FBI searches Joe Biden’s holiday home, no classified documents found
- This is the third time in as many months that agents have scoured the US president’s property in search of files that he may have improperly held
- The search suggests that the classified records investigation, which had simmered quietly for weeks, is continuing rather than fading away
The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched US President Joe Biden’s holiday home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president’s personal lawyer said. Agents did take some handwritten notes and other materials relating to Biden’s time as vice-president for review.
The lawyer, Bob Bauer, said FBI agents spent 3½ hours searching the home and that, “no documents with classified markings were found”.
He 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.”
The search is the latest discomfiting moment for a president who has sought to contrast his sensitivity to rule-following with that of his predecessor Donald Trump, who faces a criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents.
It shows that an investigation that had simmered quietly for weeks was continuing rather than fading away as Biden, who has said he was surprised by the records discovery, presumably hoped.