President Joe Biden

House Republicans are ramping up conspiracy theories, but one thing seems clear: the government's documents system has an overclassification addiction.

Greene said that the documents case is an example of a “two-tiered justice system,” that Biden should be impeached, and that the timing of the disclosures was “so much B.S.” The affair of the documents may prove something of a stress test. So it’s not like it’s sitting out in the street.” Cue a New York Post headline announcing, “HUNTER BIDEN HAD ACCESS TO DAD’S CORVETTE,” accompanied by a photo of the President’s son seated in the car, which was purportedly found on a laptop belonging to him—the subject of yet another saga. One of the many unfortunate aspects of the case, though, is that the count rose as the Biden team let the news come out in dribs and drabs in the course of a week. But the fact that these two very different men, for different reasons, both had classified documents in their homes should be cause for reflection about our system of secrecy, too. They are not the same, and that is something worth emphasizing. When Peter Doocy, of Fox News, asked Biden at a press conference, “Classified material next to your Corvette—what were you thinking?,” the President decided to defend the honor of his car, a 1967 Stingray convertible: “My Corvette’s in a locked garage, O.K.? The next day, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said in response to a question about the search process, “You should assume that it’s been completed.” But five more documents were apparently found in the room that evening. Comer had suggested, in another interview, that he was concerned not so much about classified documents ending up in a former Vice-President’s home as about whether Biden was being treated differently than Donald Trump was when documents marked classified were found at his home, at Mar-a-Lago. Republicans are, unsurprisingly, in an uproar over the discovery, in three different locations associated with President Joe Biden—his former office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a room in his Delaware home, and his garage—of documents marked as classified. The complaint from Comer, who is the new chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, was, to say the least, muddled. Now we find out that Joe Biden did the exact same thing that every President has done.”

Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, said US President Joe Biden no longer has the moral high ground on the classified documents case ...

James Comer, R-Ky., said he took Biden “at his word when the first set of documents were found. The new chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Rep. When that information is found, it diminishes the stature of any person who is in possession of it because it's not supposed to happen. “How does this happen?” 11 and 12 in his home library. 2 at the offices of the Penn Biden Centre in Washington, and then in follow up searches on Dec.

Strong majorities of Americans believe both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump acted inappropriately when it comes to handling of ...

Results have a margin of sampling error of 4.5 points, including the design effect. On the question of how much support to provide Ukraine, a plurality of Americans, 46%, feel that the United States is doing "about the right amount" to support Ukraine, though a third believe the U.S. Still, nearly a third of the public (30%) finds the actions of both to be equally serious. is doing "too much" and a fifth say "too little." Partisan breakdowns once again show a stark contrast, with the overwhelming majority of Democrats, 84%, saying Trump's behavior was more serious, compared to a thin 7% of Republicans who say the same. See the poll's topline results and details on the methodology When it comes to assessments of the job Biden is doing as president, his job approval ratings across several key sectors continues to sag. Condemnation expectedly aligns along party lines, with 96% of Democrats saying that Trump's handling of classified documents was not appropriate compared to 47% of Republicans. 20-21, 2023, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 532 adults. These figures are largely unchanged from polling before the midterm elections. Trump, on the other hand, More documents have since been found in his Wilmington, Delaware, home.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Sunday President Joe Biden should “have a lot of regrets” about how he handled classified documents, following the FBI's ...

[ABC News/Ipsos](https://abcnews.go.com/US/poll-americans-biden-trump-inappropriately-handled-classified-documents/story?id=96584674) who said they believe Biden acted inappropriately in his handling of classified documents, compared to 77% who said they feel that way about Trump. Biden did, however, have the authority to declassify documents under an order signed by former President Barack Obama, according to Politifact, which notes that the order only applies to documents classified by the vice-president. Manchin, who is considered the most moderate Democrat in Congress, has been noncommittal previously about possibly switching his political affiliation to Independent. Biden has also cooperated with the DOJ’s investigation, while the agency has accused Trump of refusing to fully comply with a subpoena for classified records. Biden faces a DOJ investigation and mounting attacks on the right after documents were found in his former office at a Washington think tank and his Delaware home. Manchin, speaking about his own political future on Sunday, suggested he has not ruled out a run for president in 2024 outside of the Democratic party. Days later, Sauber publicly disclosed that aides found six additional classified documents in the president’s personal library and garage at his Delaware home earlier this month and in December. Biden’s document discovery has prompted comparisons to Trump’s handling of classified documents and claims of hypocrisy on the right. Trump, meanwhile, has attempted to downplay his own controversy by claiming he had the authority, as president, to declassify documents, while Biden did not. White House lawyer Richard Sauber announced earlier this month that aides found about 10 Obama-era classified documents in Biden’s former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., in November when they were clearing out the space. On Saturday, the White House revealed the DOJ found six additional materials, some with classified markings, during a 13-hour search of the property as part of its investigation into the matter. Manchin and Sen.