President Joe Biden

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Statement from President Joe Biden on Introduction of Key Gun ... (The White House)

When I signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – the first significant piece of gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years – I said that there was.

In the 10 years that the Assault Weapons Ban was on the books, mass shootings went down. Today, Senator Feinstein, with whom I worked with to pass the last Assault Weapons Ban in 1994, has once again introduced an Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazine Ban in the Senate, as well as legislation raising the age to purchase them to 21. In the short time since, communities across America have been struck by tragedy after tragedy, including mass shootings from Colorado Springs to Monterey Park and daily acts of gun violence that do not make national headlines.

Differences between Biden, Trump docs stories become more obvious (MSNBC)

As Joe Biden invites Justice Department investigators into his home without a warrant, we're reminded of the kind of steps Donald Trump refused to take.

Whether the Democratic president's critic are prepared to acknowledge this fact or not, every step in the Biden story makes his predecessor look worse, not better. He wasn’t asked to return the germane documents because officials didn’t know they were missing. In fact, one of the more notable details about this story is that the FBI didn’t need a search warrant — because the president, unlike his immediate predecessor, extended a voluntary invitation to Justice Department investigators, asking them to show up at his door and conduct a thorough review. To be sure, it’s hardly good news for the incumbent Democrat that Justice Department investigators — over the course of an inspection that lasted 13 hours — uncovered another half-dozen items. Six additional items, including documents with classified markings, were found in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home after Justice Department officials searched the residence Friday, the president’s personal attorney said Saturday. Michael McCaul sat down yesterday with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, and the host asked the Texan about the latest classified materials discovered in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home.

'No Regrets' says US President Joe Biden after classified documents ... (Zee News)

Department of Justice, US found classified documents from US President Joe Biden's private residence. The documents were from the time when he served as the ...

Joe Biden inviting an FBI search of his home is a huge gamble to ... (Fortune)

The remarkable, nearly 13-hour search by FBI agents of the sitting president's Wilmington home is the latest political black eye for Biden.

That is what we always do and that is what we are doing in the matters you are referring to.” [Criticism of Biden’s handling of the matter](https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-merrick-garland-9c875e913618a68ac73d9e41505ab769) has come from Democrats as well as Republicans. [In 2016, when the FBI recommended against criminal charges](https://apnews.com/article/f9d071a7d1f5401696d825d46c34e4ff) for Hillary Clinton over classified emails she sent and received via a private server when she was secretary of state, then-FBI Director James Comey said the Justice Department —in choosing which cases to bring over the past century — has looked for evidence of criminal intent, indications of disloyalty to the U.S., retention of vast quantities of classified documents or any effort to obstruct justice. It’s not clear whether agents in the Biden investigation have progressed beyond the question of intent. The former president is sure to press that accusation vigorously as he campaigns to regain the White House. Responding to Comer’s requests for copies of the documents taken from Biden’s home, the White House counsel’s office on Monday said it no longer had possession of them. 2](https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-us-federal-bureau-of-investigation-district-columbia-barack-obama-ca0ed31590d838dcc26420f475c9196f), a week before the midterm elections, as they were clearing out an office Biden had used at the Penn Biden Center in Washington. That’s in addition to the documents already turned in by Biden’s lawyers. Agents could also choose to search the Penn Biden Center and Biden’s other home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as the probe continues. The president is aiming to show that, unlike Trump, he never intended to retain classified materials — a key distinction that experts say diminishes the risks of criminal liability. White House spokesman Ian Sams said Monday that Biden’s own attorneys invited the FBI to conduct the search. But it’s a legal and political calculation that aides hope will pay off in the long run as he prepares to seek reelection.

Misplaced secrets: On U.S. President Joe Biden's legal troubles (The Hindu)

Yet, Mr. Biden and the White House have so far reacted calmly to the discovery of classified documents by his own attorneys at several sites including the Penn ...

The backlash could well be a setback for the case to prosecute Mr. Trump for violating the Espionage Act, even though he appears to have wilfully taken the classified documents from their proper place of holding and then possibly obstructed justice when asked to return them. Trump’s handling of the documents, but in Mr. Similarly, Republicans led by House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy have called for a Congressional investigation into the Biden classified leaks. Biden and the White House have so far reacted calmly to the discovery of classified documents by his own attorneys at several sites including the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a think tank in Washington, and in the garage and several other rooms of his home in Wilmington, Delaware. In Mr.

Secret papers probe: Joe Biden's home searched after 'voluntary ... (India Today)

After a search of US President Joe Biden's personal residence turned up more classified documents, the White House defended itself, stating that the search ...

Some of the most recently disclosed classified documents and "surrounding materials" dated from Biden's tenure in the U.S. Biden had been kept informed throughout this process, the White House said. A new search of Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, by the department had found six more items, including documents with classification markings, a lawyer for the president said in a statement on Saturday night.

How Secret White House Documents At Joe Biden's Home Were ... (NDTV)

The first secret documents turned up in Joe Biden's former private office and home back in November, but it was January before the White House publicly ...

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Dems concerned over handling of Biden documents (Politico)

The discovery of new papers has created a political headache after Democrats sought to hammer Trump for his handling of classified material.

“You have to get the answers to the questions before you reach a judgment,” said Sen. Peters, who also runs Democrats’ campaign arm, said he wanted to deal with the issue “for presidencies in general. “If it’s a handful of documents and they’re not very serious, and maybe they were once classified but they’re not anymore, and there’s a good explanation for why he had them — but you don’t know the answer to those questions.” Some Democratic committee chairs, while declining to criticize Biden, have said they want to look at the handling of classified documents broadly. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said his panel was also looking broadly at the retention of records. (The Justice Department previously appointed a different special counsel to investigate Trump’s handling of classified documents.) any classified document should be at somebody’s house.” And Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said the White House’s handling of the classified information stood in “sharp contrast” to the way Congress approaches such documents. And they were trying to claim the high ground on this issue when the shoe was on the other foot. 3 Democratic leader, said Biden was “doing exactly the right thing,” adding: “I wish former President Trump had done that rather than arguing they were his papers.” “I hope they found them all,” Durbin said of the Biden administration’s hunt for more documents. They argue that unlike Trump, Biden’s legal team turned over the documents upon their discovery and invited the Justice Department to search for more. Senate Democrats returned on Monday after a long recess — and after the Justice Department found additional classified documents during a 13-hour search of Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del.

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