Joe Biden

====Retaining of classified documents====
{{Main|Joe Biden classified documents incident}}

On November 2, 2022, while packing files at the [[Penn Biden Center]], Biden's attorneys found classified documents dating from his vice presidency in a "locked closet".<ref>{{cite news |last5=Collins |first1=Phil |last1=Mattingly |first2=Evan |last2=Perez |first3=Maegan |last3=Vazquez |first4=Kevin |last4=Liptak |first5=Kaitlan |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Biden's legal team found another batch of classified documents in search of second location |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/politics/biden-classified-documents/index.html |access-date=January 12, 2023 |agency=CNN}}</ref><ref name="nytbatch1">{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Savage |first2=Charlie |last3=Thrush |first3=Glenn |last4=Goldman |first4=Adam |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/biden-classified-documents.html |access-date=January 12, 2023 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> According to the White House, the documents were reported that day to the [[U.S. National Archives]], which recovered them the next day.<ref name="nytbatch1" /> On November 14, Attorney General [[Merrick Garland]] appointed U.S. attorney [[John R. Lausch Jr.]] to conduct an investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/biden-documents-timeline.html|title=Timeline of the Biden Documents Case: What We Know So Far|last=Shpigel|first=Ben|date=January 12, 2023|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=January 14, 2023|archive-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114124700/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/biden-documents-timeline.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNN timeline">{{cite news |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Maureen |last2=Hammond |first2=Elise |last3=Meyer |first3=Matt |last4=Sangal |first4=Aditi |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Garland lays out timeline of investigation into Biden classified documents so far |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/garland-attorney-general-statement-01-12-23/h_d0728a48029a6407e468b05806963497 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113030157/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/garland-attorney-general-statement-01-12-23/h_d0728a48029a6407e468b05806963497 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |access-date=January 12, 2023 |agency=CNN}}</ref> On December 20, a second batch of classified documents was discovered in the garage of Biden's [[Wilmington, Delaware]] residence.<ref name="nytbatch2">{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Charlie |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Second Set of Classified Documents Were Found at Biden's Wilmington Home, White House Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/biden-documents.html |access-date=January 12, 2023 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

The findings broke news on January 9, 2023, after [[CBS News]] published an article on the Lausch investigation.<ref name="nytbatch1"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Adriana |last2=Triay |first2=Andres |last3=Farhi |first3=Arden |date=January 9, 2023 |title=U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-center-classified-documents/ |access-date=March 12, 2024 |work=[[CBS News]] }}</ref><ref>Farley, Robert (January 19, 2023). [https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/timeline-of-bidens-classified-documents/ Timeline of Biden’s Classified Documents]. ''FactCheck.org''.</ref> On January 12, Garland appointed [[Robert K. Hur]] as special counsel to investigate "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records".<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Carrie |date=January 12, 2023 |title=A special counsel will probe government documents at Biden's home and private office |agency=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148425062/special-counsel-biden-classified-documents-robert-hur |access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref> On January 20, after a 13-hour [[consent search|consensual search]] by FBI investigators, six more items with classified markings were recovered from Biden's Wilmington residence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Rogers |first2=Katie |date=January 22, 2023 |title=Investigators Seize More Classified Documents From Biden's Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/politics/biden-documents.html |access-date=January 22, 2023 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> FBI agents searched Biden's home in [[Rehoboth Beach, Delaware|Rehoboth Beach]] on February 1 and collected papers and notes from his time as vice president, but did not find any classified information.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/01/fbi-searching-biden-home-in-rehoboth-delaware.html|title=FBI found no classified documents in search of Biden home in Rehoboth, lawyer says|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=February 1, 2023|agency=CNBC|access-date=February 16, 2023}}</ref> On February 8, 2024, Hur concluded the special counsel investigation and announced that no charges would be brought against Biden.<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Rebecca |last1=Beitsch |first2=Brett |last2=Samuels |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Special counsel finds Biden 'willfully' retained classified documents, no charges filed |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4456524-special-counsel-biden-classified-documents-probe-no-charges/ |website=The Hill |language=en |access-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208201505/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4456524-special-counsel-biden-classified-documents-probe-no-charges/ |url-status=live }}</ref>