Republican Congressman Calls For Damage Assessment After Evaluating Classified Documents Stashed by Joe Biden

Waltz’s demand comes after a special counsel previously decided to not press charges against the president for his storage of top-secret documents.

The President was even found guilty of a crime that typically warrants criminal charges, and it all relates back to classified documents that should have never been in his possession, 

These documents were discovered in the basement of Biden’s home in Delaware. Some documents were also found at Biden’s office in the Penn Biden Center, located in Washington, D.C. 

Reporting has since confirmed that some of these papers were considered “Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information.” Many notebooks that contained Biden’s notes on various classified issues were also found.

The discovery was made in his Delaware Garage, which led to an outcry from Republicans who argued he was completely incompetent and unfit to sit as US President. 

This claim was further fueled when it was reported that these classified papers were found in unlocked cabinets and drawers in his home. 

Waltz was reportedly able to look at these documents as a result of information from the Intelligence Community. 

Many lawmakers still haven’t seen many of the documents and memos associated with this situation — though they continue to fight to gain access. 

Biden’s keeping of this information could’ve resulted in national security risks if it had fallen into the wrong hands.

“They were HIGHLY CLASSIFIED and relevant to current national security threats.”

He wrote, “We need an immediate damage assessment from the Intelligence Community.”

However,  a special counsel has already deemed that no criminal charges should be filed against the president.

According to Hur, he wouldn’t pursue charges because Biden would only appear to be an “elderly man with poor memory” while on trial. 

Hur’s investigation did find that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” while he was a private citizen.

This caused an uproar among many Republican lawmakers and media figures who wanted to see the president face charges for his handling of these top-secret papers. 

He noted, “Mr. Biden’s memory was significantly limited” in interviews with the special counsel office.

“The report notes that Biden, who speaks frequently about his son Beau’s death, could not remember “even within several years” when he died.” wrote AP News. 

“Among other things, he mistakenly said he ‘had a real difference’ of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama.”

Should the current president win reelection this year, he would be 86 by the end of his second term.

Trump has since had criminal charges filed against him for keeping these documents. According to prosecutors, Trump took boxes of records when he left the White House and stored them at his home in Mar-a-Lago. 

The statements were similar to those echoed by former US President Trump, who was charged with possession of classified documents. 

According to experts, the difference is that Trump claimed presidential records were his property. In contrast, Biden argued that personal writings from his time as a senator and vice-president were his, for which there is a legal precedent. 

Pence wanted to make sure that he didn’t have any top-secret papers lying around. His lawyers did discover about a dozen documents that had classified markings on them. 

Because Pence didn’t take these documents on purpose, the Department of Justice refused to press criminal charges against the former vice president. According to the DOJ, an investigation into the matter resulted in their decision to refrain from filing charges.