Four unanswered queries regarding the classified documents belonging to Biden

There is increasing pressure on President Joe Biden to provide additional information regarding the classified documents that were discovered at his home in Delaware and in an old Washington office.

There is no doubt that investigators will want to know who had access to these locations and how safe the files were stored.

Republicans in Congress have argued that the discovery of the files at one of Mr. Biden's residences poses a threat to national security and have demanded access to visitor logs for those residences.
What caused the delay?

The White House claims that Mr. Biden's lawyers discovered the first classified documents on November 2, a week before the midterm elections. According to the administration, it reported the discovery to the National Archives on the same day. On November 3, the National Archives retrieved the materials and notified the Justice Department.

The discovered documents were not made public or acknowledged by the White House until CBS News reported on them this month, leading to accusations that they had been deliberately kept quiet ahead of the midterm elections.

"He knew this would happen before the election and during interviews. According to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, this is the reason why Americans do not trust their government.

In the meantime, the White House has denied that going public was deliberately delayed.

Mr. Biden has stated that he was "surprised" to learn that classified documents were discovered in his previous workplace. When exactly he learned of their existence is unclear.

However, a formal federal prosecutor in Florida, David Weinstein, stated that keeping such a discovery private is "normal."

He stated, "It's up to the people investigating it to decide what to say and when to say it. It's not your place as a target or a witness of an investigation to say what happened."
What might be the consequences?

It's too early to tell if the president or any of his associates will be held accountable in court.

We are aware that Robert Hur, the newly appointed Special Counsel, will investigate "the possible unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents," which constitutes a violation of the United States' criminal code.

According to Mr. Weinstein, there are a few things that make criminal charges unlikely.

To begin, a prosecutor would need to demonstrate intent, or that Mr. Biden or his team knowingly removed and retained the files. Second, he stated, is the current policy of the Justice Department not to press charges against a sitting president.

Mr. Weinstein stated, "It's a bigger political problem for Mr. Biden than it is in terms of criminal charges."