Breaking news: The Justice Dept. is reviewing classified documents found in office used by President Biden after vice presidency. About 10 documents were found, and the White House said the papers were quickly given to the National Archives.
The White House confirmed the ongoing inquiry and said it is cooperating with the Justice Department and quickly handed over the documents to the National Archives and Records Administration — the agency tasked with handling presidential records. Roughly 10 documents were found, said one person familiar with the inquiry, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Garland has tapped U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John R. Lausch Jr., who was nominated by Trump, to oversee the review of the Biden documents, according to two people familiar with the matter, one of whom said the FBI is also taking part in the review. Spokespeople for the Justice Department, the FBI and Lausch declined to comment.
Sauber said the Biden documents were discovered by the president’s lawyers and voluntarily turned over to authorities. By comparison, in Trump’s case, NARA officials pressed for material to be returned, then Trump’s office was served with a grand jury subpoena demanding their return. After Trump’s lawyers handed over 38 classified documents in response to the subpoena, an FBI search recovered more than 100 additional classified documents that were not turned over to authorities.
“But at the heart of it is, in both situations classified national security information went somewhere it shouldn’t have, so that raises a bigger question about the handling of classified , both in the White House and then during the period of transition,” the person added.Legal experts say that it is not uncommon for some people who have security clearances to mishandle classified documents.
The leadership of the center included a coterie of longtime Biden aides, including many that now serve in top roles in the president’s administration. Secretary of State Tony Blinken was the center’s managing director and Steve Ricchetti, a senior adviser to the president, served as managing director after Blinken.Michael Carpenter followed Richetti in that role and now serves as the U.S ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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