Democrat says people risk their LIVES for information in classified documents ... trends now

Former CIA officer-turned-lawmaker Abigail Spanberger became the latest Democrat to criticize Joe Biden's handling of classified documents on Monday, saying that agents risked their lives to gather information.

It came after a fourth batch of files was found at Biden's home at the end of last week.

'I'm concerned by any appearance of classified documents outside of secure compartmented Information facility — known as a SCIF,' said Rep. Spanberger of Virginia.

'I'm a former CIA officer. I used to handle classified documents every day.

'I used to collect the information that was then put into classified documents. 

'So I know that the sources of the classified materials at times can be individuals who are risking their lives to provide valuable information to inform lawmakers, to inform the president, to inform our military and diplomatic leaders, and safeguarding those documents is about safeguarding our nation's secrets.'

On Saturday, the White House admitted that another set of government documents had been unearthed during a 13-hour search at Biden's house outside Wilmington, Delaware.

It came 48 hours after Biden himself said he had 'no regrets' over the issue. 

Rather than close ranks, the result of the new revelation was a string of Democrats openly expressing their exasperation with the president and his White House at the drip, drip, drip of scandal.

Sen. Dick Durbin, a close Biden ally, was among the Democrats who took to the Sunday morning news shows.

'When the information is found, it diminishes the stature of any person who is in possession of it,' he said, after describing the measure he took to protect classified information. 'Because it's not supposed to happen.'

Spanberger said it was vital now to get to the bottom of what went wrong.