He recalled that on the evening of October 4, 2022, the Office of the Inspector General of the National Archives announced the discovery of classified documents in the office of the Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington.

“This office was not designed to store classified documents,” RIA Novosti quotes Garland.

Earlier, Biden admitted that he kept secret documents in his “personal library” at home.

Also, White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber said that Biden's lawyers found new secret documents relating to the period of his vice presidency in the garage of his house in Wilmington.

The US Department of Justice has appointed a special counsel to investigate the improper storage of classified documents from the period when he served as vice president.