"I think you’re going to find there's nothing there. ... I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do," the president told reporters in California.
President Biden was criticized on Twitter after he remarked that he has "no regrets" over his alleged mishandling of classified documents that is currently being investigated.
Joe Biden was in California on Thursday, speaking about the recovery efforts in the wake of the recent storms, and was asked about the ongoing investigation of his mishandling of classified documents....
‘We immediately turned them over to the [National] Archives and the Justice Department. We’re fully cooperating and looking forward to getting this resolved quickly,’ Biden said of the documents
The White House on Friday refused to address President Biden's statement that he has "no regrets" over his handling of classified materials amid a special counsel investigation.
President Joe Biden chastised a reporter who he expected would ask him about his classified documents controversy after surveying California's storm damage.
The president says he and his lawyers are cooperating with the Department of Justice and that he has no regrets about how he and his team have handled the situation.
'I think you're going to find there's nothing there,' he said, in his fullest comments since last week amid new developments including the appointment of a special counsel.
“I think you’re going to find there’s nothing there,” the president told a reporter who asked if he regretted not divulging that classified material was found at his office before the midterms.
President Biden has said he has “no regrets” about his decision not to inform the general public about the discovery of classified documents at his former office ahead of the midterm elections back in November. Biden made the comments at a press conference in Aptos, California on Jan.
