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A lawer for President Joe Biden only revealed that classified documents were found in a private office linked to him two months after the midterm elections.

attorneys appointed by Trump to have remained in office under the Biden administration, and Garland tapped him for the assignment to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Democrats actually gained a seat in the Senate, and narrowly lost control of the House to Republicans. After the documents were discovered Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was appointed by Biden, tasked John Lausch, the top federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Illinois, with reviewing how the classified material ended up at the Penn Biden Center. 2 in a locked closet in an office at the Penn Biden Center. This issue demands a full and thorough review," he wrote. "But again, that's why we need to be briefed." Trump wrote in a post on his social media site, Truth Social. He also said that Biden's personal attorneys have been cooperating with the National Archives and the DOJ "to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives." "The Archives took possession of the materials the following morning," Sauber said in a statement. The documents were found in Trump's residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, during a raid in early August by the FBI, three months before classified records were found in the Biden office. - The White House Counsel's Office would not answer why it failed for more than two months to publicly disclose that classified government documents had been found in a private office in Washington, D.C., that had been used by President Joe Biden before his election in 2020. "Why didn't the 'Justice' Department announce the Highly Classified documents found in the Biden Office before the Election?"

President Biden and members of his cabinet listen as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during a meeting at the National Palace in Mexico City ...

"People remember what happened just a few years ago when the certainty of this partnership was in question," Trudeau said. "The United States provides more foreign aid than every other country, just about combined, in the world — to not just the hemisphere, but around the world," Biden told López Obrador. leader to the country since former President Barack Obama's last visit in 2014. López Obrador told Biden that the United States had done little to support development in Latin America since President John F. It's in the Middle East. government has spent "tens of billions of dollars in the hemisphere" over the past 15 years. "You are the first president of the United States in a very long time who has not built even one meter of wall. It's in Asia. López Obrador chose to boycott a big regional summit hosted by Biden in Los Angeles last summer. "I think they both got a lot out of it," he said. An Oval Office meeting last summer saw the leftist leader hit on some politically touchy issues, like U.S. The leaders found common ground on migration, economic integration, and fentanyl interdiction.

Trump has sought to liken the classified documents at Biden's office, used after he left as vice president in connection with his being a honorary professor at ...

"This discovery of classified information would put President Biden in potential violation of laws protecting national security, including the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act. "So, if then Vice President Biden took classified documents with him and held them for years and criticized President former President Trump during that same time that he had those classified documents, and only after it was uncovered, did he turn them back," Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana said on Capitol Hill Tuesday. "I applaud President Biden and Attorney General Garland for their professional, nonpartisan handling of this situation," Durbin said. In a letter Tuesday to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Rep. This issue demands a full and thorough review," Turner said. "I trust that he will handle this investigation with the utmost professionalism and without bias." [interview with the CBC News program "60 Minutes." "How that could possibly happen," Biden said. "Was this a case of sloppy record handling or something more intentional? Lausch's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "These documents were definitely not declassified." Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned U.S.

10 documents were found in Biden's private office. They were dated between 2013 to 2016 and covered topics including Iran, Ukraine and the UK.

“Those entrusted with access to classified information have a duty and an obligation to protect it,” Rep. “This issue demands a full and thorough review.” The lawyer closed the envelope and called NARA, the source said. The Biden probe is nowhere near that stage. Both men ignored the questions. Garland made this move after receiving a referral from the National Archives and Records Administration. It is not clear if the boxes with classified documents contained personal materials. That means Garland now must decide how to proceed. Among the requests made in the letters were: All documents retrieved from Biden’s personal office where the classified documents were found; a list of people who had access to that office; all documents and communications between the White House, Department of Justice and National Archives regarding the documents that were retrieved; and all documents and communications related to the handling of classified material by Biden’s personal lawyers, including their security clearance statuses. They were found in three or four boxes also containing unclassified papers that fall under the Presidential Records Act. Garland was also personally involved in some of the key decision-making related to the Trump documents investigation and the decision to send the FBI to search Mar-a-Lago. “I was surprised to learn there were any government records that were taken there to that office,” Biden said in response to a reporter’s question at a news conference in Mexico City, where he was attending a trilateral summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

Irrespective of a federal review, the revelation that Biden potentially mishandled classified or presidential records could prove to be a political headache for ...

