Former President Donald Trump (left) and President Joe Biden.Photo: Shutterstock; Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The White House is clarifying PresidentJoe Biden’s role in the Department of Justice investigation into his predecessor. Their claim: None.
At a media briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretaryKarine Jean-Pierretold reporters that White House staff only learned of the FBI searching PresidentDonald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence through news reports.
Added Jean-Pierre: “Those investigations should be free from political influence.”
Jean-Pierre’s statement will likely become a key point that the White House reiterates, as Trump’s most loyal supporters quicklyshifted blame for the FBI’s actions to Biden, who has made an effort to remove himself from the legal turmoil surrounding Trump.
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The onetimeApprenticestar added: “They even broke into my safe!”
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Trump was not in Florida at the time of the FBI search, which appeared to be focused on his office and personal quarters, CNN reported.
The probe reportedly hinges on whether he took classified documents from the White House and to his private residence at Mar-a-Lago after he left office,Politico,CNN,The Washington Postand other news outlets reported. Doing sowould violate the Presidential Records Act, which requires commanders in chief to preserve all documents during their tenure and hand them over to the National Archives and Records Administration when they leave office.
The DOJ did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment about President Biden’s familiarity with their investigation.
source: people.com
