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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Does Biden Still Have 'No Regrets' on Classified Documents?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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A Justice Department search of Joe Biden's home in Delaware finds another set of material with classification markings, as other Democrats begin to break from defending his actions. Plus, former Covid czar Jeff Zients could be the White House's next chief of staff, despite spending a career in business and not politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.0

A Justice Department search finds six more classified documents at Joe Biden's Delaware Home,

0:31.0

as the White House prepares to get a new chief of staff.

0:34.0

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:37.0

We are joined today by my colleagues, Colin Mistkimstrassel and editorial board member Colin Levy.

0:43.0

News over the weekend was that federal agents had searched Joe Biden's home in Wilmington

0:49.0

for nearly 13 hours on Friday, and they turned up six sets of documents with classification markings.

0:56.0

The statement from Bob Bauer, the president's personal attorney,

1:00.0

said that having previously identified and reported to the Justice Department a small number of documents

1:06.0

with classification markings at the president's Wilmington home and in the interest of moving the process forward

1:11.0

as expeditiously as possible.

1:13.0

We offered to provide prompt access to his home to allow DOJ to conduct a search of the entire premises

1:19.0

and reportedly the documents that were taken, Kim.

1:23.0

Somewhere from President Biden's term as vice president,

1:26.0

somewhere from his senatorial days, and then the Justice Department also took some personally handwritten notes

1:32.0

for further review.

1:34.0

And Kim, I wonder what you make of this.

1:36.0

Now we have documents classified material in President Biden's Penn Biden Center office,

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