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US President Joe Biden on dealing with the daily intelligence report: "Then I'll lock it up again and give it back"
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After the publication of new details about the FBI investigations against his predecessor Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden commented on his own handling of secret documents.
"I have a separate room in my home that is completely secure," Biden said after a journalist asked.
“I'm taking home today's PDB (President's Daily Brief).
It's locked, one person is with me, the military, and I'm reading it.
Then I'll lock it up again and give it back."
The top secret report contains the most important current findings of the US secret services every day.
It is recreated every morning and given to the President.
When asked if it was appropriate to take classified papers home, Biden said it depends on the type of documents.
The White House kept a low profile on the partially published procedural document in the investigation against Trump.
“It's an independent investigation being directed by the Justice Department.
The President believes it is important for the Justice Department to maintain that independence," Biden spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Trump is accused of having stashed secret documents from his time as president in his Mar-a-Lago villa after leaving the White House, thereby violating the law.
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