!!!

mystery-ak · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:35:45 pm »

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1612620727932387331

mountaineer · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2023, 03:53:38 pm »

Quote from: Hoodat on January 10, 2023, 02:15:35 am

Can we find some lowly Delaware magistrate judge to sign off on a search warrant of Biden's home?

Don't you envy the poor police officer who gets to search Dr. Jill's underwear drawer?

Kamaji · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2023, 04:20:42 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on January 10, 2023, 03:53:38 pm

Don't you envy the poor police officer who gets to search Dr. Jill's underwear drawer?

That's what PPE is made for!