Global Courant 2023-05-03 21:05:52
President Joe Biden’s former executive assistant, who helped pack materials in his private office at the Penn Biden Center, testified that she did not come across any documents marked as classified, according to a memo issued by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
The GOP-led Oversight Committee last month interviewed Kathy Chung, who worked for Biden when he was vice president and helped pack the contents of his office during the transition in January 2017 as part of its investigation into the discovery of classified documents in Biden’s home and office.
In the memo Wednesday, first reported by CNNHouse Democrats said they felt compelled to release part of the transcript of Chung’s testimony because committee chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., mischaracterized her testimony in a way that did not reflect what she shared in her transcribed interview.
Democrats expressed concern over Comer’s claim that Chung got the job on the recommendation of the president’s son Hunter Biden — a point Chung refuted during her testimony. Democrats alleged that during discussions with Chung’s lawyers, Republican staffers on the committee admitted that Comer’s claim was a “mischaracterization.”
Democrats also pushed back on Comer’s suggestion that Chung divulged “startling” information in the interview, citing a portion of the transcript where Chung says she had come across no classified documents.
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