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BREAKING: Biden Aides Find MORE Classified Documents at New Location
President Joe Biden’s aides have discovered more classified documents stolen by Biden. On Monday, CBS reported that classified documents from his time as vice president were found in Biden’s private office at UPenn.
Today, NBC is reporting that more classified documents were found at a separate location.
Check out what NBC news reported:
Since November, after the discovery of documents with classified markings in his former office, Biden aides have been searching for any additional classified materials that might be in other locations he used, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details about the ongoing inquiry.
The White House did not return a request for comment.
The initial discovery of classified documents in an office used by Biden after his vice presidency was first reported on Monday by CBS News.
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 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.
WATCH:
MSNBC: Biden aides have found a second batch of classified docs at a different location pic.twitter.com/RNka0mrNUO
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 11, 2023
It is worth noting that former President Donald Trump was raided by the FBI for the same alleged “crime.”
On Monday, classified documents were found at his private office at the Penn Biden Center.
“Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington,” CBS News reported, based on confidential sources. “The roughly 10 documents are from President Biden’s vice-presidential office at the center, the sources said. CBS News has learned the FBI is also involved in the U.S. attorney’s inquiry.”
“The classified material was identified by personal attorneys for Mr. Biden on Nov. 2, just before the midterm elections, Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president confirmed,” the report continued.
In response to the bombshell report, Republican Senator Ted Cruz called for a grand jury.
“Convene a grand jury,” Cruz tweeted in response to the original story.
convene a grand jury. https://t.co/Me4dgynslK
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 9, 2023
JUST IN: Ted Cruz calls for a grand jury in response to classified documents being found at Joe Biden’s private office.
Still waiting on the FBI raid!
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 10, 2023
The documents in question were discovered when Biden’s personal attorneys “were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.,” said Sauber in a statement to CBS News.
The documents were in a folder that was in a box with other papers. The sources were unaware of what the classified documents contained nor their level of classification.
“The discovery of these documents was made by the President’s attorneys,” Sauber said. “The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives. Since that discovery, the President’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives.”
A source familiar with the matter said representatives from the National Archives then notified the Justice Department. The Penn Biden Center is a think tank about a mile from the White House, in Washington, D.C., that is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and named for the sitting president.