Posted on 01/25/2023 12:39:29 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton are sidestepping the classified documents controversies embroiling their successors, with staffers saying the former presidents all turned over their materials to the National Archives and Records Administration years ago when they left office.
"That process was conducted in 2008 and 2009, and all Presidential records – classified and unclassified – were turned over to the National Archives upon leaving the White House," said Freddy Ford, Bush's spokesperson, when asked what Bush is doing to assess whether he has any classified documents in his possession, in light of recent discoveries that President Joe Biden as well as former President Donald Trump had kept classified records.
Clinton's office similarly says, "All of President Clinton's classified materials were properly turned over to NARA in accordance with the Presidential Records Act."
Obama's office also says his classified documents are with NARA and pointed to a September statement from NARA, refuting news outlets and individuals on social media who were "mistakenly reporting" that NARA confirmed a large number of Obama's presidential records were missing. "This is false," the statement said. "NARA has never issued any such statement and is not aware of any missing boxes of Presidential records from the Obama administration."
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I would bet that Dick Cheney has lots of classified documents.
Thanks. I had heard/read documents were stored there but never heard any follow up that sensitive documents were secured.
No mention of Jimmuh.
Any word yet from Quayle, Gore or Cheney?
Count me in!!
(But this STILL won't keep the Fed's away from my door.)
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