Attorney General Merrick Garland and the White House have provided more details about the discovery of classified files associated with President Biden.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and the White House provided more details this week regarding the discovery of classified documents from the Obama administration that had been improperly stored in locations associated with President Biden.
Here is what we know about how events unfolded, based on Mr. Garland’s statement and White House statements, including a detailed timeline from one of Mr. Biden’s lawyers:
Nov. 2: Mr. Biden’s lawyers discovered a “small number” of classified documents in what the White House has described as a locked closet for an office Mr. Biden had used at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a think tank in Washington. The administration said it reported this discovery to the National Archives that day.
Nov. 3: The National Archives retrieved the materials from the closet, according to the administration.
Nov. 4: Archives officials referred the matter to the Justice Department.
