Aides to President Biden implicated in the mishandling of classified documents were given promotions within 24 hours of the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s damning report, The Post has learned.
Annie Thomasini, who had been on Biden’s staff since his days in the Senate, was appointed acting White House chief of staff on February 8, and the next day, Richard Laughner moved to Thomasini’s old office as director of Oval Office operations. did.
“I don’t think anyone will be shocked that the Biden administration is promoting someone who helped cover up Joe’s misuse of classified information,” said Jim Hanson, president of WorldStrat, a strategic consulting firm.
Mr. Thomasini, 44, began his career as Mr. Biden’s press secretary in 2008 when he was a senator from Delaware, and served as Mr. Biden’s deputy press secretary from 2009 to 2010 as vice president.
She served as the president’s chief of staff during the 2020 campaign, and when he moved into the White House, she joined the administration as chief of Oval Office operations. Biden’s niece, Caroline, reported to Thomasini during her uncle’s failed 2008 presidential campaign.
In November 2023, Mr. Tomasini House Oversight Committee He allegedly visited the Penn Biden Center in March 2021 “to catalog President Biden’s documents and materials,” and classified documents were later discovered at the facility in November 2022.
The House Oversight Committee, which is also investigating the scandal, asked for tomasini He has agreed to transcribe the interview, but has so far encountered interference from the White House.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told the Post, “The Justice Department has failed to take accountability for President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and is now implicated in the scandal.” Mr. Biden’s aides who have done so have been promoted.”
“We asked Annie Thomasini to be interviewed about President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, but the White House blocked her testimony and instead promoted her to a senior position. “We expect consequences, not rewards, if we mishandle classified information,” he continued.
Richard Laughner, 33, began his career with the Bidens in 2014 as a special assistant to former second lady Jill Biden and took a job with Vice President Biden during the final three months of his term.
Luffner was close to the retiring veteran for nearly three years as his personal aide before leaving to join management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group in June 2020.
Mr. Loughner’s name is also scattered throughout Hunter Biden’s hard drive, in emails that suggest he is close to his extended family. One 2019 email shows Loughner rejecting a $4,900 Venmo payment that Hunter Biden sent to his “dad.”
According to the newspaper, he returned to Team Biden on February 9, replacing Thomasini as deputy assistant to the president and director of Oval Office operations. Brookings Institution.
On February 8, Special Counsel Robert Hur announced the results of an investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents, finding that the president “intentionally retained and disclosed classified documents,” but a jury found that Biden He said he would not file criminal charges because there is a high possibility that he will plead guilty. He becomes “an old man with poor memory.”
Loughner’s final months with then-Vice President Biden were highlighted by the discovery of classified documents in Biden’s Delaware home in January 2023.
Loughner’s role in the document deletion was first revealed by Kathy Chan. the testimony she provided Submitted to the House Oversight Committee in November.
Chung, another Biden aide, was offered the job as a Biden aide in 2012 after “Hunter Biden called me and asked if I was interested in the job.” he told the committee.
In his public testimony, Chung, along with other Biden officials including Steve Ricchetti, Melinda Medlin and Sam Salk, moved undiscovered classified materials from a General Services Administration facility to another D.C. office. Mr. Ruffner was named as the person who transported it.
