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Laura Coates Live

President Biden breaks silence on classified documents

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden makes a statement on the classified documents found in his private office at Penn State University, which were handed over to the US Attorney’s office by his lawyers recently. Plus, the House of Representatives gets back to work after the brutal Speakership battle with a party line vote to establish a committee which Republicans say will investigate what they call the “weaponization of the Federal Government”. And, reporting from California as the deadly storms hit the state with relentless rains claiming the lives of 17 people so far. Also tonight: Questions arise in the Senate about George Santos and whether he should be entrusted with classified information, China’s government deny a COVID surge but picture evidence tells a different story, Seattle Public School district is suing the biggest names in social media, police in Massachusetts discover evidence they think is linked to the disappearance of mother of three Ana Walshe, Virginia police say the mother of a 6 year old boy could face charges after her son allegedly shot a teacher with a gun she bought and rap legend Dr. Dre in a legal spat with Marjorie Taylor Green over use of his beat on one of her Twitter videos. Hosted by Laura Coates To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, good evening, everyone.

0:04.1

I'm Laura Codes and this is CNN Tonight.

0:06.5

Now, President Biden is responding this evening to the discovery of at least 10 classified

0:12.0

documents in his former private office.

0:17.0

People know I take classified documents of classified information seriously.

0:22.3

I was briefed about this discovery and surprised and learned that there were any government records

0:27.4

that were taken there to that office.

0:31.4

But I don't know what's in the documents.

0:33.8

My lawyers have not suggested I ask what documents they were.

0:38.0

I've turned over the boxes.

0:39.4

They've turned over the boxes to the archives and we're cooperating fully, cooperating fully

0:45.1

with the review and which I hope will be finished soon.

0:48.4

Well, the documents were discovered on, wait for it, November 2nd.

0:54.6

And Joe Biden's time as vice president, including, and they include US intelligence memos and

1:00.4

briefing materials about Ukraine and Iran and the UK.

1:04.2

We're learning exclusively at CNN that a couple of days later, Biden's lawyers handed

1:09.1

over everything in the office, some 50 or 55 boxes out of an abundance of caution.

1:16.0

And here we go.

1:17.0

The House Oversight Chairman has all raised and letters to the White House Council's office

1:21.1

and the National Archives and the opening salvo of congressional investigations to Biden's

1:25.9

handling of those documents.

1:27.5

Now, the DOJ already has its hands full with two very different document cases.

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