FBI searched Joe Biden's house in Delaware: they found secret documents that cannot be stored there

On Jan. 20, FBI investigators discovered additional classified material during a search of President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware. CNN.

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“The Department of Justice seized materials it considered relevant to its investigation, including six items consisting of classified documents and related materials. Some of the material was obtained during the President's service in the Senate, and some during his time as Vice President. The Justice Department also accepted for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice president's time,” Bob Bauer, the president's personal attorney, said of the search, which lasted nearly 13 hours on Jan. 20.

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The six items are in addition to materials previously found at Biden's Wilmington residence and in his personal office.

The federal search of Biden's home, while voluntary, marks an escalation in the investigation into the president's handling of classified documents. This will inevitably lead to comparisons with his predecessor, Donald Trump, even if the FBI raided Trump's residence under different circumstances.

Five months ago, the FBI obtained a search warrant for Trump's Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago. This is an unprecedented move that was taken as federal investigators had evidence suggesting that Trump did not turn over all of the classified material in his possession to the National Archives. Trump's handling of classified material at Mar-a-Lago is also the subject of an investigation led by Jack Smith.

The search shows that federal investigators are making rapid progress in investigating classified documents found in Biden's possession.

This was overseen by the office of Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney John Lausch, who handled the Justice Department's initial review of the investigation.

Lausch did not request any searches of Biden's property during his initial inspection, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Nor did he wait for the Biden team to complete their self-imposed searches before recommending a special counsel.

Robert Khur, who was appointed just over a week ago, is still transitioning to special counsel. A Department of Justice spokesman said that "we expect Special Counsel Khur to appear shortly."

The FBI search was carried out with the consent of the president's lawyers, according to people briefed on the matter. The FBI also previously seized documents found at the residence that Biden's team uncovered last week.

The search did not require a search warrant or subpoena, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Bauer said representatives of Biden's personal legal team and the White House Counsel's office were present during a "thorough search" during which officers had "full access" to Biden's home.

The collected material dates back to Biden's days in the Senate

The first documents were discovered in Biden's personal account on November 2, but were not made public until earlier this month, when CBS first reported their existence.

Since then, another search in December found a "small number" of secretly marked records in the garage of Biden's Wilmington home, and a third discovery was made at the Wilmington residence in January, when Biden's legal team searched the rest of the property for documents. They found them in a room adjoining the garage.

Bauer said in a Jan. 11 statement that once Biden's personal attorneys discovered the secret documents, they left the documents where they were found. Neither Biden nor First Lady Jill Biden were present at the search, special adviser to the president Richard Sauber said in a statement.

Biden, Sauber wrote, "is committed to taking it responsibly because he takes it seriously." He and his team are "working fast to ensure that the Department of Justice and the Special Counsel have everything they need to conduct a thorough due diligence," he added.

Bauer said investigators had full access to the Biden home at the time of the search, which included "personally handwritten notes, files, papers, folders, memorabilia, to-do lists, schedules and reminders."

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Biden is spending this weekend at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden "travels frequently to Delaware for the weekend."

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Several secret documents from the Joe Biden era vice president positions were discovered last fall in your personal account.
• General Attorney Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel to investigate secret documents found at the home of US President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware.

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