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esident Joe Biden’s aides have reportedly found a second batch of classified documents, separate from where the first one was discovered.
Since flagging classified documents from his vice presidential days discovered at a think tank, Biden’s aides have been searching for any other outstanding classified files and made the second discovery, though it is unclear where, NBC reported.
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“This is an ongoing process, and I’m just going to be prudent here,” White press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing Wednesday after being asked about additional searches for files. “It would be more appropriate for my colleagues at the White House Counsel’s Office to address this.”
A source was mum about the precise nature of the second trove of documents — only confirming its existence, per NBC.
Biden was rocked this week by revelations that his lawyers discovered roughly 10 documents with classified markings in the closet of his private office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington last November. Some of the documents reportedly included “sensitive compartmented information.”
Upon the initial discovery, Biden’s team apprised the National Archives and Records Administration and turned over additional private material featuring information such as Beau Biden’s funeral arrangements, sources told CNN.
Biden has insisted that he’s “cooperating fully,” and Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, underscored that the initial batch did not stem from any “previous request or inquiry.” Material in the first trove featured intelligence on Iran, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom dated from 2013 to 2016. It was discovered on Nov. 2, roughly six days before the midterm elections, CNN reported.
