By releasing a false transcript, the Biden-Harris White Home could also be in violation of the Presidential Data Act
WASHINGTON—Home Republican Convention Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Home Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) immediately are elevating issues the Biden-Harris White Home might have violated the Presidential Data Act by revising President Biden’s remarks, during which he referred to President Trump’s supporters as “rubbish.” In a letter to White Home Counsel Edward Siskel, the lawmakers demand that the White Home retain and protect all paperwork and inner communications associated to President Biden’s assertion and the discharge of the wrong transcript. In addition they name on the White Home to situation a corrected transcript containing the correct wording.
Under are excerpts from the letter. The total letter could be discovered right here.
“Individuals had been rightfully insulted when President Biden, looking for to spice up Ms. Harris’s presidential marketing campaign, referred to an infinite swath of the nation as ‘floating . . . rubbish.’ President Biden’s vindictive phrases had been unsurprising, given his earlier statements relating to individuals who select to not vote for his most popular candidate. Unsurprising too had been the White Home’s actions after he mentioned them. As a substitute of apologizing or clarifying President Biden’s phrases, the White Home as an alternative sought to alter them (regardless of them being recorded on video) by releasing a false transcript of his remarks. The transfer shouldn’t be solely craven, however it additionally seems to be in violation of federal legislation, together with the Presidential Data Act of 1978.
“White Home workers can’t rewrite the phrases of the President of the USA to be extra politically on message. Although President Biden’s relevance continues to decrease, his phrases proceed to matter, whilst they turn out to be more and more divisive and erratic. We write to demand the White Home retain and protect all paperwork and inner communications relating to President Biden’s assertion and the discharge of the wrong transcript. We additionally demand that the White Home situation a corrected transcript with the correct phrases.”