Agence France-Presse reported that the White House said on the 14th that US President Joe Biden’s legal counsel had found five more pages of classified documents at Biden’s residence in Delaware, bringing a new twist to the politically sensitive event this.
Recently, Biden repeatedly revealed that he had kept the documents he discussed private when he was former President Obama’s deputy, and this practice is clearly inappropriate. Biden said he had 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 the Biden residence on the 12th to oversee the transfer of the first batch of documents found in a room next to the garage on the 11th. turned out, found another five pages of documents, which were also immediately transferred to the Department of Justice.
Previously, Biden’s personal attorney found some classified documents in the garage of his home in Delaware. Thorper said the legal advisers notified the Department of Justice because they did not have the necessary security clearance to review the content.
Under a 1978 law, presidents and vice presidents are required to turn over their emails, letters and other official documents to the National Archives.
Biden’s former office at a Washington think tank also discovered some classified documents during his time as vice president last November.
US 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 issue threatens to divert attention and recall former President Trump’s possession of hundreds of classified documents at his Florida residence and his accusations of trying to prevent the government from recovering the thing.