While House Republicans hustled to use their new majority to launch inquiries, Democrats hammered the differences between the Mar-a-Lago search and the ...

Additionally, the Archives tried and repeatedly failed to reclaim documents from Trump’s estate. Trump’s refusal to turn over documents housed at Mar-a-Lago has loomed over his bid for a second term in the White House, and he now is facing an acute criminal threat from special counsel Jack Smith, who is probing the matter. And close allies quickly pushed back on GOP-led investigations, stressing the differences between Biden’s attorneys quickly turning over the documents and Trump’s refusal to cooperate. And despite Trump’s frequent assertions, no evidence has emerged that he took steps to declassify the records before leaving office. Biden’s party argued that the handling of the matter — by his team, the Archives and DOJ — should increase confidence in the process. Trump’s resistance to that subpoena — and DOJ’s belief that additional documents remain unaccounted for — has led to concerns about willful retention of documents, rather than negligence, as well as the prospect of obstruction of justice. When the former president had 320 documents found at his personal residence, they said that ‘that will not be a priority.’ What President Biden did was disclose this to the Archives, let law enforcement know.” But House Republicans are eager to use their freshly gained investigative powers against the Biden administration. I wonder why the press isn’t asking the same questions of him,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise asked reporters on Tuesday. Pete Aguilar, the House Democratic caucus chair, echoed that sentiment and slammed the GOP inquiries as “Republican hypocrisy at its finest. Incoming House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday sought a national security damage assessment on the Biden documents, warning that the president may have violated two laws that the Justice Department cited in explaining its Mar-a-Lago search. “It seems like they’re all doing it the right way, unlike what happened with President Trump.”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday pledged to promote prosperity for people throughout the ...

López Obrador spoke at length about Mexico’s efforts to control the flow into the United States of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has become a scourge for many American communities. will be able to work legally in the country for two years. Canada is being nudged by the U.S. The U.S. Trudeau emphasized in a one-on-one meeting with Biden the benefits of free trade and warned against Buy America policies that the U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border from among those who entered the U.S. “But it’s going to take a lot of work, something neither you or I or most our citizens have ever been afraid of.” Trudeau called the U.S. president “Joe” and Biden joked with Trudeau — after the Canadian leader had delivered a statement to reporters in English and French — that he should have paid more attention in his college French classes. “We share a common vision for the future, grounded on common values.” The warmth during their joint press conference stood in stark contrast to the more brusque exchange a day earlier. administration has promoted, according to the prime minister’s office.

The Biden administration will roll out additional measures during Tuesday's North American Leaders' Summit in a desperate bid to keep migrants from ...

The summit was a point of contention between the US and Mexico when President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador snubbed the gathering over disagreements about who was invited. Tuesday’s summit builds on last year’s gathering in Los Angeles, where countries across the Western Hemisphere committed to the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection. A new center will be established in Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, which thousands of migrants pass through on their way to the US-Mexico border. One big factor, experts say, is how the administration would determine whether a person is disqualified from being able to seek asylum in the United States. Instead, people often look to smugglers, who disseminate misinformation on US policies, to journey north – a hurdle for the Biden administration as it tries to discourage migrants from taking that route. The issue in turn has increasingly become a political vulnerability for the administration – which has drawn fierce criticism from Republicans and Democrats – and been a key point of discussion with partners to the south, primarily Mexico.

John Lausch, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney now tasked with investigating classified documents at the Penn Biden Center, was nearly fired by President ...

Now, Lausch will lead the investigation of the documents at the Penn Biden Center – some of which were marked classified – that were dated from Biden’s time as vice president. They urged Biden to at least let Lausch stay on until a replacement was confirmed. When Biden took office in early 2021, it was reported that the president had plans to fire him, even though the Senate had confirmed him unanimously. "In 2017, our non-partisan screening committee gave its support for Mr. Attorney Lausch without consulting us," the two senators from Lausch’s home state said in a joint statement. Lausch has been in office since 2017 when he was appointed by then-President Donald Trump.

The files were found and turned over to the National Archives on Nov. 2, but their existence was revealed publicly on Monday. ... President Biden speaking at a ...

