This was reported by several US media on Wednesday evening (local time), citing unnamed sources. There has not yet been any confirmation from the White House. Many questions about the new find are still open – including the content of the documents and the location and time. According to the broadcaster NBC, it is again classified documents.
It was only made public on Monday that Biden had kept secret documents from his time as US Vice President under then President Barack Obama in his private offices in the Penn Biden Center in the capital Washington. Biden used the premises after he left the office of vice president in 2017 until about 2020, the White House said.
Biden was surprised by Fund
These documents were immediately handed over to the National Archives. The documents are reported to be at least 10 classified papers, some of which are top-class classified. Biden was surprised in response to the discovery that was made public on Monday. He does not know who brought the documents there or what they contained.
At the same time, the Democrat promised “full cooperation” in the investigations. The situation is politically extremely sensitive for Biden, because his predecessor Donald Trump caused a scandal in the summer with a similar case. Biden then criticized Trump.
The fact that further documents have presumably been found strengthens the Republicans in their attacks against Biden. Trump shared reports on the new find on the Truth Social network he co-founded. Republican leader Elise Stefanik tweeted Wednesday, “We will demand answers, stop politicizing the corrupt FBI and Justice Department, and hold the Biden crime family accountable.”
Republicans see themselves in pole position
In the House of Representatives, the Republicans, with their regained majority, want to push Biden along with investigations anyway. For example, they have the power to subpoena people and request documents. Various committees are to examine how Biden handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The business relationships of Biden’s son Hunter and the secret documents that have now surfaced will also be discussed.
“The FBI has searched the home of former President Trump (…) There is a special counsel investigating. We now have two different places where Joe Biden had secret documents, but nothing happened,” Republican Chairman of the Important Committee on Oversight and Reform, James Comer, told ABC on Wednesday evening (local time). There are different standards in dealing with Biden and Trump.
White House dodges questions
After the first find in November, Biden employees searched other locations for government documents, the broadcaster CNN reported on the recent discovery. The second tranche was found. It was unclear whether other documents were also discovered. The White House dodged critical questions about the first find on Wednesday and only referred to a statement from Monday.
Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre refused to comment on why the White House had not made the find public much earlier. The documents were discovered in November shortly before the midterm elections – the media finally made it public. According to the Justice Department, this is a common practice. The Ministry usually does not inform publicly about investigations or investigation results.
With Trump, the FBI had to intervene
When he left the White House, Trump took government documents with him to his private estate Mar-a-Lago in Florida on a grand scale, including a number of top-secret documents. The Federal Police FBI searched the property in Florida in August and confiscated various classified documents. Attorney General Merrick Garland, appointed by Biden, appointed a special investigator to clarify whether Trump may have committed a criminal offense.
Biden: Secret documents discovered again
Secret documents have again been found in a former office of US President Joe Biden. Last year, his predecessor Donald Trump caused a scandal in a similar case – and he could even end up in court because of it.
Unlike Biden, Trump’s case was preceded by a dispute with the National Archives, which manages presidential documents. It tried for months to get papers from Trump’s tenure. In the United States, government documents generally need to be archived and preserved for posterity.
