The FBI was conducting a planned search Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents, the president’s personal lawyer said.
By ERIC TUCKER, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER
WASHINGTON The FBI on Wednesday searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, marking the third time in as many months that agents have scoured his property in search of classified documents that he may have improperly held.
The search, disclosed by Biden’s personal lawyer, is the latest discomfiting moment for a president who has sought to contrast his sensitivity to rule-following with that of his predecessor Donald Trump, who faces a criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents. It shows that an investigation that had simmered quietly for weeks was continuing rather than fading away as Biden, who has said he was surprised by the records discovery, presumably hoped.
Though it was not immediately known whether any additional classified documents were found during Wednesday’s search, the fact the FBI undertook it on its own reflected the Justice Department’s determination to retrieve any and all possible classified items rather than rely on assurances that such documents had been located.
In a statement revealing the FBI search, Biden’s lawyer, Bob Bauer, sought to portray the president and his team as fully transparent and cooperative. He described the search as “planned” and “a further step in a thorough and timely DOJ process we will continue to fully support and facilitate.
