One of the things that has been most shameful about Joe Biden's classified documents scandal was how he said he didn't have any idea how the docs got all over his house and in his offices. He has tried to blame his staff, including during his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur's team.
That's just ridiculous as an excuse -- the documents were all over his house and his offices, even his garage. Not to mention that he had material from when he was in the Senate. So this has been going on for decades. Plus, he had notes with some of the classified documents, and he told his ghostwriter about the classified documents in 2017. The common element there is Joe Biden. Not some staffer. But it's typical Joe Biden who never wants to take responsibility for anything he does wrong and there were all kinds of problems with his actions here.
It turns out that within 24 hours of the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report, Joe Biden promoted two of the aides whose names came up in regard to the classified documents. What a coincidence.
According to the House Oversight Committee, longtime Biden aide and director of Oval Office operations Annie Tomasini visited the Penn Biden Center “to take inventory of President Biden’s documents and materials” in March 2021. Classified documents were found there in Biden's officer in November 2022.
Then, aide Kathy Chung told Congress that Richard Ruffner, another staffer, was involved, along with other people, in the transportation of the undiscovered classified materials from the General Services Administration facility.
Tomasini was promoted to deputy White House Chief of Staff on Feb. 8, and Richard Ruffner was promoted into Tomasini's old job as director of Oval Office operations.
The House Oversight Committee has been trying to get Tomasini in for a transcribed interview since November, but the White House has failed to cooperate. That should say a lot right there. What doesn't the White House want her to say? They don't cooperate, and then, on top of that, Biden gives her a promotion?
“The Department of Justice has failed to deliver accountability for President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and now Biden aides involved in the scandal are getting promotions,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky) told The Post.
“We’ve requested to interview Annie Tomasini about President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents but the White House is blocking her testimony and instead has promoted her to a senior role. The American people expect consequences for mishandling of classified information, not rewards,” he continued.
Are they trying to interfere in the investigation by rewarding the aide? Because that's some coincidence with the release of the report.
Then, even if you fully accept Biden's excuses attempting to palm off blame on the staff (and I don't), then there still would appear to be no consequences for the classified document problems.
No one is accountable for anything whenever anything goes south on the Biden team. Certainly not Joe Biden.
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