Tag: Executive Branch

Blinken ‘Surprised’ Biden Classified Documents Found at Center He Directed

January 18, 2023
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Jan. 17 that he was “surprised” to learn that classified documents had been discovered at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, where President Joe Biden previously had an office. Blinken served as Biden’s national security adviser when he was vice president and the…

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White House Won’t Say If Search for More Biden Classified Documents Is Completed

January 17, 2023
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday refused to confirm her previous statement that the search for more classified documents tied to President Joe Biden has been completed. During a press briefing on the afternoon of Jan. 12, Jean-Pierre told reporters that the president’s lawyers had looked through locations where additional documents could be…

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Rep. Jordan Threatens to Issue Subpoenas If Biden Officials Fail to Comply With Document Requests

January 17, 2023
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, resent several requests for outstanding documents and information to Biden administration officials Tuesday with a warning. “This stonewalling must stop,” Jordan wrote in a letter (pdf) addressed to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Noting that the Jan. 17 letter would be “the final time” the committee…

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Biden’s Lawyers ‘Likely Witnesses’ in Criminal Probe of Mishandling of Classified Docs: Jonathan Turley

January 17, 2023
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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley believes President Joe Biden’s personal attorneys are “likely witnesses in a criminal investigation” following their discovery of multiple caches of classified documents at unsecured locations associated with the president. The revelation last week that classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president had been discovered at the president’s…

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California Rainstorm Death Toll Reaches 20, Biden Plans Visit

January 17, 2023
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The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded on Monday, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announced President Joe Biden planned to survey the damage. The nine consecutive rainstorms that inundated California in succession since Dec. 26 killed at least 20…

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Biden Hosts Netherlands Prime Minister for Talks on Tech Chips, Ukraine

January 17, 2023
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden praised the Netherlands for stepping up assistance to Ukraine as he hosted Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks at the White House. Biden is also looking to nudge the Netherlands to further limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. The Biden administration has been trying to…

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Ex-intel Officer Who Discredited Hunter Biden Laptop as ‘Disinformation’ Makes New Admission

January 17, 2023
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A former CIA officer who signed an open letter attempting to discredit reports about Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 election admitted that most of what was discovered on the laptop is real. Douglas Wise, a former CIA officer and Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director, signed an open letter in 2020 that the New…

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Biden Will Give State of the Union Address Next Month After Accepting McCarthy’s ‘Kind Invitation’

January 17, 2023
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President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress next month after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) formally invited him. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that Biden accepted the House speaker’s invitation, according to a statement issued by the administration late last week. It would be the first time…

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White House Says House GOP’s Probe Into Biden Documents Has ‘No Credibility’

January 17, 2023
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The White House said on Jan. 16 that Republicans’ investigations into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified records “should be met with skepticism,” criticizing the probes as “shamelessly hypocritical.” The comments came after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) vowed to keep pressing the Biden administration for answers over classified documents that were found…

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Trump Reacts After White House Says No Visitor Logs for Biden’s Delaware House

January 16, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump spoke out after the White House said there are no visitor logs for President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, where multiple classified documents were discovered. “The White House just announced that there are no LOGS or information of any kind on visitors to the Wilmington house and flimsy, unlocked, and…

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