Mr. Garland then assigned Mr. The White House said Mr. In that matter, the Justice Department eventually developed evidence that Mr. Biden and Mr. The episode illustrated Mr. The pick was intended to blunt criticism that Mr. conducted a raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence for the same violation,” Mr. The documents included briefing materials on foreign countries from Mr. Trump for his possession of classified documents, but not Mr. The White House has stressed that the circumstances are different — that Mr. Garland decide whether to appoint a special counsel, like the one investigating Mr.

President Joe Biden and his White House legal team do not know what's precisely contained in the classified documents from his time as vice president that ...

Mike Turner, has sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines requesting an “immediate review and damage assessment” of the classified documents. The Kentucky Republican sent letters to the Archives and the White House Counsel’s Office Tuesday night. The news about classified records turning up at Biden’s private office is sure to provide new fodder to Trump, who has already announced his 2024 presidential bid. Sauber said Biden’s personal attorneys quickly turned over a small number of classified documents once they were found in a locked space. CNN reported earlier in the day that Biden and his White House legal team do not know what’s precisely contained in the classified documents because they did not review them, according to two sources familiar with the matter. So, DOJ prosecutors secured a grand jury subpoena and later got a judge’s permission to search Mar-a-Lago, to find the documents. But we are committed to doing this the right way, and we will provide further details when and as appropriate,” Sams said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. The president’s personal attorneys found the documents in November when packing files, the White House has said, and then the counsel’s office notified the National Archives and Records Administration. He has provided his preliminary findings to Garland, the source said. Biden didn’t know the documents were there, and didn’t become aware they were there, until his personal lawyers informed the White House counsel’s office, one source familiar with the matter told CNN. The White House call did not include a rationale for why this wasn’t disclosed at the time or since November. Federal officeholders are required by law to relinquish official documents and classified records when their government service ends.

The revelation of classified documents found in a private office belonging to Joe Biden in between his time as vice president and president has energized ...

“My hope would be that if somebody screwed up, they need to just own it, and not make up stories and lousy, evasive narratives like we heard from Trump and his lawyers.” “I’m trying not to have a snap judgment on this, but let’s get all that information out there, let’s be very transparent about it. “The other thing that’s interesting, frankly, is that they knew about this a week before the election. “When the former president had 320 documents found at his personal residence, they said that that will not be a priority.” “The Supreme Court’s pretty clear that only the president can declassify documents. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the bipartisan Problem Solver’s Caucus who represents a district Biden won in 2020. “This is Republican hypocrisy at its finest,” said Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, said on the House floor during debate over a resolution to create the select committee on Tuesday. Attorneys for Biden alerted the National Archives and the materials were turned over the following morning, according to Biden’s counsel. It is unknown, however, what, if any, protocol to declassify documents was followed. While the U.S. “Why has President Biden, who has repeatedly kept classified materials in an unsecure location for years, never faced a raid?

JANUARY 10, 2023, UPDATE: MEXICO CITY (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trude...

10, 2023) gathering of North American countries is held most years, and it’s often called the “three amigos summit.” However, there have been strains in the relationship, and those were on display when Biden and López Obrador met Monday. and Canadian leaders had a warm exchange during a brief appearance before reporters, which stood in stark contrast to a more brusque exchange between Biden and López Obrador on Monday (Jan. They were discussing the fragile security situation in Haiti, North American trade, political unrest in Brazil and more on the sidelines of the North American Leaders Summit.

Rep. Mike Turner, the incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee, requested a damage assessment of the documents marked classified found at Mr.

But after uncovering "multiple sources of evidence" indicating sensitive documents remained at Mar-a-Lago, the FBI sought and received from a federal magistrate judge the search warrant for the property. The agency received 15 boxes of presidential records from the South Florida resort in mid-January 2022, and later revealed some of the documents contained records marked classified. Sauber said in his statement that "the documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives. The information contained in the documents and their level of classification is unknown, though a source familiar with the matter told CBS News the documents did not contain nuclear secrets. The records were contained in a folder that was in a box with unclassified papers, sources with knowledge of the inquiry told CBS News. Biden and his predecessor, citing the FBI's execution of a court-approved search warrant at Mar-a-Lago. Jim Jordan, who is set to take over the House Judiciary Committee, said Monday. "This discovery of classified information would put President Biden in potential violation of laws protecting national security, including the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act," he wrote. "The only person that has the constitutional ability to declassify any documents is the president of the United States, not the vice president," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters Tuesday. "President Biden said during the campaign that he would have the most transparent administration in America. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia told reporters there needs to be a "very serious investigation" and reiterated her call for Mr. The documents, which date to when Mr.

