DOJ reviewing as Biden lawyer says classified docs found in his old officeThe Department of Justice has launched a preliminary review into classified documents found at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., sources told ABC News. In a statement, an attorney for President Joe Biden said his team first flagged the materials to both DOJ and the National Archives and Record Administration. The president helped launch the Penn Biden Center after leaving office as vice president under Barack Obama. Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch with leading the review into how the documents ended up at the Penn Biden Center, a source familiar confirmed. DOJ reviewing as Biden lawyer says classified docs found in his old office originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 10, 2023 00:10 UTC