Reporters on Thursday grilled White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on ‘GarageGate’ and the cover-up involving the classified documents stored at Biden’s Delaware home.
On Monday it was revealed top secret intelligence documents related to Ukraine, UK and Iran were found in Joe Biden’s private office shortly before the 2022 midterm elections.
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Joe Biden stored top-secret files with the “sensitive compartmented information” (SCIF) designation at Penn Biden Center in DC.
Joe Biden’s aides found at least one more batch of classified documents at another location.
Government officials discovered more classified documents at Joe Biden’s Delaware home – in the garage.
For reference, here is Biden’s garage:
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Here’s a shot of Joe Biden’s “locked” GARAGE where he was hiding classified documents. pic.twitter.com/QcxfTZdaMx
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 12, 2023
US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.
Garland tapped Robert Hur as the special counsel.
Robert Hur – a Trump appointee – was a US Attorney for the US District of Maryland.
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Peter Doocy dubbed the scandal “GarageGate” – after it was revealed classified documents were stored in Biden’s garage next to his Corvette.
“Another one on GarageGate. What is the White House trying to hide?”
“Nothing”
“Someone gave the President a statement to read on Tuesday that was incomplete at best. Misleading at worst. Who?”
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KJP dodged the question!
WATCH:
Peter Doocy: “Another one on GarageGate. What is the White House trying to hide?”
KJP: “Nothing”
Doocy: “Someone gave the President a statement to read on Tuesday that was incomplete at best. Misleading at worst. Who?”
KJP Doesn’t answer the question as usual. pic.twitter.com/aP1AqeDMQr
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
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CBS’s Ed O’Keefe grilled Karine Jean-Pierre over the Biden team’s lack of transparency during this process as well as the suspicious timeline of events.
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OUCH: CBS’s Ed O’Keefe: “Why did it take until yesterday until this morning apparently…before that final document was found. Was that because there were press reports earlier this week the hope was that nobody would find out?” pic.twitter.com/FC88lIYolC
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
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ABC’s Karen Travers asked Karine Jean-Pierre if there are additional classified documents in other locations.
Karine Jean-Pierre once again dodged the question.
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ABC’s @karentravers: “Is the President confident that there are no additional documents with classified markings that remain in any other additional locations?” pic.twitter.com/4UvTFKe34s
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
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NBC’s Kristen Welker grilled KJP about the timeline: “Can you tell us today when did the President find out about that first batch of documents and then the second batch of documents…”
KJP did not provide a timeline.
WATCH:
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NBC’s @kwelkernbc back again for another round: “Can you tell us today when did the President find out about that first batch of documents and then the second batch of documents…” pic.twitter.com/NZReigDufP
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
Kristen Welker peppered KJP with more questions: “You have said repeatedly, the president has said, he takes classified documents very seriously. If that’s the case, why were these classified documents being stored in his garage?”
Another follow up from NBC’s @kwelkernbc: “You have said repeatedly, the president has said, he takes classified documents very seriously. If that’s the case, why were these classified documents being stored in his garage?” pic.twitter.com/gWtmXyaxBe
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
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Kristen Welker AGAIN: “Do you acknowledge that the fact that the White House did not reveal this to the public despite the fact that you’ve known about it for months, undercuts the President’s promise of being transparent with the American people?”
KJP argued with her and insisted Joe Biden was transparent with the American people.
WATCH:
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NBC’s @kwelkernbc: “Do you acknowledge that the fact that the White House did not reveal this to the public despite the fact that you’ve known about it for months, undercuts the President’s promise of being transparent with the American people?” pic.twitter.com/JhIbeww7xv
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
Peter Doocy also asked about the visitor logs at Biden’s Wilmington home.
This is a scandal that is not getting enough attention.
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Joe Biden has spent 40% of his presidency on vacation.
There are no publicly available visitor logs at his Wilmington home where he illegally stored classified documents.
“When will the White House release a log of visitors to the Wilmington house?” Doocy asked.
KJP: “You know, ahh. Peter you’ve asked this question, your colleagues have asked this question before…”
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Doocy: “When will the White House release a log of visitors to the Wilmington house?”
KJP: “You know, ahh. Peter you’ve asked this question, your colleagues have asked this question before…”
She then blows off Doocy and calls on another reporter. pic.twitter.com/q6w1TqkQmM
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) January 12, 2023
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