An office building housing the Ben Biden Center, a think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, is seen on January 10, 2023 in Washington, DC, following reports declassifying documents from US President Joe Biden’s time as Barack Obama’s vice president. The president was spotted at the center, which Biden sometimes used as an office space.
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FBI agents raided the office in mid-November after President Joe Biden was vice president in Washington, D.C., after his lawyers first discovered classified documents earlier that month, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.
The White House and Biden’s personal lawyers had not previously disclosed the search for the Ben Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, even as they faced questions for weeks about the discovery of classified records. CBS The FBI broke news of the search on Tuesday.
The officials told NBC Biden’s lawyers cooperated fully with the search, and the Justice Department did not issue a search warrant. Biden’s team also worked with the Justice Department on an FBI search of his Wilmington, Delaware home, for which it did not issue a warrant.
The President’s personal lawyers They found the documents on November 2 at the think tank office. Prosecutors notified the National Archives, which led to a Justice Department investigation. But the White House Not disclosed Jan. Development until further notice on 9th.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Robert Harr on Jan. 12. Special advice to investigate.
Biden’s lawyers later More documents are available at President’s residence In Wilmington, Delaware, on December 20, FBI agents raided a home. On January 20, Biden’s personal attorneys said Justice Department investigators had found half a dozen additional documents in the search. The documents have been unearthed from his Senate tenure to his time as Vice President of former President Barack Obama.
Former President Donald Trump is also facing an investigation by the special counsel over his failure to hand over classified documents. His Florida home is Mar-a-Lago Searched by FBI agents In early August. Unlike Biden, who agreed to allow agents to search him, the Justice Department issued Trump a search warrant back and forth.
Last week, it was reported that Trump’s Vice President Mike Pence was as well There were secret documents At his home in Indiana.
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