“It’s an inside job!” GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz claims DEMOCRATS are behind the Biden documents scandal so they can “take out” 80-year-old Joe before he announces the 2024 run
- Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz speculated that Democrats may have instigated President Joe Biden after three separate cases of classified files were found
- “I don’t know that’s the case, but I don’t know that it’s not, either,” Gaetz said
- A presidential historian earlier this week told it was “too early to say” whether Biden’s chances of reelection in 2024 would be affected by the matter
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested Wednesday that the classified files found in President Joe Biden’s possession may have been planted there by his Democrats to “take him out” ahead of the 2024 election.
Amid a high-profile Justice Department probe into Donald Trump’s handling of top-secret documents, it was discovered in November that Biden himself had a small number of classified records left over from his vice presidency.
They were found in a closet at the Penn Biden Center think tank, where the current president previously had a private office. Their existence was only revealed this month.
Since then, more such documents have been found at Biden’s family home in Wilmington, Delaware.
Hotheaded Conservative Gaetz apparently hinted to Fox News that it was the result of a conspiracy to prevent the 79-year-old commander in chief from running for a second term.
Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested Wednesday that the debacle of President Joe Biden’s classified documents could be the work of sabotage
More than a dozen classified documents have been found in the President’s personal possessions dating from his time in the Obama administration
“There’s an element that feels like Democrats are taking down Joe Biden,” Gaetz said.
He quickly added, “I don’t know that’s the case, but I don’t know that’s not the case.”
“But just as Joe Biden is hardening the cement of his decision to run for president again, they’re looking for classified documents that may have been hidden eight years ago,” Gaetz concluded.
The White House admitted a small stack of Obama administration-era documents was only found at the Washington, DC think tank after CBS News first reported the story.
They were allegedly found among Biden’s personal belongings, such as documents describing his son Beau’s funeral arrangements, and reportedly contained information about Iran and the United Kingdom.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel late last week to oversee the matter.
Though Biden hasn’t officially declared his intention to run in 2024, officials and advisers said the president is ready to announce his re-election bid — despite concerns from other Democrats about his advanced age.
The office building that houses the Penn-Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, DC, where President Joe Biden’s personal attorneys presented documents dating back to Biden’s time as Vice President of the Justice Department
At least six classified documents were found in Biden’s private home in the upscale neighborhood of Greenville, an affluent neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware
This image shows stacks of paper in Biden’s garage as he backs his Corvette into his garage. Biden critics have suggested the paper could be the classified documents, although the claim has not been verified in any way
A historian of the president told earlier this week it’s too early to say whether the investigation into the classified files will have an impact on Biden’s likely campaign.
“It’s really too early to tell because we don’t know what was in the documents,” David Greenberg, a professor and Rutgers presidential historian, told of Biden’s situation.
“But it seems Biden is confident they were accidentally boxed and that he has nothing to hide. If that’s the case, I assume he won’t view this issue as a burden in 2024 and that he’ll likely stand for re-election.
Greenberg went one step further, speculating whether Biden even embarks on a serious campaign may depend on his political opponent Trump winning the Republican nomination.
“I think Biden sees himself as a firewall against Trump’s return. As long as Trump is running, Biden feels the need to run to block him,” the historian said.
“If another Republican got the nomination, the threat to America would be a lot less and everyone could relax a little — and in a situation like that, Biden might feel okay letting Democrats fight for a successor.”