An aide to Joe Biden has found a second cache of classified documents from the Biden Vice Presidential era in the garage of his home in Wilmington, Delaware, the White House announced Thursday. government.
The revelation happened just two days after it was revealed First batch of confidential documents From the private office of the Penn-Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a Washington think tank, by a lawyer for the U.S. president in early November, he worked occasionally before his election to the White House.
Biden’s special counsel, Richard Sauber, said in a statement that the president’s attorneys searched his homes in Wilmington, Delaware, and Rehoboth Beach after the Penn Center discovery. of the 2017 transition.”
Sauber said the investigation was completed Wednesday night and that attorneys had “discovered a small number of confidentially marked Obama-Biden administration records among personal and political documents.”
He noted that “all but one of these documents were found in storage space in the garage of the President’s Wilmington mansion,” while “one single page document was found in the archives in an adjacent room. No documents were found at Rehoboth Beach, according to the White House.
When asked by a reporter on Thursday why he sorted the documents next to his Corvette in his Wilmington garage, Biden said he would tell more about the file’s discovery “God willing soon”, adding, “By the way, I ‘s Corvettes are in locked garages…not that they are sitting in the street.
The President then added: I’m sure. “
On Tuesday, Mr. Biden said he was “surprised” by the existence of classified documents in his private office and was unaware of their contents. He added that he believed he had acted appropriately by
Sauber said the second batch of documents had also been sent to the U.S. Justice Department, which is reviewing classified information from Biden’s vice presidency. “Attorneys have arranged for the Department of Justice to obtain these documents. The White House will continue to cooperate with the Department of Justice’s review,” it said.
The discovery of a second set of documents, first reported by NBC on Wednesday, could make it more difficult for Biden to shake off the budding political turmoil. It casts a shadow over a glorious period for Trump’s presidency, including a rebound in approval ratings before the election was likely to take place.
Biden is now likely to face additional questions about his own handling of classified documents and why he hasn’t publicly disclosed the material’s findings for weeks. was searched just days before the midterm elections.
Trump’s fortune is much larger than Biden’s, and despite Trump’s resistance, the revelations have led Biden and Congressional Democrats to believe that former President Donald Trump was living in Mar-a-Lago, South Florida. It would make it more complicated to criticize the mishandling of classified government records on real estate in New York.
Republicans were quick to criticize Biden’s approach to classified documents, complaining that the way he was being treated compared to Trump was a double standard. Mr. Biden last year accused his rivals of “irresponsible” handling of the Maralago documents.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a radio interview Wednesday: And I couldn’t help but think yesterday’s headline was a true example of that proverb. ”
On Thursday, new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on lawmakers to look into the matter, telling reporters in the Capitol: “I think Congress should look into this.”
“Right now, in two different places, we’re finding classified information out in the open…and we’re finding out now…this was found before the election,” he said. Mr McCarthy said. “Another failure by the Biden administration to treat the law differently based on your political beliefs. Treat President Trump one way, but President Biden a whole different way.”
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Jack Smith as a special counsel to investigate Trump’s handling of classified documents, and has asked U.S. Attorney John Rausch in Illinois to review materials found in Biden’s office. requested an investigation.
Garland was facing more pressure to appoint a special counsel to investigate Biden’s actions in light of the new revelations.
