The White House defended its disclosures regarding the Justice Department’s investigation into President Joe Biden‘s handling of classified documents from his vice presidency and Senate tenure after the FBI spent 3 1/2 hours searching his Delaware beach house.
The FBI’s search Wednesday coincides with revelations this week agents were also granted access to look for classified materials at Biden’s Washington, D.C., think tank last November.
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“I think we’ve been pretty transparent,” White House Counsel’s Office spokesman Ian Sams told reporters during a rare “on camera” appearance.
Sams cited long statements from Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer and the White House’s desire not to interfere with special counsel Robert Hur’s case.
Sams also declined to say whether there will be more searches in the future or confirm whether it is possible more classified records could be recovered.
Bauer released a statement earlier Wednesday specifying “no documents with classified markings were found.”
“The DOJ’s planned search of the president’s Rehoboth residences, conducted in coordination and cooperation with the president’s attorneys, has concluded,” he said. “The search was conducted from 8:30 AM to noon.”
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The lawyer added, “Consistent with the process in Wilmington, the DOJ took for further review some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his time as vice president.”
