U.S. President Joe Biden's decision allowing the FBI to search his home in Delaware last week is laying him open to fresh negative attention and embarrassment following the earlier discoveries of classified documents at that home and a former office, but it's a legal and political calculation that aides hope will pay off in the long run as he prepares to seek reelection.
U.S. President Joe Biden's decision allowing the FBI to search his home in Delaware last week is laying him open to fresh negative attention and embarrassment following the earlier discoveries of classified documents at that home and a former office. But it's a legal and political calculation that aides hope will pay off in the long run as he prepares to seek reelection.
Mary McCord, a former senior Justice Department national security official, said, "If I was a lawyer and I represented the president of the United States and I wanted to show, 'I am being fully cooperative, and I do care to be projecting transparency to the American public, and I do take this seriously,' I think this is the advice I would give as well.""I think it's wrong that he had those documents there," she said.
She feels some responsibility but had "absolutely" no knowledge of classified documents being packed, according to a person familiar with her thinking. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. That's in addition to the documents already turned in by Biden's lawyers. Agents could also choose to search the Penn Biden Center and Biden's other home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as the probe continues. Sams declined to say whether Biden would sign off on additional searches, referring the matter to the DOJ -- which has asked the White House not to publicize searches in advance.
"It is troubling that classified documents have been improperly stored at the home of President Biden for at least six years, raising questions about who may have reviewed or had access to classified information," House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., wrote in asking for visitor logs to Biden's residence.
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