There is no evidence the Biden administration initiated the probe of Mar-a-Lago, nor that President Biden 'lied' about his foreknowledge of the investigation.
"No. The president was not briefed, did not — was not aware of it. No," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded."No one at the White House was given a heads up. No, that did not happen."from the National Archives shows Biden not only knew about the raid but his administration was steering the investigation from the beginning.posted by Benny Johnson, a conservative commentator and frequent Biden critic.
A close look at the document at this claim’s center shows no such thing. There is no evidence the Biden administration initiated the probe nor that Biden"lied" about his foreknowledge of the investigation or the Mar-a-Lago search. The Presidential Records Act requires that all presidential records be returned to the National Archives upon a president’s departure from office.Johnson’s video showed conservative journalist John Solomon being interviewed by Fox News hostHannity began the segment by saying the Biden administration"lied to the American people about what they knew and when they knew it" about the Justice Department’s investigation into Trump’s handling of presidential records.
The National Archives had retrieved the records from Mar-a-Lago, which is in Palm Beach, Florida, in mid-January 2022 following discussions with Trump’s representatives throughout 2021. Upon inspection, the National Archives had determined those boxes included over 100 documents with classified markings, comprising 700 pages. It notified the Justice Department about this discovery.
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