Biden Docs: DOJ prosecutors assess search of Biden’s Rehoboth home

Justice Department prosecutors are reportedly considering requesting a search of President Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after multiple sets of classified documents were discovered at his Wilmington, Delaware home in recent weeks.

News of the consideration comes days after FBI officials raided Biden’s Wilmington home at the invitation of the White House. There, officials discovered a fourth batch of misplaced classified documents, leading DOJ officials to consider searches in other Biden-related locations, according to CBS News.

However, the DOJ has not issued a search warrant for any of Biden’s properties. Friday’s search in Wilmington was consensual, and prosecutors planned to seek access to Biden’s other properties.

Friday’s batch of documents was the fourth to be found since November and the third to be found inside Biden’s home in Wilmington. They date back to his time in the Senate, while the other three lots date back to his tenure as Vice President.

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CNN’s Brian Stelter asked Biden adviser Gene Sperling if part of the problem with economic coverage in the media is that administration officials and TV anchors don’t feel the pain like the average American.
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A general view of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth, Delaware, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.
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FBI and others The GM staff have arrived at Biden’s Wilmington home at 9:45 a.m. Friday and searched the house for about 12 hours, leaving at 10:30 p.m.

U.S. Attorney John Lausch coordinated the effort. He retains a leading role in the investigation while Special Counsel Robert Hur gets up to speed.

Officials recovered six items consisting of documents marked classified and took them into custody.

The search came after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre assured reporters in mid-January that the search for new documents was over. Nevertheless, new documents were found at the Wilmington residence on January 14 and again on January 20.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 20, 2023.
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General view of the access road gate leading to President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, DE on Thursday, January 12. 2023.
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Biden’s lawyers discovered the first batch of classified documents inside the offices of the Penn Biden Center in November and said they immediately turned over the documents to the National Archives.

The trove of mishandled documents led Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate the case, bringing in Hur.

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Meanwhile, Capitol Hill Republicans are stepping up scrutiny of the investigation, with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, RK.y., suggesting there may have been a “cover-up.”