Mike Waltz says 'highly classified' documents found Biden basement

• Rep. Mike Waltz expressed concerns after reviewing some of the documents found in Biden’s possession
•  The documents were recovered by federal law enforcement
• Republicans want to review more of the documents, including those pertaining to the White House

New details about the classified documents recovered by federal law enforcement officials in Biden’s basement were revealed Wednesday, after members of Congress reviewed the material.

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., expressed concerns about the documents that he personally reviewed.

‘I just reviewed a portion of Biden’s classified documents that were taken from his basement by Special Counsel Hur,’ the Florida Republican wrote on social media.

‘They were HIGHLY CLASSIFIED and relevant to current national security threats.’

U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House from a trip to Pennsylvania in Washington

Department of Justice photos of the documents found in Biden’s possession

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla expressed concerns after reviewing some of the documents found in Biden’s possession

Waltz called for an ‘immediate damage assessment’ from the Intelligence Community regarding the documents found in Biden’s possession.

Biden was found to have classified material from his decades-long Senate career as well as from his eight years as vice president.

Some of the documents, related to the national intelligence community, were made available to House Intelligence Committee members and select senators for review.

Republicans are still fighting to get access to the classified documents and memos pertaining to the White House found in Biden’s possession for review, according a House source.

This image shows a damaged box where classified documents were found in the garage of President Joe Biden

This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows the cluttered garage of President Joe Biden in Wilmington

After an investigation, Special Counsel Robert Hur announced in March that Biden ‘willfully retained and disclosed classified materials’ found in his basement, garage, and offices.

Hur wrote that Biden considered himself a ‘historic figure’ and kept the classified materials to ‘document his legacy, and to cite as evidence that he was a man of presidential timber.’

The documents were recovered by FBI agents in December 2022 and January 2023.

Hur concluded in his report that the evidence that Biden was not conclusive enough to prosecute the president, suggesting that a jury would view Biden ‘as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.’

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