White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged questions Wednesday about the emerging scandal involving classified documents from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president that have been found at his private office and a second undisclosed location.
The story first made news on Monday when CBS News reported that lawyers for Biden were “packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.”
CNN reported that some of the classified materials that were discovered included top-secret files designated as “sensitive compartmented information,” which means that the materials include highly sensitive information obtained from intelligence sources.
Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy grilled Jean-Pierre on the matter, using Biden’s previous comments during a “60 Minutes” interview against the president.
“On these documents, how could anyone be that irresponsible?” Doocy said. “Isn’t…
