Europe 1 with AFP 5:11 p.m., January 12, 2023

The White House said confidential documents from Joe Biden's vice-presidency days were found in his private residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

His lawyers reviewed all of his files and found "a small number of additional documents dating from the Obama-Biden administration and classified as confidential".

“A small number” of confidential documents dating from the time of the vice-presidency of Joe Biden were found in his private residence in Wilmington, the White House said Thursday.

Following the discovery of a dozen such documents in a former office of the US president, his lawyers reviewed all his files and found "a small number of additional documents dating from the Obama-Biden administration and classified as confidential," which were in the garage of his Delaware residence and an adjacent room, according to a statement.

After the discovery of these confidential documents, the American president affirmed to "cooperate fully" with American justice.

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