#shorts On 1/12/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “the President addressed us on Tuesday in Mexico City — all the conversation was about the documents in the office.
However, according to the Attorney General, documents were found on December 20th in his garage in Wilmington. Why was it not immediately addressed? Is the White House being transparent about that if that was already known and not discussed upfront?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, just to — you said “transparent.” I want to say that we have been transparent here. That is why the minute that his lawyers found those documents, they reported it. They reached out to the Archives …
Reporters grilled White House Press Secretary Karine 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/098664hSAoE
Q: Transparency?
A: reached out to Archives