Good morning Playbookers. I'm Kara Tabor. It's Tuesday, and President Biden is now dealing with

his own documents headache. This is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

For President Joe Biden, it was an inconvenient discovery, and a potential source of major future political, if not legal, hardburn.

The Justice Department is investigating how and why classified documents from Biden's time as vice president made their way from the White House to a think tank, the Penn Biden Center

for Diplomacy and global engagement, where he used to have an office. CBS's Adriana Diaz, Andres

Trié, and Arden Fari scooped the news last night, and White House Special Counsel Richard

Salberg confirmed the November discovery and subsequent federal probe, noting in a statement

that Biden's quote, personal attorneys have cooperated with the archives in the Department of

Justice in a process to ensure any Obama-Biden administration records are appropriately in the possession

of the archives. Needless to say, newly empowered Republicans see the circumstances here as a hell of a lot more than inconvenient.

Seizing on superficial similarities between this discovery and the August search and seizure of more than 100 classified documents from President Donald Trump's home in Florida.

Incoming House Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky bolted out of the gate Monday,

calling the situation an example of a two-tier standard at the Justice Department,

amusing to reporters at the Capitol about why agents haven't yet raided Biden's homes.

Comer said a letter to the National Archives and potentially a hearing will follow.

Newly minted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called the situation very concerning, per CBS,

stating he's had these classified documents and what has he said about the other president

with classified documents?

He added, according to CNN, it just shows they were trying to be political with President

Trump.

And incoming House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim

Jordan of Ohio seized on the timing of the discovery, telling CNN's Manu Raju, they knew about

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