A second batch of classified documents have been found at a different location from his Washington D.C. office at the Penn Biden Center, NBC News reports, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The search for more classified documents was prompted by the November 2022 discovery of a trove which were contained in a folder that was in a box with other unclassified papers. The first batch of classified documents was found the day before midterm elections, and not reported until Tuesday of this week - so apparently the DC-to-MSM leak apparatus is well under control.
The classification level, number and precise location of the additional documents was not immediately clear. It also was not immediately clear when the additional documents were discovered and if the search for any other classified materials Biden may have from the Obama administration is complete.
Biden aides have been sifting through documents stored at locations beyond his former Washington, D.C., office to determine if there are any other classified documents that need to be turned over to the National Archives and reviewed by the Justice Department, the person familiar with the matter said. -NBC News
On Monday the White House issued a statement confirming that a "small number of documents" from the Obama-era, and which bear classified markings, were found at the Penn Biden Center on November 2. They were discovered in a locked closet.
On Tuesday Biden told reporters that he was "surprised" by the discovery, and that he had no clue what was in the documents.
Of note, as Vice President, Biden did not have the authority to declassify his documents - an argument that former President Trump has made several times regarding classified documents found during a DOJ raid of his Mar-a-Lago home last year.
Now, the chair and vice-chair of the Senate intelligence committee have asked DNI Avril Haines for access to the classified documents, as well as an intelligence community damage assessment, and a briefing on both the Biden and Trump documents.
A second batch of classified documents have been found at a different location from his Washington D.C. office at the Penn Biden Center, NBC News reports, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The search for more classified documents was prompted by the November 2022 discovery of a trove which were contained in a folder that was in a box with other unclassified papers. The first batch of classified documents was found the day before midterm elections, and not reported until Tuesday of this week – so apparently the DC-to-MSM leak apparatus is well under control.
The classification level, number and precise location of the additional documents was not immediately clear. It also was not immediately clear when the additional documents were discovered and if the search for any other classified materials Biden may have from the Obama administration is complete.
Biden aides have been sifting through documents stored at locations beyond his former Washington, D.C., office to determine if there are any other classified documents that need to be turned over to the National Archives and reviewed by the Justice Department, the person familiar with the matter said. -NBC News
On Monday the White House issued a statement confirming that a “small number of documents” from the Obama-era, and which bear classified markings, were found at the Penn Biden Center on November 2. They were discovered in a locked closet.
On Tuesday Biden told reporters that he was “surprised” by the discovery, and that he had no clue what was in the documents.
Of note, as Vice President, Biden did not have the authority to declassify his documents – an argument that former President Trump has made several times regarding classified documents found during a DOJ raid of his Mar-a-Lago home last year.
Now, the chair and vice-chair of the Senate intelligence committee have asked DNI Avril Haines for access to the classified documents, as well as an intelligence community damage assessment, and a briefing on both the Biden and Trump documents.
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