Secret Service has Hunter Biden gun probe docs it denied having: watchdog

NY Post ^ | 12/01/22 | Victor Nava

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The Secret Service has located hundreds of pages of records tied to the investigation of a gun belonging to Hunter Biden – despite having denied they existed, a government watchdog group said Thursday.

Judicial Watch is investigating whether the Secret Service intervened on behalf of President Biden’s son after the incident, and it has sued the agency for all materials related to the reported purchase, possession, and disposal of the firearm owned by Hunter Biden.

The group has accused the Secret Service of repeatedly changing its position on whether it has any documents related to the investigation.

“The Secret Service’s changing story on records raises additional questions about its role in the Hunter Biden gun incident,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

“One thing is clear, Judicial Watch’s persistence means the public may get records that the Secret Service suggested didn’t exist.”

On Nov. 10, the Secret Service revealed in a court filing that it has located over 100 records, totaling over 400 pages, potentially related to Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act request.

The agency says it will complete its initial processing of the records by Jan. 9, 2023, and all non-exempt materials will be handed over to the watchdog by that date.

In April 2021, the Secret Service initially responded to the document request by saying that it had located the relevant records and would process them in accordance with the law, but more than a year later, in October 2022, the Secret Service said that its previous response was sent in error and that it did not have any records related to Hunter Biden’s gun.

[Liz]

Aha.....good catch on your part.

[Liz]

In 2010, Joe Biden was earning $225,000-a-year as Vice President and he’d already made well over $100,000-a-year for decades prior as a senator and author. But Hunter, according to emails obtained by The New York Post, had to foot a $190-a-month AT&T phone bill for his father, and pay for repairs to his lakeside property in Delaware.

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