archives office inspector general contacted a prosecutor at the department of justice. it informed him that the white house had notified the archives that documents bearing classification markings were identified at the office of the penn biden center for diplomacy and global engagement on november 9th the fbi commenced an assessment consistent with standard protocols to understand where the classified information had been mishandled in violation of federal law. on november 14th, pursuant to section 600 point to be of the special counsel regulations, i assign the u.s. attorney laos to conduct an initial investigation to inform my decision whether to appoint a special counsel. on this number 20th, president biden s personal counsel informed mr. laos that additional documents were identified in the garage of the private residence in wilmington delaware. this morning president biden s personal counselor called mr. lausch and stated that additional document bearing classification
for white house officials and biden s attorneys and it will also show that in the end, this was in their words, a mistake, an inadvertent one at that. however the attorney general made a supplement today so that white house officials were not aware of any events and he detailed timelines that none of us were aware of and underscore the fact that when the president first talked about the classified documents earlier this week, he committed a second set of documents we discovered last night. they knew about them, take a listen. the review was underway when you guys made a statement about the documents. there are views underway when the president book about these documents. i don t understand. it does not make sense. the reviews underway the entire time, dealing differences that the headquarters had information on the documents, and he chose to exclude it. until reporters get information on the second set. let me confuse you, for a second, phil. we are trying to do this by t
european council from 2014 to 2019. this news ends a day dominated by the garland decision. i m here today to announce the appointment of robert hur as special counsel, pursuant to department regulations to govern such matters. this appointment underscores for the public, the department s commitment to independents and accountability and particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. now in our last hour, cnn david axelrod, a former top white house advisor, who worked alongside the biden and obama administration, called the handling of the situation, they use his words, sub optimal. others but a more bluntly, raising more dark austin s about transparency, including phil mattingly, who joins us now. how has the white house reacted to the appointment of special counsel? anderson, officially, the white house counsel says they believe that this investigation will a, have full cooperation