FBI Secures Additional Classified Documents in Biden Residence Search... Investigation Accelerates

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] AP and Reuters reported on the 21st (local time) that additional classified documents were discovered at U.S. President Joe Biden's private residence.

Biden's personal attorney Bob Bauer issued a statement that evening confirming this. He explained that, with the President's permission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted a search at the residence located in Wilmington, Delaware. It was reported that President Biden and the First Lady were not present at the scene during the search.

According to Attorney Bauer, the FBI secured several documents including six items marked classified along with various attachments. Some were created during Biden's tenure as a U.S. Senator (Delaware) from 1973 to 2009, while others were generated during the Obama administration when he served as Vice President from 2017 to 2019. The Department of Justice also obtained some documents handwritten by President Biden during his vice presidency.

The fact that classified documents from his vice presidency were found in Biden's personal office was first revealed on the 9th, sparking controversy. Media outlets such as CBS reported that on November 2 of last year, Biden's attorneys discovered classified documents created during his vice presidency at his private office in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, on the 12th and 14th, additional documents marked "classified" were found at Biden's Wilmington, Delaware residence and other locations.

Accordingly, the Department of Justice appointed former prosecutor Robert Hur, of Korean descent, as a special counsel to begin an investigation. On the 19th, after visiting storm damage sites in California, President Biden told reporters regarding the classified documents, "Some documents that were stored in the wrong place were found and handed over to the Department of Justice," adding, "You will find that there is nothing problematic about them."

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