Sources have shared that classified documentation has been found at one of President Biden’s think tanks.
Now, the U.S. attorney in Chicago has been assigned to review the paperwork which was discovered in Biden’s private office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington.
News outlets have also confirmed that the FBI is involved in the inquiry.
Biden’s personal attorneys identified the documentation just before the midterm elections on November 2 when they “were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.,” according to Richard Sauber.
The classified documents were found in a folder within a box that contained other unclassified papers. Sources did not reveal the contents of the paperwork nor their classification level.
Sauber, special counsel to the president, shared in a statement:
“The discovery of these documents was made by the President’s attorneys. The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives. Since that discovery, the President’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives.”
Representatives from the National Archives have notified the Justice Department.
The review of the documents is only a preliminary step in the investigation and it will be determined by the attorney general whether additional investigation is required.
Biden learned of the existence of these classified documents back in November when his lawyer notified the White House counsel’s office. A source revealed that the contents of the documents is unknown to Biden.
The documents are currently being held in a secure location in Washington.
