New details are coming to light in the affair surrounding the discovery of classified government documents in the private quarters of US President Joe Biden. Various American media, including broadcasters CBS, CNN and Fox News, unanimously reported on Tuesday that the FBI had already searched a former office of Biden in the capital Washington in mid-November after his employees there had found confidential documents from Biden’s time as a US vice president in early November. president found. It was unclear if any more documents were uncovered during the FBI’s search, it said. The search was conducted in conjunction with Biden’s team, no search warrant was requested.
In recent weeks, confidential documents have repeatedly appeared in Biden’s private rooms – in the Washington office and in his private residence in Wilmington, Delaware, including the garage there. In January, detectives searched Biden’s home in Wilmington. Detectives were not previously known to have combed the Washington offices before. Details in this case only gradually come to light – so Biden and the White House are being criticized.
The first tranche of confidential documents was discovered on November 2, shortly before the US congressional elections. The White House emphasizes that Biden’s lawyers immediately informed the National Archives. However, the public did not find out until January when the broadcaster CBS reported on it. In response to the initial discovery, Biden’s associates then looked elsewhere.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has now hired a special prosecutor to investigate the incidents. For the president, the revelations are highly politically sensitive, as he is not allowed to privately store confidential government documents after leaving office. In the US, the National Archives are responsible for this. Biden served as Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. (sda/dpa)
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