The FBI conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in search of classified documents handled by U.S. President Joe Biden, a source familiar with the case told CNN.
The searches, conducted in recent weeks with the president’s consent and legal cooperation, were carried out at the university’s library, which houses a collection of documents from Biden’s time in the Senate.
Federal agents recovered materials from two university locations on two different days. These did not appear to have classified markings, according to the source, although they are now being reviewed by the FBI.
The University of Delaware, where the U.S. president studied, has in its possession more than 1,850 boxes of records that have not been opened to the public since the collection arrived at the university in 2012, according to its website and reported by the network.
The search for documents at the University of Delaware is the most recent move by U.S. Justice to locate previously unknown classified documents in Biden’s hands.
The FBI has searched Biden’s two homes in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach — both located in the state of Delaware — as well as the Washington office of the Penn Biden Center, a private entity of the president attached to the University of Pennsylvania.
So far, federal agents have found classified documents in Biden’s Wilmington home and private office.
The scandal has called into question Biden’s handling of the allegedly protected material and has given wings to the Republicans, who have used the case to denounce a double standard, following the accusations made last year against Trump for also keeping documents.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
