top of the hour on cnn newsroom. it is always good to be with you. i m victor blackwell. today the country honors the civil rights champion dr. martin luther king jr. at an event in the nation s capitol, president biden highlighted what his administration has done to try to bring americans together and ensure racial equality, but his call for unity comes as he faces growing questions about the classified documents that were found at his home and his washington office. this weekend, the white house announced five additional pages of classified material that were found at president biden s house in delaware. that brings the number of classified documents in total found at his home and private office to about 20. let s bring in cnn s legal affairs correspondent paula reid. let s talk more about these five pages, what the president s attorneys are saying. well, victor, these five pages were among previously disclosed material located at the president s wilmington residence. i
about santos prior to the election. as for house republicans, they are clearly trying to keep their distance. take a listen to congressman comber. look. he s a he s a bad guy. this is something that, you know, it s really bad. he s not the first politician unfortunately to make it to congress to lie. you know, it s pretty despicable, the lies that he told, but at the end of the day, it s not up to me or any other member of congress to determine whether he can be kicked out for ly lying. if he broke campaign finance laws, then he will be removed from congress. you heard there from a powerful member of the conference. he chairs the house oversight committee and he said he hasn t even introduced himself to santos. so even those lawmakers like comer who aren t explicitly calling for santos to resign suggest they have very little appetite to work with him, which of course, can make things difficult on political.
cnn has not confirmed that connection to the russian oligarch. i want to make that clear. let s turn to the biden documents drip, drip, drip here. now the house republicans, the request for visitor logs at the wilmington home that the white house counsel, the secret service, they say they don t exist. scott, is there an explanation beyond just partisan politics, why chairman comer is so interested in these visitor logs from the wilmington home, but didn t ask, isn t interested in any visitor logs from mar-a-lago? well, his explanation is that donald trump is being looked at seven ways from sunday on his documents, and joe biden really hasn t been looked at at his at all. that was the explanation. there s a special counsel investigation though. i m sorry? there s a special counsel investigation now. so the explanation for not asking for them in the trump document case is the same explanation as one would expect for the biden case, but there is