« They don’t want this man to run for president again, » said GOP Representative Ronny Jackson. « He’s a recipe for disaster in the next presidential election. »
Fox News’ Sean Hannity suggested that President Joe Biden being in possession of multiple batches of classified documents is part of a conspiracy to remove him from the 2024 ballot. Other Republicans have followed suit with similar theories.
The White House confirmed this week that classified documents dating back to Biden’s time as vice president were discovered in his former office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C.
Biden has faced added scrutiny and social media mocking over another batch of documents discovered at his Wilmington, Delaware, home. The first batch was discovered on November 2, 2022, and the second on December 20, 2022.
« I’m gonna get a chance to speak on all of this, God willing, soon…by the way my Corvette’s in a locked garage, OK? So, it’s not like they’re sitting in the street, » Biden said Thursday in his defense. « But as I said earlier this week, people know I take classified documents and classified materials seriously. »
While Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that Robert Hur, who was appointed as U.S. attorney for the district of Maryland under the Trump administration, will look into Biden’s documents as special counsel, some Republicans—including the former president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
