Thursday, January 19, 2023

US President Biden Says He Has ‘No Regrets’ On How He Handled Classified Documents

 

DNYUZ/New York Times: Biden Says He Has ‘No Regrets’ About Not Disclosing Documents Quickly 

WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Thursday that he had “no regrets” that the White House did not disclose before the midterm elections that classified documents from his time as vice president were found in his private office in early November. 

After Mr. Biden toured Capitola, Calif., a beach town that has been ravaged by weeks of winter storms, the president took a question from a reporter, saying he felt that the “American people don’t quite understand” why journalists were asking about the documents and not his tour, which was focused on storm recovery. 

“As we found a handful of documents were failed, or filed, in the wrong place, we immediately turned them over to the archives and the Justice Department,” Mr. Biden said. “We’re fully cooperating. We’re looking forward to getting this resolved quickly. I think you’re going to find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets. I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. It’s exactly what we’re doing. There’s no ‘there’ there.”  

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WNU editor: The American public want answers .... Poll: Two-thirds of Americans — including most Dems — favor investigation into Biden docs (Yahoo News).  

Update: It is hard to defend how these classified documents were handled. That is why I am not surprised to be reading this .... Biden and advisers are on public lockdown over documents probe but are betting political furor will blow over (CNN). 

US President Biden Says He Has ‘No Regrets’ On How He Handled Classified Documents  

Biden: "I have no regrets" about how documents were handled -- Politico  

Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’ -- AP  

Biden on classified documents probe: ‘There’s no there there’ -- The Hill  

Biden says ‘no regrets’ over classified document discovery handling: ‘Nothing there’ -- FOX News  

Biden breaks silence on his handling of classified documents: 'I have no regrets' -- ABC News

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