The search, the third of a Biden site in less than two months, follows the 13-hour, Jan. 20 top-to-bottom check of his Delaware home, where agents located documents with classified markings and also took possession of some of his handwritten notes.
Wednesday’s effort, while expected after the previously reported searches at Biden’s Wilmington home and his former Washington office, was the latest discomforting development for the president, whose retention of classified material — deemed a “mistake” by his lawyers — has tarnished his efforts to bring rule-following back to the White House.
In a separate effort that preceded the Biden probe, special counsel Jack Smith is investigating the retention by former President Donald Trump of roughly 300 documents with classified markings at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. Agents last August obtained a search warrant to recover classified documents following what the Justice Department said were months of resistance by Trump and his representatives to return the records to the government.It is the latest following the Nov.
“The search today is a further step in a thorough and timely DOJ process we will continue to fully support and facilitate. We will have further information at the conclusion of today’s search,” he added.
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