Classified Documents Found , in Biden's Private Office .
CNN reports that President Joe Biden has come
under scrutiny over classified documents discovered
in his office from his time as vice president.
According to Biden and his White House legal team,
they do not know what the classified documents
contain as they did not review them.
CNN reports that the files were found in November
while Biden's personal attorneys were closing out an
office that Biden used at the University of Pennsylvania. .
The documents were discovered when
the President’s personal attorneys were
packing files housed in a locked closet
to prepare to vacate office space at
the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C, Richard Sauber, Special counsel to Biden, via CNN.
According to Biden's legal team, the documents were
handed over to the National Archives after they
were found and are continuing to cooperate in the matter. .
The news broke as Biden and his team
prepare for a summit with the leaders of
the United States' neighboring countries. .
CNN reports that the classified materials included
some files marked top-secret with the "sensitive
compartmented information" designation, or SCI.
SCI is used to designate
highly sensitive information
obtained by intelligence sources.
Since that discovery, the President’s
personal attorneys have cooperated with
the Archives and the Department of Justice
in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden
Administration records are appropriately
in the possession of the Archives, Richard Sauber, Special counsel to Biden, via CNN