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DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN SCANDAL IS EVEN WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT

Matt Margolis | 9:01 PM on January 06, 2024

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

When it was first reported on Saturday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has
been in the hospital since January 1, it was natural to assume that key figures
in the Pentagon and the White House, for whatever reason, chose to keep his
hospitalization a secret. What possible motive could there be for doing this?
Who knows? It didn't make a lot of sense, but the Biden administration has an
extensive record of covering up scandals, so it wasn't exactly out of character
for the Biden administration to cover something up.

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The truth that has been coming out over the course of the day suggests something
far, far worse. According to the latest reports, not even the White House knew
about Austin's hospitalization. 

"Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of
Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been
hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled
about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it," the Associated Press
reported. "The Pentagon did not inform the White House National Security Council
or top adviser Jake Sullivan of Austin’s hospitalization at Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, until Thursday, according to two
administration officials."

That's bad. Really bad. And it gets worse.

A source familiar with the situation told CNN that not even Joe Biden knew.

"National security adviser Jake Sullivan ultimately informed Biden late Thursday
afternoon, soon after Sullivan himself learned that Austin had been
hospitalized, that source said. Austin was admitted to the hospital on New
Year’s Day due to complications from an elective surgery," CNN reported.

Let's think about this for a minute. Joe Biden, who is supposed to be the
commander in chief, didn't know for four days that his own defense secretary, a
member of his cabinet, was in the hospital. Now, considering what's going on in
the world right now—the Israel-Hamas war, the Houthi attacks on container ships
in the Red Sea, and many other things—how is it possible that Biden isn't
talking to his defense secretary daily? Sure, he has time to give speeches about
how Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, but he didn't even know his defense
secretary was incapacitated for days?

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And does anyone think it's a coincidence that the Pentagon waited to reveal
Austin's hospitalization on Friday, really, really close to Biden's big speech?
Was someone hoping this wouldn't get noticed?

The Pentagon claimed that Austin "was prepared to act for and exercise the
powers of the Secretary, if required," at all times he was hospitalized, but
according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, Austin was in the
intensive care unit, suggesting that his condition was more serious than the
Pentagon had let on.

Secretary Austin released a statement accepting responsibility for the lack of
transparency.

“I recognize I could have done a better job ensuring the public was
appropriately informed. I commit to doing better,” Austin said. "But this is
important to say: this was my medical procedure, and I take full responsibility
for my decisions about disclosure.”

Before I go any further, let's make something very clear: This doesn't absolve
the White House or Joe Biden one bit. As the above report pointed out, the White
House found out on Thursday and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told
Biden that afternoon. It wasn't until late Friday that the Pentagon revealed
Austin's hospitalization. So the White House knew for a day about Austin's
hospitalization and said nothing.

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Matt Margolis is the author of Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The
Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, the bestselling book The Worst President in
History: The Legacy of Barack Obama, and The Scandalous Presidency of Barack
Obama.

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