Pres. Biden says he was 'surprised' to learn that that any government records had been taken to a former personal office where classified documents were discovered in November.
The FBI and DOJ have been conducting a preliminary investigation for weeks to determine how the documents got to the Penn Biden Center, whether Biden was involved in transferring them there or whether he was aware they were there at any point. The goal of the investigation, sources say, is to determine whether there were any significant crimes committed and whether there's a need for a special counsel to be appointed.
Sources describe the preliminary investigation as "well underway" and that Lausch has briefed Garland, but it's unclear when exactly his final report will be completed. One source also told ABC News "it doesn't appear that Biden personally identified the documents" and asked that they be moved to the private office.
"How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible? And I thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods? By that I mean names of people who helped or th-- et cetera. And it just -- totally irresponsible," Biden said in anIn August, when asked whether it is ever appropriate to take classified documents home, away from the White House, Biden told reporters, "it depends.
"When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House? These documents were definitely not declassified," Trump claimed.
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