The classified documents found at Joe Biden’s former office and private residence were “inadvertently misplaced,” a White House lawyer said Thursday, insisting the United States President would “cooperate” with a special counsel appointed to investigate the matter.
“We are confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced, and the President and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake,” Richard Sauber, senior advisor to the White House Counsel’s Office, said in a statement, according to AFP.
This is coming after Biden had said Tuesday he was unaware of the contents of the classified documents from his time as vice president, found at a Washington think tank.
“I was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn there were any government records that were taken there to that office. But I don’t know what’s in the documents,” he told reporters during a press conference…
