WASHINGTON: Key dates linked to the discovery of classified documents linked to President Joe Biden, based on statements by the White House, the president, his lawyers and the attorney general Merrick Garland:
– January 20, 2017: End of Biden’s two terms as Vice President of President Barack Obama.
– Mid-2017-2019: Biden periodically uses an office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington.
– January 20, 2021: Biden is sworn in as president.
– Nov. 2, 2022: Biden’s personal attorneys find Obama-Biden administrative documents in a locked closet while packing files as they prepare to close Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center. They notify the National Archives.
– Nov. 3, 2022: The National Archives take possession of the documents.
– November 4, 2022: The National Archives informs the Ministry of Justice of the documents.
– Nov. 8, 2022: Mid-term elections.
– November-December 2022: Biden’s lawyers search the president’s homes in Wilmington, Delaware, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to see if there are any other documents from his vice presidency.
– November 9, 2022: The FBI begins an assessment to determine if classified information has been mishandled.
– November 14, 2022: Garland instructs U.S. Attorney John Lausch to consider whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate the case.
– Dec. 20, 2022: Biden’s personal attorney informs Lausch that a second batch of classified documents was discovered in the garage of Biden’s home in Wilmington. The FBI goes to Biden’s home in Wilmington and secures the documents.
– January 5, 2023: Lausch informs Garland that he believes the appointment of a special advocate is warranted.
– January 9, 2023: CBS News, followed by other news organizations, reveals the discovery of the documents at the Penn Biden Center. The White House acknowledges that “a small number” of Obama-Biden administration files, some with classified markings, were found at the center. It makes no mention of the documents found in Wilmington.
– January 10, 2023: Biden addresses the issue of documents for the first time. During a press conference in Mexico City, he said he was “surprised to learn that there were documents” at the Penn Biden Center and does not know what they contain. He does not mention the documents found in Wilmington.
– Jan. 11, 2023: Biden attorneys complete search of Biden residences, find additional classified document in president’s personal library in Wilmington. NBC News and other news outlets reveal that a second batch of documents was found at a location other than the Penn Biden Center.
– January 12, 2023: Biden’s lawyer informs Lausch that an additional classified document has been found. Richard Sauber, special adviser to the president, publicly reveals for the first time that documents were found in Biden’s Wilmington garage and a document was found in an adjacent room. Garland announces that he has appointed Robert Hura former American lawyer Asset administration, to serve as special counsel.
– January 14, 2023: The White House reveals that Biden’s lawyers found more classified documents at his home than previously known. Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s private library. Sauber said Biden’s personal attorneys, who lacked security clearances, stopped their search after finding the front page Wednesday night. Sauber found the remaining material Thursday while facilitating their recovery by the Justice Department.
– Jan. 19, 2023: A frustrated Biden says there’s ‘nothing there’ when constantly asked about the discovery of the documents. “We discovered that a handful of documents had been filed in the wrong place,” Biden told reporters who interviewed him during a tour of storm damage in California. “We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Department of Justice.” Biden said he was “fully cooperating and looking forward to resolving this issue quickly.”
“I think you’ll find there’s nothing there,” he said. “There is none there.”
– Jan. 21, 2023: Biden’s lawyers say the FBI searched Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and found additional documents with classified marks and also took possession of some of his handwritten notes. The search lasted almost 13 hours. The FBI took six items containing documents with classified marks, said Bob Bauer, the president’s personal attorney. The articles covered Biden’s time in the Senate and as vice president, while the notes dated from his time as vice president, he said. (AP)
– January 20, 2017: End of Biden’s two terms as Vice President of President Barack Obama.
– Mid-2017-2019: Biden periodically uses an office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington.
– January 20, 2021: Biden is sworn in as president.
– Nov. 2, 2022: Biden’s personal attorneys find Obama-Biden administrative documents in a locked closet while packing files as they prepare to close Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center. They notify the National Archives.
– Nov. 3, 2022: The National Archives take possession of the documents.
– November 4, 2022: The National Archives informs the Ministry of Justice of the documents.
– Nov. 8, 2022: Mid-term elections.
– November-December 2022: Biden’s lawyers search the president’s homes in Wilmington, Delaware, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to see if there are any other documents from his vice presidency.
– November 9, 2022: The FBI begins an assessment to determine if classified information has been mishandled.
– November 14, 2022: Garland instructs U.S. Attorney John Lausch to consider whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate the case.
– Dec. 20, 2022: Biden’s personal attorney informs Lausch that a second batch of classified documents was discovered in the garage of Biden’s home in Wilmington. The FBI goes to Biden’s home in Wilmington and secures the documents.
– January 5, 2023: Lausch informs Garland that he believes the appointment of a special advocate is warranted.
– January 9, 2023: CBS News, followed by other news organizations, reveals the discovery of the documents at the Penn Biden Center. The White House acknowledges that “a small number” of Obama-Biden administration files, some with classified markings, were found at the center. It makes no mention of the documents found in Wilmington.
– January 10, 2023: Biden addresses the issue of documents for the first time. During a press conference in Mexico City, he said he was “surprised to learn that there were documents” at the Penn Biden Center and does not know what they contain. He does not mention the documents found in Wilmington.
– Jan. 11, 2023: Biden attorneys complete search of Biden residences, find additional classified document in president’s personal library in Wilmington. NBC News and other news outlets reveal that a second batch of documents was found at a location other than the Penn Biden Center.
– January 12, 2023: Biden’s lawyer informs Lausch that an additional classified document has been found. Richard Sauber, special adviser to the president, publicly reveals for the first time that documents were found in Biden’s Wilmington garage and a document was found in an adjacent room. Garland announces that he has appointed Robert Hura former American lawyer Asset administration, to serve as special counsel.
– January 14, 2023: The White House reveals that Biden’s lawyers found more classified documents at his home than previously known. Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s private library. Sauber said Biden’s personal attorneys, who lacked security clearances, stopped their search after finding the front page Wednesday night. Sauber found the remaining material Thursday while facilitating their recovery by the Justice Department.
– Jan. 19, 2023: A frustrated Biden says there’s ‘nothing there’ when constantly asked about the discovery of the documents. “We discovered that a handful of documents had been filed in the wrong place,” Biden told reporters who interviewed him during a tour of storm damage in California. “We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Department of Justice.” Biden said he was “fully cooperating and looking forward to resolving this issue quickly.”
“I think you’ll find there’s nothing there,” he said. “There is none there.”
– Jan. 21, 2023: Biden’s lawyers say the FBI searched Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and found additional documents with classified marks and also took possession of some of his handwritten notes. The search lasted almost 13 hours. The FBI took six items containing documents with classified marks, said Bob Bauer, the president’s personal attorney. The articles covered Biden’s time in the Senate and as vice president, while the notes dated from his time as vice president, he said. (AP)
