Joe Biden was surprised by a persistent reporter who questioned him about the classified documents scandal that has become a headache for the administration. The scandal involves the fact that Biden is being investigated for taking classified documents with him when he left his position as vice president in 2017.
This is particularly troublesome for Biden because his Justice Department was already investigating former President Trump for the same thing. On Friday, Biden had an interview with David Muir of ABC, who asked some tough and uncomfortable questions for the president.
At around the 10:20 mark of the interview, Muir asked Biden to confirm that none of the classified documents found in his possession compromised U.S. intelligence. Biden responded that he could not comment and that he had been advised by his attorneys to “let the Justice Department make that decision.”
Muir continued to push, pointing out that many people had seen Biden comment on Trump’s situation and asking how Biden’s situation was any different from Trump’s. Biden responded that he had invited the Justice Department to search for classified documents and that he had voluntarily done everything he was asked to do. Biden claimed that this was different from Trump’s situation because he had opened his home to investigators who wanted to search it.
Muir then asked Biden about the word he used to describe what Trump did, “irresponsible,” and if Biden was acting irresponsibly as well. Biden claimed that what he did was nowhere near as irresponsible as what Trump did. At the 12:44 mark, there was a noticeable cut in the coverage when Muir was grilling Biden. It is possible that the network was just cutting off dead air, but it is also possible that it was trying to save the president from an embarrassing moment.
Earlier in the interview, at about the 7:30 mark, Biden was forced to admit to Muir that he had not spoken to the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, since a train crash three weeks ago.
This interview did not go well for Biden, and his scandals and missteps have led media organizations that are usually friendly to leftist politicians to ask serious questions about his behavior. The establishment media and the Democratic Party can no longer ignore the fact that there are serious issues in the Biden administration that need to be addressed to regain the respect and trust of the American people.
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Sources: WesternJournal, ABC News/Youtube