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TOP NEWS | Obama Admin Ethics Chief Weighs in on Biden’s Classified Documents, former Republican Candidate Arrested, China’s Shrinking Population | Jan. 17

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former Republican candidate arrested in connection to shootings that occurred earlier this month and last month targeting Democrats  A former Republican candidate in New Mexico has been arrested China’s population shrank for the first time since Mao Zedong Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Samantha Cheris, I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Tuesday,

0:07.1

January 17th.

0:08.1

Here are today's headlines.

0:21.6

An ethics chief from former President Barack Obama's administration is weighing in on the

0:26.7

classified documents from President Joe Biden's Vice Presidency days that were found at the

0:32.5

Penn Biden Center in Washington and Biden's garage in Delaware.

0:36.8

According to Fox News Digital, Walter Shobb said it's nothing like Trump's deliberate

0:41.9

refusal to return classified records demanded by the National Archives.

0:47.1

But Biden's own retention of classified records reflects an inexcusable neglect of

0:52.1

the most basic security protocols.

0:55.2

He added, the fact that the White House didn't mention that records were found in more

0:59.9

than one location when first asked about them was a breach of trust with the public and

1:05.5

a self-inflicted wound.

1:07.9

And based on what we know so far, it seems unlikely that he's at risk of any legal consequences,

1:14.6

but I'm glad Garland appointed a special counsel to show even-handed treatment of the current

1:19.8

and former president.

1:21.7

Our documents, labeled as classified, were found at the president's Delaware home on

1:26.3

top of the documents recovered on November 2nd, just 60s before the midterm elections,

1:32.4

at the Penn Biden Center, and in December at his home in Delaware, CBS News reports.

1:37.8

The White House commented earlier today on the Justice Department's investigation into

1:42.3

the president's handling of the classified documents.

1:45.9

According to CNN, Ian Sam's spokesman for the White House Council's office said,

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