I'll start with what we do know, which is 10-15 documents (pages actually) marked classified were discovered packed in with his paperwork at his think tank, The Penn Biden Center. This discovery was followed by another 7 or so, discovered in his garage, intermixed with other paperwork, I recall from his VP office. This was followed by a few more that were discovered in his home, likely office. In each case, the discoveries were immediately followed by notification to NARA and DOJ.
The first discovery happened in early November, while sifting through the aforementioned paperwork. The most recently found docs were the result of a thorough search specifically for any remaining classified docs. In reality, most of these are being described as single pages, not complete documents.
That's all we actually know. Here are things we don't know.
- Level of classification and subject matter of the material.
- Who packed the material
- Whether Biden was aware of what was in his possession
Anyone who claims to know any of this is lying or gullible.
What makes sense to me?
In my opinion, the docs were not intentionally retained by Biden for the past several years. They were in his possession and his staff collected and packed the paperwork, both from his think tank and his VP office. They were likely in piles and obscured or the staff and was not trained on classification. That it was the staff doing the packing is an important distinction; he definitely had staff to address these things. It was only when those boxes were gone through that it was recognized they remained in Biden's possession. Again, in my opinion, this makes sense.
How about what doesn't make sense?
- Biden intentionally retained the docs for the past six years, using them for some nefarious purpose. Put yourself in Biden's place, imagining this scenario. You would do whatever you could to hide the stolen docs, placing them where they wouldn't be discovered. You would definitely not stick them in your garage. Once you were done with them, you'd destroy that incriminating evidence. For sure, you'd never advise NARA and DOJ you had it.
Every time I read this one, I scratch my head and wonder, once again, how some people can be so obtuse. As though he had a box in his garage, labelled "Top Secrit Stay out!
- Hunter shared the material with his business partners. If no one was aware the docs in garage were there, how could he share them? Would he copy them and shove them back into the random places he found them? Maybe top secrit box? Not likely.
If Biden didn't pack the material, which is likely, or know the docs were in his possession, also highly likely, what crime did he commit? The only potential issues lie with him having the docs in the first place. I can't comment on that, because it's not cut and dried and I'm not an attorney. Perhaps that's the reason he's been quiet and the original discovery wasn't shared with the media until months after. Make no mistake, the White House keeping a lid on this for months was an unforced error and makes things look worse than they are.
Finally, there have been many who claim that Biden's situation is as bad or worse than Trump's. That's unmitigated horseshit.
Trump:
- Intentionally removed at least 23 BOXES of classified material, some of which was labeled with the highest level, SCI.
- Definitely knew he had the material; some were found in the same desk drawer as his passports.
- These were not declassified. Regardless of what he's said on social media, Trump has not argued he declassified anything in his court filings.
- Ignored requests from NARA to return what he had.
- Finally sent some back, along with a sworn statement there was nothing left in his possession, a lie.
- Refused to return the remainder, despite no less than three further requests from NARA, which is why a search warrant was issued.
- Not all known SCI material has been recovered.
Check out my latest entry about how Twitter is happy to protect right wingers, but not others.
https://theinsightfulbachelor.blogspot.com/2023/01/protection-for-some-under-elmo.html
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