Re: What we know so far: Timeline of Biden's classified documents debacle

[Joe Irwin]

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The appointment of a special counsel to investigate three sets
of classified documents discovered in President Biden's former
office space and his home is just the latest event in a
controversy that has been brewing for two months, even though it
only just came to light this week.

Here is the timeline of how the documents were discovered and
what was known to whom, and when:

Nov. 2, 2022 – Biden's personal attorneys "unexpectedly
discovered" documents with classified markings at the Penn Biden
Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, located in
Washington, D.C., according to Biden's attorney Bob Bauer. The
documents were from the Obama-Biden administration, and the
attorneys alert the National Archives Records Administration —
whom they anticipated would notify the Department of Justice.

Nov. 4, 2022 – The National Archives' Office of Inspector
General tells a prosecutor at the DOJ that it had been notified
by White House counsel that documents with classification
markings had been identified at the Penn Biden Center. That
office was not authorized for storage of classified documents.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT'S BEING 'TRANSPARENT' ABOUT CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS DESPITE KEEPING UNDER WRAPS FOR MONTHS

Nov. 9 – The FBI commences an assessment to understand whether
classified information had been mishandled in violation of
federal law.

Nov. 10 – The Justice Department notifies Biden's attorneys that
it had begun an assessment of the classified documents, and
according to Bauer, Biden's attorneys "were in regular contact"
with the DOJ from this point.

Nov. 14 – U.S. Attorney John Lausch is assigned to conduct an
initial investigation to inform the attorney general’s decision
about whether to appoint a special counsel.

Dec. 20 – President Biden's personal counsel informs Lausch that
additional documents with classification markings from Biden’s
time as vice president had been identified in the garage of
Biden’s private residence in Wilmington, Delaware. The FBI goes
to the location and secures those documents.

Dec. 21 – The DOJ takes possession of the documents found in
Biden's garage, according to Bauer.

Jan. 5, 2023 – Lausch briefs AG Garland on the results of his
initial investigation and advises him that further investigation
by a special counsel is warranted.

Jan. 9 – The first news reports break that DOJ is investigating
classified documents discovered at the Penn Biden Center.

Jan. 10 – President Joe Biden addresses the matter for the first
time on Tuesday and says he was "surprised" to learn about
classified documents and is cooperating fully with the Justice
Department's review.

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE DODGES QUESTIONS ABOUT VISITOR LOGS TO
BIDEN'S DELAWARE HOME WHERE HE KEPT CLASSIFIED DOCS

Jan. 11 – Biden's attorneys search his two Delaware houses for
other records, and find a page marked classified that was stored
a room next to the garage in the Wilmington house. After finding
one page of classified material, stop the search and notify the
DOJ, according to Bauer. Biden's attorneys then search the
Rehobeth Beach house, but said they did not find any classified
materials.

Jan. 12 – Garland holds a press conference announcing that in a
Thursday phone call with Biden’s personal counsel, it was
revealed that a third set of classified documents had been
identified at the president’s home in Wilmington.

The same day, the White House Counsel's Office announces the
discovery of a third set of classified documents and says it has
initiated a search of Biden's homes in Rehoboth Beach and
Wilmington. Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president,
travels to Wilmington where to look at the classified document
found next to Biden's garage. Sauber finds five additional pages
— for a total of six — and hands them over to the DOJ.

Garland appoints Robert K. Hur as special counsel to investigate
the handling of classified documents.

AG GARLAND APPOINTS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE BIDEN
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

"Classified documents next to your Corvette? What were you
thinking?" Fox News' Peter Doocy asks the president in a press
conference Thursday.

"I'm going to get the chance to speak on all of this, God
willing, it'll be soon, but I said earlier this week — and by
the way, my Corvette is in a locked garage. It's not like it's
sitting out in the street," Biden responded.

<https://www.foxnews.com/politics/what-know-so-far-timeline-
bidens-classified-documents-debacle>