The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Westwood said President Joe Biden’s comments after classified documents from his vice presidency were found in his office and private residence don’t really “add up.”
“Initially, when [the] first batch of documents came to light, he said he was surprised,” she explained late Thursday on Fox News at Night.
“And then, when he was asked again about the documents, he said, ‘Well, of course, they were by my Corvette sitting in the garage. I knew that all along, that’s why I locked it.’ So even what he’s saying doesn’t really hold up under scrutiny,” Westwood told host Trace Gallagher.
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Since the initial release on Monday, two other document hauls have taken place.
Although the news has just come to light, associates of the president and the Justice Department sat on the information for over two months, according to the timeline.
Conversations began around the time of the initial discovery and ultimately led up to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of special counsel Robert Hur to investigate Biden’s handling of the documents.
Asked if the special counsel appointment means the White House can remain quiet on the matter, Westwood compared Biden’s predicament with his predecessors.
“You would think that, but when President Trump had a special counsel lording over him while he was in the White House, that didn’t really preclude the president from constantly being asked about the investigation [or] the White House constantly having to comment on every little development,” she said, referring to the 2016 Robert Mueller investigation.
“I don’t know that politically this insulates Biden in the way that he wants,” Westwood added.
Westwood questioned why the DOJ felt there was probable cause to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and not Biden’s after it learned of the classified documents.
“People involved obviously — on one side, the investigative side or the Biden side — decided that it should come to light now, even though this did happen two months ago,” she said.
“And then only after this is in the headlines causing headaches did someone think to go out into the garage and check for extra papers,” Westwood added.
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Special counsel investigations often take on lives of their own, she explained, citing what happened during the Clinton and Trump administrations as examples.
“There’s no telling where it could end,” Westwood quipped.
While Biden said he’s “cooperating fully” with the investigation, the ultimate question remains: “Why did this all come to light now?”
