According to information from the news channel CNN, some of the documents are classified as top secret and very sensitive information obtained from intelligence sources.
Several Joe Biden classified documents from the vice-presidential periods have been found in a private office in November, several US media reports.
Biden’s personal lawyers found the documents at a think tank in Washington, reports the Reuters news agency, referring to CBS News’ information on the matter.
The documents were found on November 2, i.e. the day before the midterm elections, says the president’s special prosecutor Richard Sauber.
News channel CNN says (you will switch to another service)that the U.S. National Archives has transferred the investigation to the Department of Justice.
The White House Legal Department immediately reported the documents to the National Archives, which took possession of the documents the next day, Sauber says.
He adds that the National Archives had never previously requested or searched for the documents in question. Sauber’s statement did not specify the content of the documents or how secret they might be.
CBS News reports that the documents did not contain classified information related to nuclear weapons.
According to CNN, a dozen classified documents were found. According to CNN, some of the documents are classified as top secret and very sensitive information obtained from intelligence sources.
The documents were found in the office that Biden used until his presidential campaign
The think tank was part of a collaboration between Biden and the University of Pennsylvania. Biden held an honorary professorship at the university between 2017 and 2019.
The office was used by Biden seasonally from mid-2017 until Biden started his campaign for the 2020 presidential election.
Biden served as president Barack Obama’s as vice president in 2009-2017.
Federal office holders are required by law to hand over official and secret documents at the end of their term of office.
Source: Reuters, AP