Oh, So That’s Why Biden Mishandled Classified Information?

President Joe Biden answered a question about mishandling classified information during a joint press conference with Mexican President Andres Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Mexico City Tuesday night. Previously, he ignored a number of inquiries from the White House Press Corps.

But despite Biden’s claims he takes the handling of classified information “seriously,” the facts of the situation show otherwise. Many questions remain about why sensitive documents were housed in his unsecured think tank office.

George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley is calling out the hypocrisy of the situation and explaining why Biden may have had the documents.

Jonathan Turley
Biden broke his silence and said that he was “surprised” by the discovery. However, as expected, he cited counsel in saying no more and asking no questions. However, this is one explanation (to quote the President) on “how this could possibly happen?”…

Biden may have taken secret documents for his book — doubling his hypocrisy – How will President Biden explain the documents found at a private office supplied by the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement? For the moment, he is not saying anything at all

…Biden not only would accept a million dollars to discuss diplomacy at Penn, but he wrote a book that detailed his work in countries like Ukraine (one of the reported subjects of these highly classified documents).

Biden’s classified-records headache is Garland’s special-counsel nightmareWith this new document discovery, President Biden may be accused of the same underlying crime as former President Trump.

…What the President did not explain is why he was “surprised.” Those documents were presumably not placed in his office for the benefit for third parties. He did not say whether he did review or request such classified material.
…Biden said “I don’t know what’s in the documents. My lawyers have not suggested I ask what documents they were.” It was a bit jumbled. Presumably, he is saying that his lawyers suggested that he not ask what the documents were.”…
…The question is why. If the President was committed to addressing any national security risk, he would want to know and then want to offer any recollection on how or when they might have been used.