Classified Documents At Biden Property!

Some classified documents found at Biden think tank.

Republicans vow to investigate agencies that used their powers to effect elections. They will seize upon a CBS report that details then vice president Joe Biden having classified documents. Now Republicans will go after President Biden for this.

The U.S. Justice Department is looking into a matter involving the president having classified documents at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington. They were discovered a few days before the Midterms. 

Roughly less than 10 classified documents were found and returned to the National Archives.

“The White House is cooperating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice regarding the discovery of what appear to be Obama-Biden Administration records, including a small number of documents with classified markings,” Richard Sauber, special counsel to President Biden, said in a statement. “The documents were discovered when the President’s personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. The President periodically used this space from mid-2017 until the start of the 2020 campaign. On the day of this discovery, November 2, 2022, the White House Counsel’s Office notified the National Archives. The Archives took possession of the materials the following morning.”

“The discovery of these documents was made by the President’s attorneys,” Sauber added. “The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives. Since that discovery, the President’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives.”

Cue the outrage from Republicans, conservative agitators and Washed Up 45.

The former president complained about the feds not raiding Biden's Delaware home.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has vowed to investigate the allegations.

Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to find out how the material marked classified ended up at the Penn Biden Center. The review is considered a preliminary step, and the attorney general will determine whether further investigation is necessary, including potentially appointing a special counsel.  

Lausch was nominated to be U.S. attorney by former President Donald Trump, and he is one of only two current Trump-era U.S. attorneys still serving. The other is Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who is leading an investigation into the president's son, Hunter Biden. 

Lausch recently briefed the attorney general and will eventually submit a final report to Garland. The review is expected to conclude soon. 

The Penn Biden Center is a think tank about a mile from the White House, in Washington, D.C., that is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and named for the sitting president. 

The Presidential Records Act requires all presidential and vice-presidential documents be turned over to the National Archives. There are special protocols to keep classified information secure. 

Mr. Biden learned about the presence of the documents when his lawyer reported them to the White House counsel's office in November.  A source familiar said the president is unaware of their contents. The documents are believed to be currently held in a secure location in Washington. 

Lauch's review will examine, in part, how the documents got from Mr. Biden's vice-presidential office to the Penn Biden Center. 

The Penn Biden Center and the University of Pennsylvania did not respond to a request for comment. The National Archives declined to comment. Attorneys assigned to oversee Biden's vice presidential records, Robert Lenhard, James Garland and Dana Remus, did not reply to voice messages and an email seeking comment. The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment.  

A source familiar said the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is aware of the Justice Department inquiry.  The ODNI also declined to comment.