the second, a small number of documents were found on december 20th in president biden s wilmington garage. the third discovery took place between january 11th and 12 for a total of six pages which were found. nbc s mark alba has more details on what led to the fourth discovery on friday. the white house revealing more classified information was found at president biden s delaware home. taken by the justice department on friday after a nearly 13-hour fbi search of the entire property. done at the invitation of the president s legal team who said that they offered to provide prompt access for comprehensive check of any potential classified material that was not already turned over to the doj. the disclosure comes just days after the president said he had no regrets over his handling of the documents saga. in his first public comment since the appointment of a special counsel. what the lawyers have told me they want me to do is exactly what we are doing.
expected to depart his post in the coming weeks. sources say that transition would likely happen after the state of the union address, which is currently slated for february 7th. now, one source says that his decision has nothing to do with the classified documents saga that the white house is confronting at this moment. he, of course, has talked about how the job is a grueling position, but it does come as the biden white house is set to face a host of challenges, including the investigations into the handling of classified documents after president biden left the obama administration. there s that special counsel investigation, as well as investigations that republicans up on capitol hill have been promising. now, just yesterday the house judiciary chairman got a response from the justice department. the house committee has sent over some requests for documents, but the justice department said that they will not be providing documents related to ongoing criminal investigations. their
and worked with biden as vice president as well as during his time in the senate. it comes as there really haven t been that many senior staff that left the white house since biden took office. he has overseen a host of accomplishments for the administration when it comes to navigating the coronavirus pandemic, also getting an infrastructure bill signed into law and passing historic investments in climate change initiatives and of course faced a number of challenges in the job including that withdrawal from afghanistan, also troubling numbers when it comes to the economy and now as the administration is handling the response to the handling of classified documents after president biden left office. now, sources say that this decision has nothing to do with that classified documents saga. klain often talked this is a very grueling job and not typical for a white house chief of staff to remain in the job the entire four years. of course, president biden is also potentially gearing up to
the senate. he was released during the ship for so many of the issues that this white house has tried to tackle, including navigating the covid-19 pandemic, getting an infrastructure bill as well as historic investments in climate change initiatives. but his tenure has also come with some challenges. when you think of that withdrawal from afghanistan, troubling news when it comes to the economy, and also most recently, the administration having to deal with these revelations about the handling of classified documents after president biden left the vice presidency. sources say that those classified documents saga had nothing to do with ron klain s decision to depart. he has talked about it in the past, how this is a very grueling job, it actually is very uncommon for a white house chief of staff to stay in the job for all four years. now, as his expected departure is expected to happen in the coming weeks. much of the focus will be on who exactly will replace him. officials have been qu
you hear when you talk to advisers torques the president, dates back to his time in the 2020 campaign when then candidate biden was counted out. you ll remember the devastating losses he suffered both in iowa and south carolina only to have his campaign resurrected once he made his way to south carolina. there s this fighting-from-behind attitude they had during the campaign that they still carry over to this white house. one thing that officials have also said over the course of the next few weeks, even as all this classified documents saga is on going, they ll stick to their messaging, one of them is touting bipartisan work. simply put, at this moment they believe they will be able to ride out this storm of the classified documents saga and move closer to a re-election bid in the coming months. arlette saenz, thanks very much. embattled new york congressman george santos, we re still talking about him.