Post by Keith on Jan 18, 2023 6:38:33 GMT -6
White House press secretary grilled on past claim that classified document search was complete
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say Tuesday whether President Joe Biden's lawyers are continuing to search for more classified documents Biden may have misplaced.
White House lawyers have so far found three batches of misplaced classified documents from Biden's time as vice president, one in the Washington offices of the Penn Biden Center and two more inside the president's home in Wilmington, Delaware. Jean-Pierre had initially told reporters on Friday that the search for classified documents was over, only for news of the third batch to break on Saturday.
"Last week, you told us that we could all assume, that the American people could assume, the searches were complete and all the documents had been recovered," a reporter began. "On Saturday, the White House Counsel's Office said that five additional classified documents had been found. Is it safe to assume now that all the documents have been recovered … or are more searches underway?"
"We have addressed multiple questions from here. Multiple questions have been answered by the president," Jean-Pierre responded. "I'm just going to continue to be prudent here. I'm going to let this ongoing review that is happening, this legal process that is happening, and let that process continue under the special counsel." "I'm not going to comment from here," she added, saying the Biden administration has made a habit of staying quiet on Justice Department matters.
www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-press-secretary-grilled-past-claim-classified-document-search-complete
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say Tuesday whether President Joe Biden's lawyers are continuing to search for more classified documents Biden may have misplaced.
White House lawyers have so far found three batches of misplaced classified documents from Biden's time as vice president, one in the Washington offices of the Penn Biden Center and two more inside the president's home in Wilmington, Delaware. Jean-Pierre had initially told reporters on Friday that the search for classified documents was over, only for news of the third batch to break on Saturday.
"Last week, you told us that we could all assume, that the American people could assume, the searches were complete and all the documents had been recovered," a reporter began. "On Saturday, the White House Counsel's Office said that five additional classified documents had been found. Is it safe to assume now that all the documents have been recovered … or are more searches underway?"
"We have addressed multiple questions from here. Multiple questions have been answered by the president," Jean-Pierre responded. "I'm just going to continue to be prudent here. I'm going to let this ongoing review that is happening, this legal process that is happening, and let that process continue under the special counsel." "I'm not going to comment from here," she added, saying the Biden administration has made a habit of staying quiet on Justice Department matters.
www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-press-secretary-grilled-past-claim-classified-document-search-complete