The whistleblower previously said that the Department of Justice may have suppressed news of the Biden document scandal.
. Trump, however, has maintained his innocence in the matter.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and then-President Donald Trump are seen on November 4, 2020. Inset: Edward Snowden, a former intelligence contractor, is seen in Moscow in December 2013. Snowden recently weighed in on the documents scandals surrounding Biden and Trump.Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday fielded reporters' questions about the documents. She insisted that Biden takes such materials"seriously," adding that the administration is cooperating with the DOJ.
"We are confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced, and the president and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake," Jean-Pierre said. Afterward, Snowden shared a video of the moment, along with the sarcastic caption:"Man, I should have thought of that one."
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