Agence France-Presse reported that the White House said on the 14th that U.S. President Joe Biden’s legal counsel had found another five pages of confidential documents at Biden’s residence in Delaware, bringing a new twist to this politically sensitive incident.
Recently, Biden repeatedly revealed that he privately preserved the documents he handled when he was the deputy of former President Obama. This practice is obviously inappropriate. Biden said he has no intention of keeping any classified documents.
White House counsel Richard Sauber said in a statement that he discovered the pages during a visit to Biden’s residence on the 12th to oversee the handover of the first batch of documents found in a room next to the garage on the 11th. The Justice Department, it turned out, found another five pages of documents, which were also immediately turned over to the Justice Department.
Biden’s personal attorney previously found some classified documents in the garage of his Delaware home. Thorper said the legal advisers notified the Justice Department because they lacked the necessary security clearance to review the content.
Under a 1978 law, both presidents and vice presidents are required to turn over their emails, letters and other official documents to the National Archives.
Biden’s previous office at a think tank in Washington also discovered some classified documents during his tenure as vice president last November.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned independent prosecutor Robert Hur to investigate allegations that Biden mishandled classified documents.
As Biden prepares to announce whether he will run for re-election, the matter threatens to divert attention and recall former President Trump’s possession of hundreds of classified documents in his Florida residence and his accusations of trying to prevent the government from recovering them thing.