The files are piling up for the American president, who however seems to want to distinguish himself from his predecessor by transparency.
Five additional pages of confidential documents were found in a room adjacent to the garage of Joe Biden's family home in Wilmington (Delaware, east), the White House itself said on Saturday.
These documents, which date from the vice-presidency of Joe Biden, were found after the arrival on the spot Thursday evening of the lawyer of the presidency Richard Sauber, specifies the latter in a press release.
He indicates that he went to this opulent residence in Wilmington (Delaware) in order to supervise the transmission to justice of a first set of confidential documents, found on the spot on Wednesday.
Richard Sauber recalls that while searching the home on Wednesday, the president's personal lawyers had found, in this room next to the garage, a page marked as being a confidential document.
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Not having the necessary authorizations to consult this type of document, these lawyers did not push their research further and warned the Ministry of Justice, specifies the council of the White House.
A 1978 law obliges American presidents and vice-presidents to transmit all their e-mails, letters and other working documents to the National Archives.
A delicate matter for the Democratic camp
Richard Sauber, who is authorized to consult confidential documents, discovered five other pages when he came, six pages in total, and indicates that the representatives of the Ministry of Justice who accompanied him "immediately" took possession of them. .
In addition to the files found in this private residence, other classified documents had been discovered last November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington where Joe Biden once had an office, and also entrusted to justice.
On Thursday, Justice Minister Merrick Garland appointed an independent prosecutor to investigate the case.
The White House communicated without delay about the files found in Wilmington, but only acknowledged last Monday, two months later, the discovery of those who were in Washington.
The matter is very delicate for Joe Biden, when he plans to run for re-election.
She recalls in particular, despite many differences on the merits, that former President Donald Trump is also in the sights of justice for having taken official documents to his residence in Florida.