{"id":572910,"date":"2023-05-03T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-say-aide-didnt-know-documents-boxed-to-bidens-house-were-classified\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:21:14","slug":"democrats-say-aide-didnt-know-documents-boxed-to-bidens-house-were-classified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-say-aide-didnt-know-documents-boxed-to-bidens-house-were-classified\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats say aide didn&#8217;t know documents boxed to Biden&#8217;s house were classified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/bidenjoe_050123_ap_susanwalsh.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Democrats sought to undercut a brewing Oversight Committee investigation into the discovery of records from President Biden\u2019s tenure as vice president, releasing partial tran<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\">script<\/a>s indicating his assistant was unaware there were classified records in the boxes sent to a center bearing his name.<\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/sites\/democrats.oversight.house.gov\/files\/5.3.2023%20Chung%20Memo%20-%20FINAL.pdf\">memo\u00a0from the panel\u2019s Democrats<\/a> indicates Biden\u2019s former secretary, Kathy Chung, did not spot any cover sheets for classified documents as she packed the boxes, which largely contained letters and other personal effects, as well as documents from passion projects of Biden\u2019s, including the now-revived Cancer Moonshot.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The memo also condemns committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), accusing him of misrepresenting Chung\u2019s testimony while spreading \u201cfalse, xenophobic, and racist conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The memo points to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> appearances by Comer, including those in which he suggests Chung, who was born in South Korea, had ties to Hunter Biden and the Chinese Communist Party, telling Fox\u2019s Maria Bartiromo, \u201cWe\u2019re looking into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chung described her role as packing \u2014 but not sorting \u2014 the materials in the boxes. She told lawmakers that no members of the Biden family were involved in packing boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Her attorney has since penned a letter, also released by Democrats, accusing Republicans of making false insinuations about her role with Biden ahead of her interview with the committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have serious doubts about your intentions and the motivation in requesting a transcribed interview,\u201d Chung\u2019s attorney wrote in a March letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you well know from reading the relevant emails, Ms. Chung was not hired by the Vice President for the purpose of helping with moving documents. She was hired as an Assistant to the Vice President responsible for office affairs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>House Republicans are investigating Biden\u2019s handling of classified material after several documents with sensitive markings from his time as vice president were found in an old Washington, D.C., office space and at Biden\u2019s Wilmington, Del., home in late 2022 and early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Chung told lawmakers during a four-hour interview that she was not aware any classified documents were among the material she packed up in Biden\u2019s office at the end of the Obama administration, according to Democrats on the Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpts of her testimony include her telling lawmakers that she has experience spotting classified documents and that she would have alerted someone if she had come across those markings while packing up Biden\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The release of the memo takes a page from the book of Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, who earlier this year offered a report that included partial interviews with three GOP witnesses who have accused the FBI of improperly targeting conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats justified the move by arguing committee Republicans had inflated both the number of witnesses they\u2019d spoken with and their claims, suggesting each had little evidence of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s memo from House Oversight Democrats similarly casts Republican claims as false and likewise argues that releasing the information was necessary for transparency.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIn light of Chairman Comer\u2019s decision to cherry-pick and misrepresent critical information in this investigation while refusing to publicly release the full interview transcripts, the Committee\u2019s Democratic staff will endeavor to provide ongoing updates to all Democratic Members on the status of this investigation to ensure the Committee\u2019s work is carried out in a transparent fashion,\u201d Democrats write in the final paragraph of their memo.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland in January appointed Robert Hur as a special counsel to handle the Justice Department\u2019s review of Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re going to find there\u2019s nothing there,\u201d Biden said of the controversy in January. \u201cI have no regrets, I\u2019m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. That\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re doing, there\u2019s no there there.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A separate special counsel, Jack Smith, is investigating former President Trump\u2019s handling of classified materials after more than 100 sensitive documents were found at his Mar-a-Lago estate last year.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence in late January notified federal officials that a small number of classified documents from his time in the Trump administration were found at his Indiana home. There has not been a special counsel appointed to review Pence\u2019s handling of classified materials.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill has reached out to Comer for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\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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