Biden Task Force Calls For More Training And Money To Avoid The Mishandling Of Classified Documents

A federal task force aiming to fix the mishandling of classified documents that it says has plagued outgoing presidential administrations for decades is recommending better guidance and training on such materials.

Released Friday, the recommendations come nearly a year after President Joe Biden formed the Presidential Records Task Force with the goal of studying past transitions to determine best practices for safeguarding classified information from one administration to the next.

The task force is also calling on Congress to provide money for secure storage, so presidents can safely access the records after leaving office.

Biden created the task force mere days after a Justice Department special counsel's report sharply criticized him for mishandling sensitive documents from his time as vice president that should have gone to the National Archives for safekeeping.

That case came after federal agents searched Donald Trump's Florida estate and charged him with purposefully hoarding top secret documents.