China News Agency, Washington, January 14 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) White House counsel Richard Sauber issued a statement on the 14th saying that when he checked President Biden’s home in Delaware on the 12th, he found 5 more pages marked with Classified documents were passed on to Justice Department officials who were present.
This is the third time the White House has released classified documents found in Biden's former private office and Delaware residence.
U.S. Attorney General Garland appointed Robert Hull (also translated Robert Hsu) as a special prosecutor on the 12th to investigate possible improper handling of classified documents during Biden's tenure as vice president.
The 5-page document was also newly discovered when Sauber went to Biden's home to check the documents that day.
On November 2 last year, lawyers found a small number of classified documents in a locked cabinet while cleaning out a former private office of Biden in Washington.
Lawyers then discovered a second batch of classified documents at Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, residence.
Sauber said in a statement on the 14th that when he arrived at Biden’s Wilmington residence on the 12th to hand over the previously discovered documents to Justice Department officials, he discovered another 5 pages of classified documents.
He then handed over a total of six pages of classified documents to Justice Department officials present.
The Presidential Archives Act of the United States stipulates that all documents of the President and Vice President of the United States must be preserved and handed over to the National Archives and Records Administration when they leave office.
Both current and former presidents, Biden and Trump, are now facing investigations by special counsel for mishandling classified documents as the Justice Department steps in to investigate.
On November 18 last year, Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special prosecutor to preside over the investigation of the Mar-a-Lago documents case and the riots on Capitol Hill.
Regarding Biden's possible improper handling of confidential documents during his tenure as vice president, this matter continues to ferment in the United States.
Given that the earliest batch of legacy confidential documents were discovered before last year's mid-term elections, American public opinion has questioned the motivation and transparency of the White House for disclosing relevant information as late as January this year.
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee announced on the 10th that it will investigate the confidential documents left by Biden's former private office.
Sauber reiterated on the 14th that the White House will continue to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation.
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