Biden's '68 days of silence' on the documents farce: White House used group of loyalists including Joe's sister to keep discovery secret for six weeks in failed plot to prevent a Special Counsel and make debacle go away, bombshell report claims
Biden and small team of advisers decided to keep docs a secret
Gambled that they could handle it privately with Justice Department
For 68 days they kept discovering of classified docs hidden from public
Then it all blew up in their faces
By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:37 EST, 20 January 2023 | Updated: 11:31 EST, 20 January 2023
President Joe Biden and a small team of trusted advisers, including his sister Valerie, plotted to keep the discovery of classified documents a secret, betting that they could quietly handle the problem without it becoming public knowledge, a bombshell new report claimed on Friday.
For 68 days they succeeded. Then it blew up in their faces.
Biden and six of his closest advisers, all of whom were aware of the initial discovery of classified documents at the president's D.C. think tank on Nov. 2 - gambled they could keep the matter a secret and deal with the Justice Department privately.
They chose to keep silent and try to convince the DoJ it was a simple mistake, unlike Donald Trump's refusal to return the classified material - at the National Archives' request - kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate, The New York Times reported.
But their plans backfired when CBS News reported on the existence of the Biden documents on January 9th, leading to a chain reaction that developed into a full-blown crisis for the White House where Biden's reputation took a hit, Republicans accused him of hypocrisy, and even Democrats questioned the administration's judgement in the matter.
Both their attempts to control the story and to handle the Justice Department failed: Attorney General Merrick Garland ultimately appointed a special counsel to look into the matter as he did for the Trump classified documents' case.
Biden, himself, has taken a personal hit, with his refusal to disclose the discovery immediately to the public - especially when it was revealed the initial discovery was made six days before the 2022 midterm election.
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