Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, two sources with knowledge of the inquiry told CBS News. The 10 documents are from Bidenโs vice-presidential office at the center.
CBS News has learned the FBI is also involved in the U.S. attorneyโs inquiry.
The classified material was identified by personal attorneys for Mr. Biden on Nov. 2, just BEFORE the midterm elections, Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president confirmed. The documents were discovered when Mr. Bidenโs personal attorneys โwere packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.,โ Sauber said in a statement to CBS News. The documents were contained in a folder that was in a box with other unclassified papers, the sources said. The sources revealed neither what the classified documents contain nor their level of classification. A source familiar told CBS News the documents did not contain nuclear secrets.
*Did not contain nuclear secrets=contained nuclear secrets
Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, two sources with knowledge of the inquiry told CBS News. The 10 documents are from Bidenโs vice-presidential office at the center.
CBS News has learned the FBI is also involved in the U.S. attorneyโs inquiry.
The classified material was identified by personal attorneys for Mr. Biden on Nov. 2, just BEFORE the midterm elections, Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president confirmed. The documents were discovered when Mr. Bidenโs personal attorneys โwere packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.,โ Sauber said in a statement to CBS News. The documents were contained in a folder that was in a box with other unclassified papers, the sources said. The sources revealed neither what the classified documents contain nor their level of classification. A source familiar told CBS News the documents did not contain nuclear secrets.
*Did not contain nuclear secrets=contained nuclear secrets