{"id":539156,"date":"2023-01-13T02:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T23:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-memo-bidens-document-woes-deepen\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T02:12:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T23:12:45","slug":"the-memo-bidens-document-woes-deepen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-memo-bidens-document-woes-deepen\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Memo: Biden\u2019s document woes deepen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f2e9ae2ce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f2e9ae2ce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-memo-bidens-document-woes-deepen\/#The_Memo_Bidens_document_woes_deepen\" >The Memo: Biden\u2019s document woes deepen<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Memo_Bidens_document_woes_deepen\"><\/span>The Memo: Biden\u2019s document woes deepen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bidenjoe_011223ap-andrew-harnik_biden-woes.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Documents discovered at President Biden\u2019s home and former office are now at the heart of a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This fact alone underscores the speed and severity with which the president\u2019s woes have deepened since the issue first came to light in a CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> report on Monday<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On Thursday, Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed a special counsel, Robert Hur, to look into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Garland said the appointment was \u201cin the public interest.\u201d He also asserted that his decision was made to bolster confidence in the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>It \u201cunderscores for the public the Department\u2019s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law,\u201d Garland said.<\/p>\n<p>But Garland\u2019s decision to appoint Hur also creates an extraordinary circumstance in which both a sitting president and his im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te predecessor are under criminal investigation for their handling of classified material.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump is also, of course, the only major declared Republican candidate for the White House in 2024. Special counsel Jack Smith is looking into Trump\u2019s conduct in a case that involves far more documents than Biden\u2019s \u2014 and, from what is currently known, far more evidence of potential obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Those differences are important. But they are of cold political comfort to Democrats. Much of the political sting will now go out of critiques of Trump\u2019s behavior, the matter reduced instead to its simplest summary that both men had classified documents in their possession when they shouldn\u2019t have had them.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The White House, which already knew it was in for a tough time in keeping control of the political agenda once Republicans took over the House majority, now faces an instant blizzard of negative attention and hostile questions.<\/p>\n<p>Incoming Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday reacted to the revelation of the second batch of documents by telling Fox News he had \u201ca ton of questions\u201d about the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did they wait to tell us?\u201d Jordan wondered.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s counterpart at the head of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) reacted to the appointment of the special counsel by releasing a statement which, in essence, said Garland\u2019s move would make no difference to the probe Comer is planning.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky Republican said his panel would probe behavior that he characterized as \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s mishandling of classified information and the Swamp\u2019s efforts to hide this information from the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House earlier this week also voted, along straight party lines, to create a committee focused upon the supposed \u201cweaponization\u201d of the federal government. Republicans could scarcely have imagined they would be given fresh ammunition so quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Of course, the argument about double standards runs both ways. While Democrats and liberal media allies try to minimize the significance of the document finds pertaining to Biden, Republicans like Jordan have acquired a zeal on the topic that was notably lacking when it came to Trump and the documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, efforts by the relevant authorities to retrieve documents from the former president\u2019s Florida resort began at least as early as May 2021, were repeatedly frustrated, and culminated in a court-obtained search warrant and an FBI raid roughly 15 months later.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, the White House has emphasized that the recently-discovered Biden documents were promptly turned over to the National Archives. This has not been seriously disputed, nor has evidence emerged that casts doubt on that vital part of the story.<\/p>\n<p>Still, that doesn\u2019t get Biden out of the woods by any measure.<\/p>\n<p>Over two successive press briefings on Wednesday and Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has come under heavy pressure by reporters to explain more about the timeline of events.<\/p>\n<p>The first batch of documents was discovered Nov. 2 \u2014 just six days before the midterm elections, in which Democrats did unexpectedly well. It seems clear that the prompt disclosure of this information would have resulted, at a minimum, in several bad news cycles for the president\u2019s party at a crucial time.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Garland\u2019s Thursday statement alluded to a search of other premises following the discovery of the initial batch of documents, which yielded a second batch in the garage of Biden\u2019s Wilmington home by December 20. But, confusingly, the Justice Department was apparently informed only on Thursday morning about an additional, one-page document also uncovered at the Wilmington address.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has kept his comments about the matter sparse, saying that he was surprised that the documents had shown up and that he does not know what exactly they contain.<\/p>\n<p>A Thursday statement from the president\u2019s counsel, Richard Sauber, cast the whole matter as an innocent error, asserting: \u201cWe are confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced, and the President and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Regardless, the president and his party are now at real risk of being bogged down in a damaging story that has no obvious end in sight.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Memo is a reported column by Niall Stanage.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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