FBI searches Biden’s residence, finds documents marked confidential

Washington. US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) President Joe. Biden’s Wilmington residence was searched and six additional documents marked as classified were recovered. The department also took some handwritten notes of Biden in its possession. President’s lawyer Bob Bauer gave this information. Biden voluntarily gave permission for the FBI to search his residence, but the incident is unusual despite not having a search warrant. Biden faced embarrassment on January 12 after it was revealed that Biden’s lawyers had obtained classified records from one of his former offices at the Penn Biden Center in Washington just before the midterm elections. Lawyers then found six more classified documents from the library of Biden’s Wilmington residence during his tenure as vice president.

The receipt of these documents has become a political accountability for Biden at a time when he is preparing to present his claim for re-election. The incident harms Biden’s effort to make his tenure look better to the American public after the tumultuous tenure of predecessor Donald Trump. Bauer said on Saturday that the documents the FBI seized on Friday were related to Biden’s tenure as senator and vice president, while the notes were from his vice presidential term. The search lasted for about 13 hours, he said. Bauer said the Justice Department has not yet reviewed the records, so it is unclear what the level of confidentiality of these documents is and whether the documents removed by the FBI remain classified.

Generally, classified documents are made public after a maximum of 25 years, but some records are kept confidential for much longer. Biden served as a senator from 1973 to 2009. Biden told reporters on Thursday, “We found that a large number of documents were in the wrong place, so we immediately handed them over to the Justice Department.” When Biden’s residence was searched, then First Lady Jill Biden was not there. She had gone to spend the weekend at her residence in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It remains to be seen whether federal officials will conduct further searches at other locations. Biden’s personal attorneys previously searched the Rehoboth Beach residence and said they did not find any official documents or confidential records.

The case complicates a Justice Department investigation into Trump’s retention of classified documents and official records after he left office. The Justice Department says Trump took hundreds of records marked confidential with him when he left the White House in early 2021 and did not return them for months despite requests from the government, after which the agency to retrieve them Had to act under search warrant. Bauer said the FBI has asked the White House not to comment on the matter until the investigation is complete. Biden’s personal lawyer and White House lawyer were also present during the search.

He said the FBI had “full access to the president’s residence, including personal handwritten notes, files, papers, memorabilia, to-do lists and schedules.” Bauer said in a statement that the Justice Department “Taken possession of material deemed to be within the purview of its investigation, including documents marked as confidential and other materials. Some of this material dates back to the President’s (Biden) services as Senate member and Vice President. Took it over for review.

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