“I believe you’re going to seek out there’s nothing there,” he stated in his fullest feedback since final week amid new developments together with the appointment of a particular counsel within the matter.
“I’ve no regrets in following what the attorneys have instructed me what they need me to do — it’s precisely what we’re doing,” he added. “There’s no there there.” Biden made the remarks after touring flood injury right here, assembly with small enterprise house owners and seeing a number of affected websites — and initially expressed annoyance with the query.
“I’ll reply your query however right here’s the deal. You realize, what fairly frankly bugs me is that now we have a significant issue right here we’re speaking about, speaking about what’s occurring,” he stated. “And the American folks don’t fairly perceive why you don’t ask me questions on that.”
He instructed a staffer to hold on whereas he answered.
“Look, as we discovered a handful of paperwork that have been filed within the improper place, we instantly turned them over to the Archives and the Justice Division,” he continued. “We’re totally cooperating and searching ahead to getting this resolved shortly.”