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Biden won't call for redactions in special counsel report on classified documents handling

Biden won't call for redactions in special counsel report on classified documents handling
so God bless you all and may God protect our troops classified material. Next year corvette. What were you thinking? Let me uh I'm gonna get *** chance to speak on all this. God willing soon. But as I said earlier this week people and by the way, my Corvettes in *** locked garage. Okay. So it's not like you're sitting out in the street. But anyway, yes as well as my corvette. Um But as I said earlier this week, people know I take classified documents and classified material seriously. I also said we're cooperating fully and completely the Justice Department's review. As part of that process, my lawyers reviewed other places where documents in my uh from my time as vice president were stored and they finished the review last night they discovered *** small number of documents of classified markings and storage areas and file cabinets in my home and my and my my my personal library. This was done in the case of the biden pen. This was done in the case of the biden pen center. The Department of Justice was immediately as was done. The Department of Justice is immediately notified. And the lawyers arranged for the Department of Justice to take possession of the document. So you're gonna see we're gonna see all this unfold. I'm confident. Thank you very much. How you doing
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Biden won't call for redactions in special counsel report on classified documents handling
President Joe Biden will not seek any redactions in a report by the Justice Department special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, the White House said Thursday, clearing the way for its release.White House Counsel's office spokesman Ian Sams said the White House had notified the Justice Department that it had completed a review of the report Thursday morning. “In keeping with his commitment to cooperation and transparency throughout this investigation, the president declined to assert privilege over any portion of the report,” he said.The public report may still include some redactions by the Justice Department of any classified information.The yearlong investigation centered on the improper retention of classified documents by Biden from his time as a senator and as vice president. Sensitive records were found in 2022 and 2023 at his Delaware home and at a private office that he used between his service in the Obama administration and becoming president.The investigation came amid a wider Justice Department probe that has led to charges against former President Donald Trump, who is accused of unlawfully retaining highly classified documents after he left office and refusing to hand them over to federal officials when demanded.The White House review for potential executive privilege concerns appeared to be the final hurdle before the Biden report would be released to Congress and the public. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a letter to Congress Wednesday that he was committed to disclosing as much of the document as possible once the White House review was complete.

President Joe Biden will not seek any redactions in a report by the Justice Department special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, the White House said Thursday, clearing the way for its release.

White House Counsel's office spokesman Ian Sams said the White House had notified the Justice Department that it had completed a review of the report Thursday morning. “In keeping with his commitment to cooperation and transparency throughout this investigation, the president declined to assert privilege over any portion of the report,” he said.

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The public report may still include some redactions by the Justice Department of any classified information.

The yearlong investigation centered on the improper retention of classified documents by Biden from his time as a senator and as vice president. Sensitive records were found in 2022 and 2023 at his Delaware home and at a private office that he used between his service in the Obama administration and becoming president.

The investigation came amid a wider Justice Department probe that has led to charges against former President Donald Trump, who is accused of unlawfully retaining highly classified documents after he left office and refusing to hand them over to federal officials when demanded.

The White House review for potential executive privilege concerns appeared to be the final hurdle before the Biden report would be released to Congress and the public. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a letter to Congress Wednesday that he was committed to disclosing as much of the document as possible once the White House review was complete.