US President Joe Biden’s aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at another location, in a growing political embarrassment for the White House.
The first cache was found in a private office in Washington, D.C., used by Mr. Biden as vice president.
The case is under consideration by the US Department of Justice.
Former President Donald Trump is facing a criminal investigation into alleged mishandling of classified files.
It was not immediately clear Wednesday when or where Biden aides obtained the additional batch of files.
The original batch of about 10 documents were discovered in November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank near the White House, but only became public this week.
The documents allegedly include US intelligence memos and briefing materials on Ukraine, Iran and Britain.
The White House has yet to comment on the new discovery. However, JEE News and other US media have confirmed the finding.
During her daily press briefing earlier Wednesday, Biden’s press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre declined to answer questions about the first cache of files.
“It’s under review by the Department of Justice,” he said. “I’m not going to go beyond what the president shared yesterday.”
Mr. Biden said Tuesday that he was “surprised” by the discovery of the records and was “cooperating” with the Justice Department’s review.
The dispute comes as the Democratic president faces scrutiny from the new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives.
“Now that Washington is no longer governed by one party of Democrats, oversight and accountability are coming,” James Comer, the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Wednesday.
The committee is launching inquiries into the president and his family, including a request to turn over documents and communications related to classified files from the White House.
The law requires that all White House records, including classified ones, be turned over to the U.S. National Archives after an administration is in office.
