#shorts On 1/12/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “there’s this lingering question of why there wasn’t an acknowledgement of the second set of documents earlier this week.
And you’ve said that you’re working through a process and going by the book. And I’m — what I’m curious is if you’re trying to, sort of, hint at the idea that the Justice Department asked you not to reveal the second set of documents or you were told in some way not to disclose anything that had not been made public (inaudible)?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I would not jump to those two conclusions. That is not what I’m stating. I am genuinely saying to you: There is an ongoing process …
Reporter: I guess I remain confused.
If the Justice Department didn’t ask you not to disclose these documents, why — on Monday, as this news was coming out; Tuesday, as the President was talking about it, you didn’t say, “Here’s everything we know at this point. You know the —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look —
Reporter: the first set was found at the Penn Biden Center. The second set was found at his office. We’re searching to make sure that there’s nothing else.”
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Because there’s an ongoing process.
On 1/12/2023, Reporters grilled 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 were found in Joe Biden’s private office shortly before the 2022 midterm elections. 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. 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.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/f_mRA4TcuZY
Q: I remain confused, why not disclose the same time?