Key takeaways:
- Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal attorney, informed the White House of the discovery of classified documents at Biden’s former Washington office in November.
- The White House has “fully cooperated” with the National Archives and Department of Justice to ensure documents with classified markings were provided to the appropriate authorities.
- Four additional documents with classified markings have been found and the White House Counsel’s Office is currently reviewing recent requests from the GOP committee chair related to Biden’s handling of classified documents.
The White House is facing a potential federal investigation after the discovery of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s former Washington office in November. According to two sources familiar with the matter, Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal attorney, was the one to break the news to the White House.
In a letter sent to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and obtained by NBC News, White House counsel Stuart F. Delery said that since Biden’s personal attorneys found government records at the Penn Biden Center, the White House has “fully cooperated” with the National Archives and Department of Justice to ensure documents with classified markings were provided to the appropriate authorities.
Since the initial discovery, four additional documents with classified markings have been found. The White House Counsel’s Office is currently reviewing recent requests from the GOP committee chair related to Biden’s handling of classified documents and signaled they plan to cooperate to an extent.
The discovery of classified documents has put Biden at the center of the legal maelstrom swirling below his presidency, and has caused a drip-drip-drip of bad news for the president in recent months. It remains to be seen how the White House will handle the situation and if the investigation will move forward.
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