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US prosecutors are now considering possible searches elsewhere linked to President Joe Biden after the Department of Justice (DOJ) found even more classified files in his possession, it was reported Saturday night.
Federal officials are ‘considering whether to pursue searches’ in additional areas after six additional items were found at Biden’s Wilmington home, according to CBS News.
The news broke while he was at his Rehoboth Beach vacation property.
Meanwhile, Republicans are searching for the president amid the growing scandal.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer said his investigation into the Biden family was moving to its “next phase,” reportedly involving both the president’s classified documents and finances, along with those of his son Hunter Biden.
Let’s review the bank statements. We will be investigating the banking violations,’ Comer told the washington examiner.
President Joe Biden is at his Rehoboth Beach estate this weekend, while more classified files were found at his Wilmington home.
“That’s the next phase of our investigation because we’re trying to find out who these anonymous sources are that are sending so much money to the Biden family schemes: the Biden Center for Diplomacy and the Hunter Biden artwork.”
Investigating the Biden family and its finances has been a top priority for Comer and House Republicans since winning a majority in the chamber late last year.
But the president is also under investigation by a special counsel, appointed by his own attorney general, Merrick Garland, for his handling of classified records.
The latest discovery reportedly brings the total number of classified files found to between 25 and 30.
It was not immediately clear how many of the six documents released Saturday were top-secret in nature.
But the documents found Saturday range from Biden’s three-decade tenure in the Senate and his time as Barack Obama’s vice president.
The Justice Department searched Biden’s Delaware residence for more than 12 hours, according to a statement from the president’s personal attorney revealing the new documents.
“DOJ requested that the search not be made public in advance, in accordance with its standard procedures, and we agreed to cooperate,” the statement read.
Attorney Bob Bauer maintained that law enforcement officials had “full access” to the Wilmington-area home, where classified documents were also found earlier this month.
The Justice Department took possession of materials it deemed to be within the scope of its investigation, including six items consisting of documents with classification marks and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and others from his tenure. as vice president. ‘ the statement said.
“DOJ also took personally handwritten notes from the vice presidential years for further review.”
Donald Trump, the former president who is Biden’s arch political rival, took advantage of the debacle to once again declare his own innocence.
“They created this mess of Documents themselves by being so totally CRAZY about me, and I did NOTHING WRONG!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social social media app.
Trump is also under investigation for his handling of classified records, about which he reportedly lied to investigators, resulting in an FBI raid on his home last summer to recover the top-secret files.
Biden, by contrast, has said he is taking the investigation “seriously” and working with officials at the Justice Department and the National Archives every step of the way.
But Republican critics of the Democratic president have cast doubt on that after Saturday’s discovery.
‘AGAIN?!? How the hell do they keep screwing this up? As Biden repeatedly says, “everyone knows how seriously I take classified documents.” Yes. Yes we do,’ Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wrote on Twitter.
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry, a member of the House Oversight Committee, echoed Biden’s own words: “Everyone knows how seriously I take classified documents.”
“I guess the operative words here were: ‘I do,'” Perry wrote.