The White House confirmed on Thursday Lawyers for the President of the United States Joe BidenFound new classified documents from when he was vice president (2009-2017) in one of his private residences in Delaware (USA).
This was confirmed in a statement by Richard Sauber, special counsel to the White House, who stated that the Presidency’s legal team was conducting a search of the Wilmington residences and on the beach in collaboration with the Department of Justice. in Rehoboth, Delaware. According to Sauber, “These are other places where documents from his Office of the Vice President may have been sent during the transition in 2017. Lawyers completed the review last night.”
Lawyers discovered political and personal roles along with a number of confidential documents.
All but one of the papers were found in a warehouse in the garage of Biden’s Wilmington residence, while a single page was found in an adjacent room. Sauber said nothing was found at the beach house.
The White House attorney recalled that these documents were found after he discovered something. first Party The finding was announced this week at the Penn Biden Center think tank last November.
Sauber reiterated they cooperate “fully” He is with the National Archives and the Department of Justice in the process to ensure that documents from the Obama and Biden Administration fall into the hands of the first institution. The reason for these searches, the content of the documents and who decided to send them to these places is unknown, but this is the second such disclosure this week.
On Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre refused to answer journalists’ questions About why the government did not provide information before the documents emerged a few days before the midterm elections in November. Jean-Pierre simply said that the matter was being investigated by the Ministry of Justice.
The White House assured Monday it was cooperating with the investigation, and Biden himself admitted it Tuesday. doesn’t know what documents they have or what they’re doing in that office.
Although it bears a few similarities, the case is reminiscent of the incident that led the FBI to search the Mar-a-Lago (Florida) residence of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) last August. Unlike what happened with the Biden documents, which were handed over to the authorities by the president’s own team, Justice Department intervention was required to recover the documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“Everything will become clear”
Joe Biden said this Thursday he is convinced the dispute caused by classified documents found in his private residence will be resolved. “I’m sure everything will be clear,” the president said minutes after the White House confirmed that Biden’s lawyers had found new classified documents dating back to Biden’s term as vice president.