House Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that President Biden had been exposed as a “serial hoarder of classified documents” and that the lack of charges for the commander in chief over the breach would send a “devastating” message.
“CBS has reported that special counsel Robert Hur is nearing completion of his investigation into President Biden and his alleged mishandling of classified information,” network host Margaret Brennan told Turner on “Face the Nation.”
“If indeed no charges have been brought, which is what we are reporting, what do you think is the signal to the world of national security?” he asked.
“Well, this will certainly destroy, and continue to destroy, the Department of Justice and the Biden administration with their two-tier system of justice,” Turner replied.
“You know, Biden has been found to be a serial hoarder of classified documents — over a period of 10 years, he has taken classified documents, some of the most sensitive that threaten our national security, home without any protection, and certainly, you know, able, for other people can access it. There needs to be consequences.”
House Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that President Biden had been exposed as a “serial hoarder of classified documents” and not charging him would be “devastating”. , and continue to destroy the Justice Department and the Biden administration with their two-tier justice system,” Turner told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”AP
Turner said both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kept more than 100 classified documents and Biden’s decision to keep sensitive intelligence records for more than a decade “shows the Justice Department is not after Democrats.”
“Well, as you know, there is a difference with the case against the President [Donald] Trump, who refused to hand over the documents in full and violated the Espionage Act,” Brennan replied. “That’s the charge against him because he didn’t cooperate with the government to hand them over.”
Biden agreed to attend a voluntary interview with Hur last month, according to the White House.
The president agreed to attend a voluntary interview with special counsel Robert Hur (above) in October, according to the White House.TNS via Getty Images
“As you know, Margaret, Biden has had this document for over 10 years,” Turner said. “You can’t keep a document in your house for a decade, hide it, bring it home as a senator, vice president, and then suddenly say, ‘Hey, two weeks when I was president, I cooperated and therefore, it doesn’t count me spent 10 years as a custodian of serialized classified documents.’”
Biden, 81, is expected to face criticism but no criminal charges in Hur’s upcoming report on Biden’s retention of classified material from his time as vice president and US senator, according to reports last week by CBS News, CNN and the Wall Street Journal.
Trump used the Truth Social media platform to denounce the decision when the report broke.
Biden, 81, is expected to face criticism but no criminal charges in an upcoming special counsel’s report into his possession of classified documents from his time as vice president and US senator, according to reports last week. WILL OLIVER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“”WOW! CNN FAKE NEWS, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF CRUELTY LEAKS, JUST REPORTED THAT NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED IN THE (MUCH BIGGER THAN ME!!!) JOE BIDEN DOCUMENT CASE. WE LIVE IN A VERY CORRUPT COUNTRY!” he sent on friday.
The report could come out before the end of the year, allowing congressional Republicans to question Hur about the president keeping more than a dozen classified documents at his Delaware residence — some of which were found tucked next to his 1967 Corvette Stingray — as well as a former office he used in Washington, DC, after he leaving the Obama White House.
The White House rejected requests by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to question current and former officials about their knowledge of the former vice president’s actions regarding the sensitive file.
The president keeps more than a dozen classified documents at his home in Delaware, some of which were found tucked away next to his 1967 Corvette Stingray.Joe Biden
That includes violating a subpoena for former White House counsel Dana Remus.
The decision not to prosecute Biden was expected. The Justice Department’s long-standing policy is not to impeach a sitting president on the grounds that it would “impair the executive branch’s ability to perform constitutionally mandated functions.”
Trump faces 40 charges over allegations he kept hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving office in January 2021.
Trump was indicted in June on 37 counts of allegedly storing hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving office.AP
The 77-year-old former president moved sensitive materials between “the ballroom, the bathroom and shower, the office space, his bedroom and a closet” — and lied about doing so to his lawyers and federal authorities who sought them, according to the indictment brought in South Florida by special counsel Jack Smith.
Walt Nauta, a valet to the former president, is also charged as a co-defendant for allegedly helping to hide national security documents.
A July superseding indictment accused Trump of ordering a property manager in Palm Beach, Fla., to delete security camera footage of a box containing classified papers that were moved.
The 77-year-old former president moved sensitive material between his “ballroom, bathroom and shower, office space, bedroom, and storage room,” according to the indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith.AP
Trump’s lawyers are scheduled to meet with federal prosecutors and US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the case, on March 1, 2024, to set a trial date.
Cannon has denied an initial request from Trump’s lawyers to delay the trial until after next year’s general election.
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