Utah Republican says idea that Biden didn’t know about classified documents is ‘nonsense’

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) mentioned on Sunday that the notion that President Biden didn’t understand he had labeled paperwork in his possession was “nonsense” due to the labeled markings and purple cowl sheet that accompany such materials.

“Each one among these paperwork, they’ve a canopy sheet that’s purple,” Stewart, a member of the Home Intelligence Committee, mentioned on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan. “It says what the classification is and why it’s labeled. Each single web page has a classification marking on it… it’s very clear that they’re labeled.”

Stewart additionally mentioned anybody who thinks Biden didn’t know he had the paperwork in his possession is mistaken, calling the thought “nonsense.”

“After all he knew that he had them. They’re so apparent,” Stewart mentioned.

Stewart, who’s an Air Pressure veteran, mentioned that he has handled labeled info for many of his life. However he additionally stipulated that it was unlikely that the paperwork present in Biden’s possession could be a risk to nationwide safety — the identical declare he made in regards to the labeled paperwork discovered after former President Trump left the White Home.

“President Trump had this comparable expertise,” Stewart mentioned. “A number of the media claimed he has nuclear codes, nuclear secrets and techniques. I mentioned on the time I discover that terribly unlikely and I believe that the identical factor could be true of this case.”

Republicans have pounced on the invention of Biden’s paperwork, after Democrats spent months hammering Trump over the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has mentioned that Congress should probe Biden’s labeled paperwork because the Division of Justice has opened its personal investigation. 

The Home Judiciary Committee introduced on Friday that it was launching its first look into the Biden paperwork.