President Biden says 'surprised' to learn about classified documents at his office

Washington: US President Joe Biden has said he was surprised to learn that some classified documents were found at a private office he once used at a Washington think tank, asserting that he is unaware of what is in those papers and is "cooperating fully" with their review.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Mexico's President Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister



Justin Trudeau, Biden said on Tuesday that he did not know that government records from his time as vice president had been taken to his think tank office.

Biden periodically used the office space from mid-2017, after his term as vice president for then-President Barack Obama ended, until the start of his 2020 presidential campaign.