MORE REVELATIONS ON BIDEN'S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
Revelations grow on Joe Biden's handling of classified documents; here's what we know so far. The revelation that the FBI found additional classified documents during a Friday search of the president's personal residence in Delaware is stoking new scrutiny of Joe Biden's handling of sensitive and in some cases classified information. Attorneys for Biden stressed in statements on Saturday evening that the president is cooperating with the Department of Justice and special counsel investigation and said the search of his Wilmington, Delaware, residence was voluntary.
The FBI called it planned and consensual in a statement.
But the search, which the president's legal team waited to disclose until a full day later, is generating new questions about White House transparency on the issue that Biden last week suggested is insignificant. What do we know about Joe Biden's classified documents? More than a dozen classified documents have been discovered in Biden's personal offices. An initial batch of documents was discovered at the Biden Penn Center last year, just prior to the midterm elections. Their existence was not made public by the White House. CBS reported on the documents in January, prompting a congressional inquiry. However, attorneys for Biden found six pages of classified material at his Wilmington residence.
And at least six more documents were uncovered during a secondary search of Biden's home that was conducted Friday by the DOJ. Biden attorney Bob Bauer says some handwritten notes from his vice presidential years were also taken into possession.MBut what are people saying? Every day it seems like they’re finding more documents.” Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on CNN’s "State of the Union." “Although it was consensual, the search ... the FBI conducted the search, not his attorneys. That really ratchets the investigation up.”
“I think he should have a lot of regrets,” said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on NBC’s Meet the Press. “There is one important document that distinguishes former President Trump from President Biden, that’s a warrant,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.., on ABC's "This Week," pointing out that the search in Biden’s home was voluntary.
