He had papers in every room of his house, office, and garage; that’s no justification at all. On top of that, he possessed documents dating back to his time in the Senate. Thus, this has persisted for many years. In addition, he informed his ghostwriter in 2017 about the sensitive papers, and he had notes underneath some of them. Joe Biden is the one thing they all have in common. Not just any employee. There were several issues with Joe Biden’s behavior here, but he is typical in that he never wants to accept responsibility for his mistakes.
It has come to light that Joe Biden promoted two of the aides whose identities surfaced in relation to the secret papers within one day of the report’s release through Special Counsel Robert Hur. How serendipitous.
Longtime Biden assistant and head of Oval Office operations Annie Tomasini reportedly paid a visit to the Penn Biden Center “to take a look at President Biden’s records and materials” in March 2021, according to the House Oversight Committee. Back in November 2022, Biden’s officer had classified materials discovered in it.
Subsequently, assistant Kathy Chung informed Congress that Richard Ruffner, another employee, was one of several individuals engaged in the transfer of the missing secret documents from the GSA building.
On February 8, Richard Ruffner was promoted to the position of director of operations for the Oval Office, replacing Tomasini, and Tomasini was elevated to the position of deputy chief of staff for the White House.
In an effort to conduct a transcribed interview with Tomasini, the House Oversight Committee has been attempting to do so since November, but the White House has not cooperated. That ought to convey a great deal. Exactly what is the White House hoping she will not say? They refuse to work together, and then Biden promotes her?
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky) told The Post that Biden aides implicated in the affair are receiving promotions and that the DOJ has failed to provide accountability for Biden’s mishandling of secret data. Despite our repeated requests to speak with Annie Tomasini about President Biden’s handling of sensitive documents, the White House has elevated her to a high position rather than allowing her to testify. He went on to say, “The American people expect repercussions for mismanagement of sensitive information—not incentives.”
Is it their intention to compensate the assistant in a way that would compromise the investigation? Why? Because the report’s release happened at the same time.
There still doesn’t seem to be any fallout from the secret document issues, even if one completely buys into Biden’s justifications for trying to shift blame onto the staff (which I do not).
In the event that something goes wrong with the Biden team, nobody is responsible. Joe Biden, definitely not.
