This time in a different office
Biden employees find more secret documents
01/12/2023, 00:55
Secret documents are unearthed when clearing out an old office belonging to Joe Biden. The US President is amazed at the find. But the scandal spreads. Democrat employees also found confidential files at another location.
According to media reports, after the discovery of secret documents in a former private office of US President Joe Biden, further government documents have been found. They were discovered during a search of a second location, reported the US broadcaster CNN, citing unnamed sources. After the first find in November, Biden employees searched other locations for government documents. The White House initially did not confirm the reports.
The content of the documents, the location and the time were still open. According to the broadcaster NBC, it is again classified documents. On Monday it became public that Biden had kept secret documents from his time as US Vice President Barack Obama in his private offices in the Penn Biden Center in the capital Washington. Biden used the space after he left the vice presidential post in 2017 until about 2020, the White House said.
The files are reported to include at least 10 top-secret documents, some of which are top-class classified. Biden then explained that the find “surprised” him and that he did not know who brought the documents there. At the same time, he promised “full cooperation” in the investigation.
The White House dodged critical questions about the first find on Wednesday and only referred to a statement from Monday. Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre refused to comment on why the White House had not made the find public much earlier.
The documents were discovered in November shortly before the midterm elections – the media finally made this public. Jean-Pierre pointed out that the Justice Department is investigating the case and that she will not comment on it. The find is politically extremely sensitive for Biden, because his predecessor Donald Trump caused a scandal with a similar case in the summer.