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Joe Biden: “How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible? And I thought what data was in there that…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2023
How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible? And I thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods, by that I mean, names of people who helped or et cetera, and it is just totally irresponsible.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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President Biden reflects on the irresponsibility of mishandling classified documents, referencing a previous incident involving former President Trump.

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