Previously, such documents had been discovered in the possession of former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and current President Joe Biden, but from the time he was Barack Obama’s vice president.
The National Archives they asked from former presidents and vice presidents of USA to review their personal records for any classified or other presidential documents which have been forgotten there since such documents were discovered in the possession of former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and current President Joe Biden, but from the time he was Barack Obama’s vice president.
According to CNN, the National Archives Administration (NARA) sent letters to the representatives of former presidents and vice presidents of the previous six administrations. The letter asks former leaders to check their files to make sure that material they believed to be personal does not mistakenly contain presidential documents — classified or declassified — that, by law, must be turned over to the National Archives.
Documents marked “classified” were found last week at Pence’s home in Indiana. Biden, whose documents date back to his time as vice president and senator, as well as Trump, who has refused to hand over records prompting the FBI to search his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, are also being investigated. two from the Department of Justice for how they handled classified material.
A spokesman for former President Barack Obama, when asked if classified government documents might still be in his office, told Reuters that the National Archives had certified the “health” of his records. The representative of George W. Bush, Freddie Ford, said the former Republican president’s administration turned over all presidential records when he left the White House.
Former President Jimmy Carter did not receive a letter from the National Archives because the Presidential Records Act took effect after his term had already ended.
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