President Joe Biden believes it’s important to properly handle classified documents, the White House said on Aug. 31 after U.S. officials released a photograph showing documents marked classified at former President Donald Trump’s resort.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the investigation into Trump, describing it as an independent Department of Justice probe.
But she said that Biden “believes … in the importance of properly handling classified materials.”
Biden told reporters last week that it’s appropriate in some circumstances for a president to take classified documents home with them.
“Depending on the circumstance. For example, I have, in my home, a cabined-off space that is completely secure. I’m taking home with me today’s PDB. It’s locked. I have a person with me—military with me. I read it, I lock it back up, and give it to the military,” he said….