Legal representatives for the president found additional classified material at a second location, a person said Wednesday.
Washington — President Joe Biden’s legal team found additional classified documents when they searched an additional location after finding secret government papers in a different Biden office in early November, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Earlier this week, a lawyer for Biden said the president’s personal lawyers had discovered a small number of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, an institute in downtown Washington that Biden started after serving as vice president. People familiar with the matter said that discovery involved about 10 classified documents.
Biden’s lawyers notified government agencies, and the Justice Department opened an investigation to see how the classified material got there and whether there was any other material that should be under government lock and key.
Legal representatives for the president found additional classified material at a second location, a person said Wednesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. The person would not say when that material was found.
The second batch of classified material was first reported by NBC News.
Earlier in the day, a White House spokeswoman refused to say if any additional classified material had been found beyond the batch at the Penn Biden Center. Spokespeople for the Justice Department, the FBI and the White House declined to comment.
