(Trends Wide) — Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators found additional classified material on Friday after conducting a search of President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, the president’s personal attorney said in a statement.
Bob Bauer indicated that during the search, which lasted nearly 12 hours on Friday, “DOJ took possession of materials it deemed to be within the scope of its investigation, including six items consisting of documents with classification marks and surrounding materials, some of all of whom were from the president’s service in the Senate and some of whom were from his tenure as vice president. The Department of Justice also took personally handwritten notes from the vice presidential years for further review.”
Those six items are in addition to materials previously found at Biden’s Wilmington residence and in his private office.
Bauer said that representatives of Biden’s personal legal team and the White House Attorney’s Office were present during the “extensive search,” during which they had “full access” to Biden’s home.
Bauer added that the Justice Department “requested that the search not be made public in advance, in accordance with its standard procedures, and we agreed to cooperate.”
Neither Biden nor the first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, were present during the search, special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said in a statement.
Biden, Sauber wrote, “has committed to handling this responsibly because he takes it seriously” and he and his team are “working quickly to ensure DOJ and the special counsel have what they need to conduct a thorough review.” .
