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The FBI on Tuesday declined to comment on reports claiming that agents searched President Joe Biden’s Washington office in November of last year.
When reached for comment, the FBI did not comment on the reports and instead, directed The Epoch Times to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Special Counsel.
FBI agents searched the Penn Biden Center, a think-tank run by the president, in Washington in mid-November, unnamed sources told Fox News and CBS News. It came after Biden’s personal lawyers found classified documents there on Nov. 2, and it’s not clear if any additional documents were taken by the agents.
Those reports also indicated that Biden’s team was fully aware of the search and consented to the FBI search. There was no search warrant involved, the reports said, again citing anonymous sources.
Both the DOJ and FBI declined to comment on those reports in statements to other news outlets on Tuesday. The White House Counsel’s Office didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday, while the Biden administration has not publicly commented on the reports.
The DOJ has not responded to an Epoch Times request for comment.
The FBI search of the Penn Biden Center wasn’t previously disclosed by White House officials or Biden’s personal lawyers.
The White House and the president’s personal lawyers, who have faced criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats for their delayed and incomplete disclosure of information about the classified document discoveries, did not directly reveal the search or comment on the matter Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