President Joe Biden privately urged his Mexican counterpart to enact new policies to capitalize on the US drive to boost domestic semiconductor production, ...

The oversight panel "is concerned that President Biden has compromised [intelligence] sources", James Comer, its Republican chairman, said. The files, found at ...

The material dates to Mr Biden's time as vice-president from 2009-17, according to his lawyer. "A V.P. "Why didn't the 'Justice' Department announce the Highly Classified documents found in the Biden Office before the Election?" It is a request, not a legal summons. They were found at the Penn Biden Center by one of Mr Biden's lawyers, in a manila folder that was labelled "personal", according to CNN. In Mexico City, where he was attending a summit, Mr Biden told reporters on Tuesday he was "surprised" by the discovery.

The two leaders sparred over the history of U.S. support in Latin America at talks in Mexico City — but found common ground on migration, ...

"People remember what happened just a few years ago when the certainty of this partnership was in question," Trudeau said. "The United States provides more foreign aid than every other country, just about combined, in the world — to not just the hemisphere, but around the world," Biden told López Obrador. leader to the country since former President Barack Obama's last visit in 2014. López Obrador told Biden that the United States had done little to support development in Latin America since President John F. It's in the Middle East. government has spent "tens of billions of dollars in the hemisphere" over the past 15 years. "You are the first president of the United States in a very long time who has not built even one meter of wall. It's in Asia. López Obrador chose to boycott a big regional summit hosted by Biden in Los Angeles last summer. "I think they both got a lot out of it," he said. An Oval Office meeting last summer saw the leftist leader hit on some politically touchy issues, like U.S. The leaders found common ground on migration, economic integration, and fentanyl interdiction.

NARA's inconsistent treatment of recovering classified records held by former President Trump and President Biden raises questions about political bias at the ...

All materials created or received by the vice president or others in the offices must be turned over to the National Archives, and are treated in the same manner as presidential records. The papers were transferred at a time when Biden was transitioning out of political life and, for the first time in decades, establishing new personal offices at what seemed to be the end of a long political career. Many of Biden’s top aides served in leadership positions at the center, including now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Steve Ricchetti, who now serves as a senior adviser to Biden in the White House. Biden had previously donated a large trove to the University of Delaware that contained materials from his 36-year career as a U.S. The documents were found at the Penn Biden Center in early November, not long before Garland tapped a special counsel, Jack Smith, to lead the agency’s criminal investigation into Trump’s possible mishandling of hundreds of classified documents that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after his presidency ended. Republicans have made the Mar-a-Lago search central to their calls for investigating or overhauling the Justice Department and pointed to the Biden documents as further evidence of alleged political bias in its processes. Lausch Jr., who was nominated by Trump, to oversee the review of the Biden documents, according to two people familiar with the matter, one of whom said the FBI is also taking part in the review. 24 all documents and communications between NARA, the White House, the Department of Justice and Biden’s attorneys related to the classified documents while raising concerns about potential political bias at the National Archives. The nature of the documents is also varied, according to a person familiar with both inquiries. “But we are committed to doing this the right way, and we will provide further details when and as appropriate.” I’ve turned over the boxes — they’ve turned over the boxes to the Archives. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on Tuesday asked the White House and the National Archives to produce by Jan.

La Casa Blanca 10 de enero de 2023. El presidente Joseph R. Biden, Jr. se reunió hoy con el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau, en la Ciudad de ...

El presidente Biden y el primer ministro Trudeau también se refirieron a la situación humanitaria y de seguridad en Haití. Como democracias líderes y aliados de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN), el presidente Biden y el primer ministro Trudeau hablaron de la cooperación en materia de defensa y seguridad para enfrentar los desafíos del siglo XXI, promover la seguridad y la prosperidad colectivas, y defender un sistema internacional basado en reglas. se reunió hoy con el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau, en la Ciudad de México, mientras asistían a la Cumbre de Líderes de América del Norte, para dialogar sobre los esfuerzos conjuntos para impulsar la competitividad económica y el crecimiento inclusivo, cumplir los ambiciosos compromisos sobre el clima, fortalecer la cooperación en materia de seguridad y defensa, y abordar diversos desafíos regionales y mundiales, como la brutal guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, la inestabilidad en Haití y la migración irregular y los desplazamientos forzados en toda la región.

