A former aide to Biden said in an interview that the president’s administration knew about secret information at the Penn Biden Center earlier than they said it did, according to James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee. and Kentucky Republican.
Following a transcribed interview with Kathy Chung, who served as Biden’s vice presidential aide, Comer made the following statement. Comer said Chung revealed “surprising information that challenges Biden’s White House narrative” regarding his handling of secret data.
The Biden White House previously claimed that in November 2022, an attorney organizing Biden’s former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington found documents marked classified in a closet. According to Chung’s testimony, Biden had multiple locations in Washington, D.C., where he kept classified records, and his team knew about them months before the November “discovery.”
Comer said: “Today we learned that boxes containing classified documents, vice presidential records and other items were being stored when Joe Biden left the vice presidency at three different locations in the region. from Washington, D.C., including an office near the White House, an office in Chinatown, and ultimately the Penn Biden Center.”At one point, personal vehicles were used to deliver the boxes containing classified documents to a site Office.”
“The Penn Biden Center boxes were not kept in a ‘closed closet,’ so Penn Biden staffers and possibly anyone with access to the office space could still access them. Who had access to these records must be determined, “He continued.
The Kentucky lawmaker continued, “We also learned today that as early as May 2022, Kathy Chung was assigned by then-White House attorney Dana Remus the duty of retrieving these boxes from the Penn Biden Center.” This story does not begin in November. 2022, as suggested by President Biden’s attorney,” the author wrote.
Comer also said that in light of Chung’s remarks, the committee would continue its investigation into the Biden administration and follow up with relevant parties.
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