President Joe Biden's personal lawyers first came across Obama-Biden administration documents, including classified material, in an office that Biden had used in Washington after his time as vice president. Since then, more classified documents have been discovered at Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware. None of this became public until this past week. On Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he was appointing a special counsel to investigate the matter. On Saturday, the White House revealed that Biden's lawyers found moreclassified documents at his home than previously known.
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Delay in telling public about classified documents may haunt Biden
The president will eventually have to answer the question of why it took so long to tell the public.
Joe Biden addresses classified documents found in his ‘locked garage’ by his Corvette
Joe Biden has addressed the discovery of more classified documents in the garage of his Delaware home.
During a press conference, the US president was asked: "Classified material right next to your Corvette - what were you thinking?"
In response, he said his car is in a locked garage, not just "sitting out on the street" and reiterated that he's "cooperating fully" with the Justice Department.
The documents, also from his time as Barack Obama's…
Key dates in discovery of classified records tied to Biden
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‘He doesn't know…’: White House on discovery of classified records tied to Biden
The US Attorney General has appointed a Special Counsel, Robert Hur, to investigate the discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. and the Bidens' personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware.