The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched President Joe Biden’s UPenn office for classified documents after it was discovered that he may be in possession of the documents in early November.
The FBI searched Biden’s DC office, according to sources familiar with the situation who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. The search was conducted following the discovery of documents by aides at the start of November. The documents were then handed over to the National Archives.
That search was conducted after the FBI was given the okay from Biden’s lawyers. It is unknown whether or not the FBI found new documents during their search.
CBS first reported that the documents were found.
The sensitive materials were first identified by the president’s aides on November 2, just days before the midterm elections. Those documents were discovered by Biden’s attorneys and “were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.,” said Richard Sauber, the special counsel to the president.
CNN: “The FBI searched President Biden's former think tank office…were any additional classified documents found as a result of that search?”
Biden Communications Director Kate Bedingfield: “That’s not something I can comment on from here.” pic.twitter.com/XnNvs94bGE
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 31, 2023
The Washington Post also reported “early on, Biden’s attorneys and Justice Department investigators both thought they had a shared understanding about keeping the matter quiet.”
“The White House was hoping for a speedy inquiry that would find no intentional mishandling of the documents, planning to disclose the matter only after Justice issued its all-clear. Federal investigators, for their part, typically try to avoid complicating any probe with a media feeding frenzy,” the Post reports.
CNN: "You're claiming transparency… this happened in mid-November. If you are, indeed, being transparent, why the continued trickle of disclosure around these classified documents?”
Biden Spox Kate Bedingfield: “We have released multiple statements." pic.twitter.com/fu3LznpLBJ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 31, 2023
It was also reported by the NY Post that a “drug-addled” Hunter Biden lived at the Delaware home where the classified documents were kept.
The Post wrote: “Disgraced first son Hunter Biden lived off and on at the Delaware home where classified documents from Joe Biden’s time as vice president were found last month — giving him unrestricted access to America’s secrets while he was addicted to drugs, hammering out shady foreign business deals and under federal investigation.
“The now-52-year-old began listing the Wilmington home as his address following his 2017 divorce from ex-wife Kathleen Buhle — even falsely claiming he owned the property on a July 2018 background check form as part of a rental application.”
