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During its 13-hour search of President Joe Biden's home in Delaware, the FBI said that it found more classified documents, which authorities seized without warrant.
President Joe Biden's personal attorney and a prosecutor announced on Saturday evening that the FBI discovered more confidential materials at his Wilmington, Delaware residence on Friday.
This is the fourth time in the Joe Biden scandal that classified documents or files have been uncovered at a private residence belonging to Biden since November,
The voluntary inspection of Biden's classified documents lasted over 13 hours.
The Department of Justice took "six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding material," according to a statement released by his attorney, Bob Bauer.
Joseph D. Fitzpatrick, assistant US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, confirmed that "the FBI on Friday executed a planned, consensual search of the President's residence in Wilmington, Delaware," per CNBC.
According to Bauer, some of the materials were from the period when Biden represented Delaware in the Senate, which was from 1973 until 2009. Some things were during his 2009-2017 time as vice president in the Obama administration.
Lawyers for Biden and the White House said that FBI investigators also took some handwritten notes from Biden's time as VP without a warrant.
Bauer did not specify in his statement on Saturday where exactly in the Wilmington house the Biden classified documents were discovered. Former classified paperwork was located in the garage and an adjacent storage area of the house.
More Classified Documents Being Discovered in Biden's Possession as Investigation Roll
The search demonstrates that federal prosecutors are moving quickly with their Joe Biden scandal investigation into the secret materials discovered in Biden's possession.
Robert Hur, a special counsel appointed during the procedure, is looking into how the president and his staff handled secret papers from the Obama administration that were recently discovered in Biden's possession.
The White House says that before Friday's search by the Justice Department, Biden's legal team found all of the relevant records. According to publicly disclosed material, federal law enforcement agents searched Biden's home locations for government papers for the first time in the recent search.
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The investigation into the president's potential unlawful removal and keeping of classified records found at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC, and in his Delaware home was launched one week after Attorney General Merrick Garland designated US Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel, per Fox News.
Pen Biden Center, a Washington, DC-based think tank, was raided on November 2, 2022, and classified documents were discovered on the premises. These documents were finally made public this past week.
Trump Blasts DOJ's Handling of Joe Biden Scandal
The political and legal risks for the president have been raised by the Joe Biden scandal, despite his insistence that the prior finding of secret information at his home and old office will ultimately be considered insignificant.
Republicans have drawn parallels between the investigation and the continuing inquiry into former President Donald Trump's handling of secret materials after he left office.
The White House has said President Biden's staff has been cooperative with investigators by handing over the requested materials. Trump refused to cooperate until the FBI raided his Florida property in August.
Donald Trump has criticized the way the Justice Department's investigators handles the Joe Biden scandal differently ever since the Biden classified documents were found, as reported by Reuters.
Earlier this month, Trump remarked about the Joe Biden scandal on social media: "When is the F.B.I. going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?"
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