On Tuesday, President Joe Biden told reporters that he was “surprised” when his lawyers discovered classified documents at one of his former offices.
President Joe Biden told reporters Tuesday that he was “surprised” to learn that his lawyers discovered classified documents at one of his former offices in Washington, D.C.
On Monday, Biden’s lawyers confirmed that around 10 documents containing an unidentified number of classified materials were discovered at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in November. The president used the office space after the end of his vice presidency in 2017 until the beginning of his 2020 presidential campaign.
Biden was asked about the documents’ discovery at a press conference following the conclusion of the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City, Mexico, on Tuesday, and told reporters that he “takes classified documents, classified information seriously.
