"The White House’s narrative on President Joe Biden’s handling of
classified documents is being undermined by the congressional testimony
of Biden’s former executive assistant, Kathy Chung. “Today we learned that when Joe Biden left the vice presidency,
boxes containing classified documents, vice presidential records, and
other items were stored in three different locations around the
Washington, D.C. area, including an office near the White House, an office in Chinatown, and eventually the Penn Biden Center,” Comer said.
Biden’s lawyers found a “small number” of records with classified markings
in what was described as “a locked closet” at the Penn Biden Center on
Nov. 2, 2022, according to Richard Sauber, special counsel to the
president.
On Jan. 10, one day
after Sauber’s disclosure, Biden confirmed that documents were founded
in the closet and added that he was “surprised to learn” that classified
documents were found in his former private office.
However, Comer said Chung’s testimony disputed the locked-closet claim.
“At
some point, the boxes containing classified materials were transported
by personal vehicles to an office location,” Comer said. “The boxes were not in a ‘locked closet’
at the Penn Biden Center and remained accessible to Penn Biden
employees as well as potentially others with access to the office
space.” ZH
