Yesterday we told you that CNN was reporting that Biden’s document scandal was eating away at efforts to hold Republicans accountable.
Today brings with it a fresh CNN approach, which is a report about how crazy it was during Biden’s final days as Obama’s VP:
Biden’s whirlwind final days as vice president had aides scrambling to close his White House office https://t.co/YCimNUOP75
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 13, 2023
Is there a “whirlwind final days” exception in the classified document handling protocols? We’ll have to check… there’s certainly no “Corvette standard.”
Oh, and of course there’s a hint that Trump might be to blame for Biden having classified documents in his garage and a couple other locations:
CNN has cracked the case. This was all Donald Trump's fault. pic.twitter.com/qxOKABnWga
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 13, 2023
This is just embarrassing @cnn. https://t.co/C19F3w6ikC pic.twitter.com/O4GgTyoM6g
— Robert Kasamakas (@RC_Kasamakas) January 13, 2023
But of course:
Those closing days of Biden’s vice presidency were a flurry of packing mementos, photographs and personal papers, people familiar with the matter say. Though most of Biden’s files and documents were turned over to the National Archives in a process that began several weeks before he left office, last minute work continued up until the hours he departed the White House for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The looming arrival of Trump to the White House left many of Obama and Biden’s aides wary of the future and eager to cement many of their accomplishments. It was an uneasy moment, according to many who lived through it.
“It was just a really really weird time for everyone,” the source familiar said.
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CNN will never be accused of failing to carry enough water here:
"Former aides and others familiar with the process of Biden’s transition out of government service describe a serious effort to follow the law made difficult by an unusually active final stretch."
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 13, 2023
"Partly to wrap up his policy portfolios… and partly to occupy himself following the death of his son a year earlier, Biden thrust himself into work in a final sprint to mark what then appeared to be the end of a four-decade run at the highest levels of government."
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 13, 2023
"The morning after receiving the Medal of Freedom, Biden traveled to New York to appear on ABC’s “The View,” joining Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar at the talk show table as yet another stop in his victory lap of public service."
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 13, 2023
That's all in that CNN piece about how "a small batch of classified documents ended up in boxes of Biden’s personal effects."
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 13, 2023
THIS. Is CNN.
CNN running cover for Biden.
"He was just so busy trying to work hard for the people that his staff may have accidentally mis-packed classified documents."
This story was clearly packaged by the WH & I bet we see a flood of this story on social media soon. #BidenGarage https://t.co/t4ZLUXQDQU
— Frank Craft ✌️ (@Frank_Craft) January 13, 2023
— Jonny Z (@JonnyAtTheShore) January 13, 2023
No idea why many in the public view the media as biased and water carriers for one party … https://t.co/C19F3w6ikC
— Robert Kasamakas (@RC_Kasamakas) January 13, 2023
It’s a total mystery, right?
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