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Classified Documents Found at Joe Biden’s House

Early this month, classified government documents were discovered in a former office space of President Joe Biden, who claims he does not know how they ended up there. They were first discovered on November 2nd, less than a week before the midterm elections, by the President’s lawyers when clearing out the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C. The administration then reported these documents, some of which were marked classified, to the Department of Justice, which then sparked an inquiry into the subject. It is unclear how the documents got there, but they date back to the administration change between President Obama and President Trump back in 2017.

In cooperation with the Department of Justice, President Biden’s team cited two other likely places for possible document caches: his main residence in Wilmington and a vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, both in Delaware. They scanned them personally and came up with a few smaller batches of documents scattered mainly throughout the garage on four more occasions: December 20th, January 12th, 14th, and 20th. After the first three discoveries, President Biden’s team arranged for them to be handed over to the DOJ. Additionally, last month the FBI investigated his main home, finding six documents, and has recently cleared his vacation home as well. While the total number of documents is unknown, the administration claims that it is a very small amount.

After the discovery of the initial documents on November 2nd, they were reported to the National Archives, which then relayed them to the DOJ, who launched an inquiry on November 9th. Five days later, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed U.S. Attorney John Lausch to lead an investigation into documents. Lausch then briefed Garland on January 5th and advised that a special counsel be formed in order to investigate the potential leakage of information more thoroughly. On January 12th, Garland appointed Robert Hurr to lead this special counsel, which has since begun investigating the situation surrounding Biden and the documents.

These events occurred after the recent scandal of former President Donald Trump. After leaving office in January 2021, classified documents were discovered in Trump’s vacation estate Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida; the Trump administration was more uncooperative when dealing with the DOJ. Initially, a small number of boxes were handed over, then a larger quantity was returned after the issuing of a subpoena, and finally, a substantial amount was discovered when the FBI searched his home in August of last year. Both cases are currently under investigation by a special counsel committee.

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