Six other documents containing classified marks were found at President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware, his lawyer said.
Bob Ball says the Justice Department is Mr BidenAt his residence in Wilmington on Friday, he said it lasted about 13 hours.
In a statement, Mr. Power said the Justice Department “has material it believes to be within the scope of its investigation, including six items consisting of documents marked classified and surrounding material, some of which originate from the president’s service in the Senate.” , some or during his tenure as vice president.”
Prosecutors also conducted “further scrutiny of personal handwritten notes from the vice president’s tenure,” he added.
Neither Mr. Biden nor first lady Jill Biden were present throughout the search.
Earlier this month, Biden’s legal team admitted they found classified documents related to his time as vice president in the Obama administration at his home, some in his garage.
Aides previously found another trove of classified documents at his residence and at a Washington think tank with ties to him.
A few days later, Biden’s lawyer said Five more pages marked as classified are found at the president’s home In Delaware, it was said that only one page was found.
A total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of the president’s private library, White House counsel Richard Sauber said in a statement.
Former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur, who is investigating the Obama administration’s apparent mishandling of classified documents and official records, was appointed special counsel this month by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Sauber reiterated that the White House will cooperate with Hull’s investigation.
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The findings have gradually emerged over the past few weeks, raising concerns among the president’s allies that his office will not be able to handle the growing scandal.
Republicans sought to compare the investigation into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents to the ongoing investigation into how former President Donald Trump handled classified documents after he became president.
However, the White House previously said the two cases were distinct because Biden’s team cooperated with authorities in the investigation and turned over documents, something Trump had refused to do until the FBI raided his Florida home .
In cases involving the mishandling of classified information, the Justice Department has set a high legal bar before filing criminal charges, requiring someone to knowingly break the law, rather than just being careless or negligent.