Justice Department investigators find 6 more documents marked classified in search of Biden’s Delaware home, attorney says

The Justice Department has searched President Biden’s dwelling in Delaware and situated six paperwork containing classification markings and likewise took possession of a few of his notes, the president’s lawyer stated Saturday.

Bob Bauer, a lawyer for the president, stated the Justice Department performed the search at Biden’s Wilmington residence on Friday. He stated it lasted about 13 hours.

The Justice Department “took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President,” Bauer stated in an announcement.

The prosecutors additionally “took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years,” he stated.

In a separate assertion, Richard Sauber, particular counsel to the president, stated that the “DOJ conducted a comprehensive search of the president’s Wilmington residence, and it concluded late Friday night.”

“Neither the President nor the First Lady were present during the search,” Sauber added. 

This comes after roughly 10 paperwork bearing classification markings had been found by Mr. Biden’s private attorneys on the Penn Biden Center on Nov. 2. Other information marked labeled had been additionally discovered within the storage on the president’s Wilmington dwelling in late December, although the White House didn’t disclose the invention till final week.  

Mr. Biden advised reporters in California Thursday that he “has no regrets” on the dealing with of the paperwork which have been found. When requested why the White House did not disclose the existence of the paperwork in November, earlier than the midterm elections, he advised reporters he thinks they are going to discover out “there’s no there there.” 

“We found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place,” Mr. Biden responded. “We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Justice Department. We’re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly. I think you’re gonna find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets. I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. That’s exactly what we’re doing. There’s no there there.”