President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to downplay their frustrations with one ...

Under the plan, the U.S. Biden and López Obrador haven’t been on particularly good terms for the past two years. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border from among those who entered the U.S. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the country’s Council of Ministers sent an urgent appeal Oct. Trudeau called the U.S. president “Joe” and Biden joked with Trudeau — after the Canadian leader had delivered a statement to reporters in English and French — that he should have paid more attention in his college French classes. In addition, Canada and the U.S. [Trudeau](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/truck-blockade-leaves-canadas-capital-but-trudeau-says-emergency-powers-still-needed) emphasized in a one-on-one meeting with Biden the benefits of free trade and warned against Buy America policies that the U.S. “We share a common vision for the future, grounded on common values.” Meanwhile, Trudeau and López Obrador are concerned about Biden’s efforts to boost domestic manufacturing, creating concerns that U.S. The warmth during their joint press conference stood in stark contrast to the more brusque exchange a day earlier. [López Obrador](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/mexico-may-accept-more-migrants-expelled-by-u-s-lopez-obrador-says) prodded Biden to “insist” Congress regularize undocumented Mexican migrants who work in industries where American employers are struggling mightily to find enough workers.

Even as President Biden and the leaders of Canada and Mexico sought to emphasize their shared commitments, the tricky issue of immigration dominated much of ...

Mr. López Obrador, Mr. Biden and Mr. The Mexican president’s views are in sharp contrast with Mr. “I’m lucky,” he added, “I got Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.” Earlier Tuesday, Mr. López Obrador “buys tolerance from the United States by fiddling around with the border in a manner that’s convenient to the Biden administration or to Trump. “You are the first president of the United States in a very long time that has not built not even one meter of wall,” Mr. He praised Mr. At the news conference after the summit, Mr. In a one-on-one meeting on Monday night, Mr. Biden dismissed criticism from Republicans, Democrats and humanitarian groups, calling them the “extremes” and saying he was pursuing a middle ground in his approach to immigration.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that he was “surprised” at the discovery of classified documents in a private space at a Biden-related think tank and ...

“People know I take classified documents, classified information seriously,” Biden said, confirming he was cooperating. 2 at the Penn Biden Center think tank at the University of Pennsylvania. “I was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records that were taken there to that office,” Biden said, speaking in Mexico City at a news conference with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

Rep. James Comer is demanding information about "Biden's failure to return highly classified records from his time as vice president."

[Presidential Records Act and Trump search explained](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/09/trump-presidential-records-fbi-warrant) [even by thinking about it](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/22/trump-presidents-declassifying-documents-by-thinking-about-it)." [found outside the National Archives](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/09/trump-presidential-records-fbi-warrant) when the [FBI seized boxes of records](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/09/trump-raid-mar-a-lago-fbi) from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. [investigating Trump](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/trump-mar-a-lago-documents-case-doj)for his handling of classified information. [midterm elections](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/midterm-elections-2022) and didn't alert the public. [Politics & Policy](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy)

The revelation that potentially classified materials were discovered at think tank offices formerly used by President Joe Biden has prompted questions on ...

intelligence community conduct a "damage assessment" of the documents found at the Penn Center. The Ohio Republican is among House Republicans pushing for the creation of a "select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal government" within the Judiciary Committee. Biden: Answering questions from journalists at the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico on Tuesday, Biden said he was "surprised to learn" that the documents had been found at his think tank. Former special counsel Robert Mueller cited that guidance in deciding not to reach a conclusion on whether Trump should face charges as part of his investigation into coordination between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. Federal officials also served a subpoena for some documents believed to be at the estate. Biden: "A small number of documents with classified markings" were discovered on Nov.

Attorney General Merrick Garland will eventually have to decide whether to appoint a special counsel on the Biden classified documents probe — while leaning ...

Zoom in: When conducting a probe into classified documents, FBI agents and investigators work with the U.S. - "This is an ongoing process under review by DOJ, so we are going to be limited in what we can say at this time. - "If it weren’t for the Trump investigations, DOJ likely wouldn’t have been even doing a preliminary inquiry. Why it matters: Garland's reported decision to assign the case to U.S. - The outcome of the investigation depends largely on the number of documents, the classification level and any aggravating factors — like false statements, concealment of documents and efforts to obstruct the investigation, which are assessed at the end of the process. - They'll interview witnesses to determine where the documents were found, why they were taken there, who knew they were there and who had access to them.

WASHINGTON Jan. 10, 2023 5:54 p.m.. President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was surprised when informed that government records were found by his attorneys at his ...

Haines noted in her letter that any risk assessment would not “unduly interfere” with the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. Democrats made a similar request of the director of national intelligence in August following the search of Mar-a-Lago. CBS was first to report Monday on the discovery of the potentially classified documents. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff, who then led the House Oversight and Intelligence committees, asked Haines for an “immediate review and damage assessment,” alleging that Trump “has potentially put our national security at grave risk.” James Comer, the new GOP chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent the White House Counsel’s office a letter requesting copies of the documents found at the Biden office, communications about the discovery, and a list of those who may have had access to the office where they were found. “They knew about this a week before the election, maybe the American people should have known that,” Jordan told reporters. There are significant differences between the Trump and Biden situations, including the gravity of an ongoing grand jury investigation into the Mar-a-Lago matter. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to review the matter after the Archives referred the issue to the department. “I was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there are any government records that were taken there to that office,” Biden said in his first comments since news of the Nov. He added that “I don’t know what’s in the documents" and that his lawyers had suggested he not ask. The White House didn’t immediately respond to the request. “This issue demands a full and thorough review.”

Chairman Comer is concerned that NARA's inconsistent application of the Presidential Records Act and treatment of classified records held by former President ...

“The President has previously called the mishandling of presidential records ‘totally irresponsible.’ Recent reports reveal that classified documents in the custody of then-Vice President Biden were discovered in a closet at a Washington, D.C. In the letter to White House Counsel Stuart Delery, Chairman Comer requests documents and information related to the White House’s handling of this matter. In the letter to Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall, Chairman Comer requests NARA provide all documents and communications between NARA, the White House, the Department of Justice, and President Biden’s attorneys related to the classified documents discovered at the Penn Biden Center. The Committee is concerned that President Biden has compromised sources and methods with his own mishandling of classified documents. “For months, NARA failed to disclose to Committee Republicans or the American public that President Biden—after serving as Vice President—stored highly classified documents in a closet at his personal office. WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting information from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the White House Counsel’s Office about President Biden’s failure to return highly classified records from his time as vice president.

CBS News has learned those documents were marked with varying levels of classification including some that were designated highly classified.

He said, "I don't get involved in a lot of the drama from the last administration." The letter also requests agency documents and communications within 14 days and testimony from senior Archives officials by Jan. The FBI is assisting in the review, which is expected to wrap up soon. [second letter to the National Archives](https://www.scribd.com/document/619022305/2023-01-10-Letter-NARA-Biden-Classified-Docs) Tuesday saying his committee would also probe "whether there is a political bias" at the agency. Comer asks the White House to turn over all documents and communications related to the classified material found in Mr. The White House counsel then informed the National Archives, the federal agency responsible for securing and preserving presidential and vice presidential papers. The House investigation comes about 24 hours after CBS News first reported the Department of Justice was reviewing roughly 10 documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., where Mr. The documents were given to the National Archives on Nov. And what was the process involved with making the decision to raid Mar-a-Lago, versus the decision to apparently do nothing with President Biden?" 2, according to a statement by White House lawyer Richard Sauber. The documents stem from Mr. And we just have a lot of questions with respect to how Biden's been treated verses how Donald Trump was treated."

Several top Biden administration officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously worked at President Biden's think tank where classified ...

