The United States President was confronted by reporters during a press conference about more classified documents being found in his garage, with an investigation into the handling of secret information to begin.
The White House announced on Thursday a"small number" of secret materials from his time as Barack Obama's vice president was discovered in the garage.
Stream more US news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 "Classified documents next to your Corvette? What were you thinking?" one reporter posed the leader of the free world at a press conference."My Corvette is in a locked garage, OK? So, it's not like they're sitting out on the street," he said."Yes, as well as my Corvette," he responded."But as I said earlier this week, people know I take classified documents and classified material seriously.
"As part of that process, my lawyers reviewed other places where documents might - from my time as president - were stored and they finished the review last night," he said. CNN reported the 10 pieces of material found at the Penn Biden Centre earlier in the week were in relation to Iran, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, with some labelled"top secret", the highest level of government classification.
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