Biden tanked Jimmy Carter's nominee for CIA over mishandled classified docs
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President Biden, as a senator in the 1970s, tanked then-President Jimmy Carter’s nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency over his illegal possession of classified documents.
Sorenson had admitted to taking boxes of classified records home with him after leaving the White House in 1964, and using the materials for his work in writing a biography of former President John F. Kennedy. Sorenson's admission to this came in affidavits used in cases involving the Pentagon Papers. Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
At the time, Biden considered the affidavit and joined with Republicans to block Sorenson from being confirmed by the Senate. Biden also suggested Sorenson may have violated the Espionage Act.