DOJ asked Biden team not to investigate the classified docs further: Report
by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter
January 19, 2023 10:32 AM
Upon learning about President Joe Biden's classified documents, the Justice Department reportedly initially asked his team to refrain from further examining the files or other possibly relevant material at different locations.
The request came in the form of a letter to Biden's attorney Bob Bauer in mid-November of last year following the discovery of classified files from Biden's vice presidency days at a think tank, the Washington Post reported. Biden's team later embarked on a sweep of his properties and unearthed further classified materials.
Officials also asked for a list of where additional documents were stashed as they mulled searching for any lingering classified material, per the report. Biden ultimately signed off on the searches.
The DOJ had contemplated overseeing Biden's team as they conducted a sweep of his residences but ultimately declined to do so out of concern that it could make their investigation of the matter more complicated later on, per the Wall Street Journal.
"The key here is the DOJ letter apparently asking Biden team to NOT review any docs in other locations. If true, that [could] explain why the WH acted so oddly in handling this matter," Andrew Weissmann, a lawyer who has been dubbed the "Mueller Pitbull" for his role in the Robert Mueller-Russia investigation, tweeted in response to the report.
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