[Garland appointed Jack Smith](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-special-counsel-jack-smith-appointed-investigate-trump), a career prosecutor, to investigate whether Trump violated federal law when he took classified documents after leaving the White House in early 2021. James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said Monday. representative to the organization for security and cooperation in Europe, was a managing director; Juan Gonzalez, a special assistant to the president, was a senior fellow; and Carlyn Reichel, a special assistant to Biden and senior director for speech writing and strategic initiatives, was the director of communications at the Penn Biden Center. "The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives," White House counsel Richard Sauber said in a statement. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, to review the matter. In addition, Spencer Boyer, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO policy, was a senior fellow; Jeffrey Prescott, the deputy to the U.S. "The University of Pennsylvania has stonewalled all inquiries into the identities of the Chinese donors who made $22 million anonymous donations to the university," NLPC Chairman Peter Flaherty told Fox News in 2021. The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group, filed a complaint with the Department of Justice in October 2020, demanding an investigation into $22 million in anonymous donations earmarked from China. "They did what they should have done. Blinken and Richetti both served as managing directors while Kahl was a strategic consultant at the center. My lawyers have not suggested I ask what documents they were." [Biden said he was "surprised"](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-surprised-learn-classified-docs-penn-think-tank) to learn of the classified documents and that his personal attorneys found the classified documents as they were clearing the office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said he was surprised when informed that government records were found by his attorneys at his former office space in ...

Haines noted in her letter that any risk assessment would not “unduly interfere” with the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. Democrats made a similar request of the director of national intelligence in August following the search of Mar-a-Lago. CBS was first to report Monday on the discovery of the potentially classified documents. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff, who then led the House Oversight and Intelligence committees, asked Haines for an “immediate review and damage assessment,” alleging that Trump “has potentially put our national security at grave risk.” James Comer, the new GOP chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent the White House Counsel’s office a letter requesting copies of the documents found at the Biden office, communications about the discovery, and a list of those who may have had access to the office where they were found. “They knew about this a week before the election, maybe the American people should have known that,” Jordan told reporters. He added that “I don’t know what’s in the documents” and that his lawyers had suggested he not ask. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to review the matter after the Archives referred the issue to the department. “I was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there are any government records that were taken there to that office,” Biden said in his first comments since news of the Nov. [significant differences between the Trump and Biden situations](/article/biden-classified-documents-trump-side-by-side-fb2c4ebccdbdbb9039c1c5e227b1da53), including the gravity of an ongoing grand jury investigation into the Mar-a-Lago matter. “From what we know so far, the latter is about finding documents with markings, and turning them over, which is certainly different from a months-long effort to retain material actively being sought by the government. “This issue demands a full and thorough review.”

MEXICO CITY — President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday vowed to reform and streamline the flow of migrants from Mexico ...

The legislation, which provides tax credits for the purchase of some EVs, extends some of its benefits to Canada and Mexico. “The big question for Canada is, how does it make a big enough impression to be viewed as more than an ally?” said Maryscott Greenwood, a former U.S. legislation for its “key role” in fighting climate change while acknowledging that “without new measures to keep pace with the [Inflation Reduction Act], Canada risks being left behind.” “But I think the overall trade mood at the summit will be positive.” “There will always be trade irritants in the Canada-U.S. “People remember what happened just a few years ago when the certainty of this partnership was in question,” he said. He also announced an agreement with Mexico to accept the return of tens of thousands of Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Haitians who cross the border without authorization. “If the most extreme Republicans continue to demagogue this issue, I’m left with only one choice: to act on my own.” Biden has not yet formally announced his plans to seek reelection, but such an announcement is expected in the next few months. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday criticized the president for “an open border” that has “led to millions of people coming into our country illegally.” “And we thank you for that, sir — although some might not like it, although the conservatives don’t like it.” Biden, López Obrador and Trudeau committed to continue working together to reduce irregular migration, including by announcing a new website to give migrants more information about legal migration options.

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was surprised to learn that classified documents were found in a think-tank office he once used and said he and his ...

And as soon as they did, they realized there were several classified documents in that box. On that visit, Trump's advisers returned a few dozen additional classified records, and attested that no other classified material remained in the residence. Representative Elise Stefanik, a staunch Trump ally who chairs the House Republican caucus, said in a statement that the documents raised serious questions about national security. Biden's attorneys discovered fewer than a dozen classified records inside the office at the think-tank and informed the U.S. Biden told reporters at a joint news conference with the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he takes classified documents seriously. When Trump finally handed over 15 boxes of records in January 2022, the Archives discovered more than 100 were marked as classified.