Department of Justice finds 6 more classified documents at Joe Biden's home in Delaware



Department of Justice officials found six more classified documents at President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware.

DOJ officials conducted a 12-hour search of Biden's Delaware house on Friday. The search revealed that the former vice president possessed another six documents with classified markings, according to Biden's lawyer.

Bob Bauer, a personal lawyer for Biden, said in a statement, "DOJ requested that the search not be made public in advance, in accordance with its standard procedures, and we agreed to cooperate."

"DOJ had full access to the President’s home, including personally handwritten notes, files, papers, binders, memorabilia, to-do lists, schedules, and reminders going back decades,” Bauer stated.

He continued, "DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President. DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years."

Richard Sauber, who serves as White House special counsel, noted that the president and first lady Jill Biden were not at the Wilmington residence during Saturday's search that began at approximately 9:45 a.m. and concluded at around 10:30 p.m. Biden is spending the weekend at his beachfront property in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware – about 90 miles south of Wilmington.

CNBC reported, "Some of the classified documents and 'surrounding materials' dated from Biden’s tenure in the Senate, where he represented Delaware from 1973 to 2009, according to his lawyer, Bob Bauer, who said the DOJ was invited to conduct the search. And 'some of” the documents' were from his tenure as vice president in the Obama administration, from 2009 through 2017, Bauer said."

Previous classified documents were discovered at the president's former office at Biden-Penn Center in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2, 2022 – six days before the midterm elections. However, the discovery of classified docs was not revealed to the public until a report by CBS News on Jan. 8.

More sensitive documents were found in the garage of Biden's Delaware home on Dec. 20. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed the existence of the documents on Jan. 12.

On Jan. 14, Sauber admitted that six more pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden's private library at his house in Wilmington, Delaware.

On Thursday, President Biden said he has "no regrets" about the classified documents.

Sauber said on Saturday, "Since the beginning, the President has been committed to handling this responsibly because he takes this seriously."

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CNN analysis finds Biden has taken more time for 'personal travel' than any other president in 'recent history'​



Even as several crises raged on during the first several months of his term, President Joe Biden managed to log more "personal travel" days during that span than any president in "recent history," according to a new analysis of presidential time away from the White House.

CNN reported Saturday that during his first 276 days in office, Biden spent 108 of those days either vacationing or teleworking from Camp David or one of his two Delaware homes.

The outlet noted that to this point in his presidency, Biden's time spent away from the White House has dwarfed that of his predecessors — including Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush. And even though Biden has spent some of that time working in remote, his time away includes no fewer than 35 "personal trips."

Here's more from the report:

A CNN analysis of Biden's public schedule indicates the President has spent a significant amount of time away from the White House, particularly on weekends, since his January inauguration. Including this weekend's trip to Delaware, Biden has taken 35 personal trips and spent all or part of 108 of his first 276 days in office at one of his Delaware homes or at Camp David in Maryland. That includes partial days, like Friday -- when he spent the day at the White House and departed in the evening.

Sixty-nine of those 108 days away from Washington were spent at his home in Wilmington, spread over 23 visits; seven days at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, beach house over two visits; and 32 days at Camp David over 10 visits ...

... While most presidents have prioritized taking time away from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, this is the most time a president has spent away from the White House on personal travel at this point in the presidency in recent history.

In comparison, Trump spent just 70 days away from the White House during his first 275 days as president, while Obama spent only 40 days away, and Bush 84 days.

In response to the report, White House spokesman Andrew Bates defended his boss' penchant for personal getaways.

"Presidents of the United States are constantly on the job, regardless of their location; whether they're on a state visit overseas or just 100 miles from the White House for a short trip to Wilmington," Bates told CNN. "Wherever he is, the President spends every day working to defeat the pandemic, to ensure our economy delivers for the middle class — not just those at the top — and to protect our national security."

Critics of the president are likely to point out that much of Biden's travel has come even as the country has grappled with crises at the southern border as well as in Afghanistan. Even when Biden has been in the office, he has been unavailable to the media.

The Daily Wire reported that through September, Biden had participated in just 10 extended interviews with reporters, roughly six times fewer than Trump and 13 times fewer than Obama.