Democrat President Joe Biden spent nearly one-third of his first year in office at home in Delaware, according to The New York Post.
“President Biden spent 28 percent of his first year as commander in chief back home in Delaware, worrying transparency advocates who note that he exempted his homes from visitor log disclosure,” The New York Post reported. “Biden, who returns to the White House on Monday night from his house in Wilmington, simply likes being home, his press representatives say.”
“Generally speaking, the American people have a right to know what the president is up to. This president specifically changed policy to presumably disclose who’s been visiting the White House,” said Tom Fitton, president of the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch, which has been battling for White House visitor log transparency for years.
“The decision to keep secret who is visiting Delaware makes a mockery of that transparency. It turns it into a joke,” Fitton added.
“Biden spent at least part of 101 days of his first year in office in Delaware — almost always at either his primary residence in Wilmington or his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach,” The Post stated. “Despite vowing to lead the most transparent administration yet, Biden is increasingly taking flak for being out of public view while giving fewer interviews and press conferences than predecessors. He will give his second solo White House press conference Wednesday — the final day of his first year in office.”
The Biden White House initially announced last year that it would be resuming the partial release of visitor logs, saying in May, “These logs give the public a look into the visitors entering and exiting the White House campus for appointments, tours, and official business — making good on President Biden’s commitment to restore integrity, transparency, and trust in government.”
However, according to The New York Post, “White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki clarified to The Post in August that there would be no visitor logs released from Biden’s Delaware residences.”
“I can confirm we are not going to be providing information about the comings and goings of the president’s grandchildren or people visiting him in Delaware,” Psaki said.
