West News Wire: One of President Biden’s most important allies in Congress and a Democrat, Adam Schiff, has admitted that the discovery of sensitive information at the president’s home may have jeopardized US national security.
Without more information, I don’t think we can rule out the possibility, Schiff said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday. The California Democrat emphasized that the confidential papers discovered in an FBI raid at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in August, as well as the Biden materials, should be briefed by US intelligence services to the House Intelligence Committee.
According to Schiff, “We have requested an intelligence community evaluation of the Mar-a-Lago materials.” “I believe we should have the same evaluation of the documents contained in the think tank as well as the home of President Biden. I’d like to know what these documents were. I’d like to know what the [intelligence community’s] assessment is, whether there was any risk of exposure and what the harm would be and whether any mitigation needs to be done.”
At issue are classified documents, some marked “top secret,” from Biden’s two terms as vice president in 2009-2017. CBS News reported last Tuesday that lawyers for the president found classified documents in his office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank. Two days later, the White House confirmed that additional secret documents were discovered at two locations in Biden’s Delaware home, including his garage. Also on Thursday, still more classified papers were found in Biden’s home.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the apparent mishandling of documents. Schiff said Garland had little choice after appointing an outside investigator in the case involving Trump.
Regarding whether other people were exposed to these documents and whether there was harm to national security in the case of either set of documents with either president, Schiff said, “I still would like to see Congress do its own assessment and receive an assessment from the intelligence community.
A week before the midterm legislative elections, on November 2, the Penn Biden Center received the first batch of Biden documents. Schiff said he would reserve judgment when asked if the Biden administration should have disclosed the information sooner rather than keeping it a secret for more than two months. After the midterm elections, Republicans took over the US House, and Schiff was forced to step down as the panel’s chairman.
Regarding whether other people were exposed to these documents and whether there was harm to national security in the case of either set of documents with either president, Schiff said, “I still would like to see Congress do its own assessment and receive an assessment from the intelligence community.
A week before the midterm legislative elections, on November 2, the Penn Biden Center received the first batch of Biden documents. Schiff said he would reserve judgment when asked if the Biden administration should have disclosed the information sooner rather than keeping it a secret for more than two months. After the midterm elections, Republicans took over the US House, and Schiff was forced to step down as the panel’s chairman.
