What Biden Miscalculated About His Classified Documents

<p>Over the weekend, F.B.I. agents found classified documents at President Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Del., after conducting a 13-hour search.</p><p>The search — at the invitation of Mr. Biden’s lawyers — resulted in the latest in a series of discoveries that has already led to a special counsel investigation.</p><p>What miscalculations have Mr. Biden and his team make throughout this ordeal?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-d-shear?smid=pc-thedaily">Michael D. Shear</a>, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Inside the decision by Mr. Biden and his top advisers to keep the discovery of classified documents<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/politics/biden-classified-documents.html"> secret from the public and even most of the White House staff for 68 days</a>.</li><li>Investigators for the Justice Department<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/politics/biden-documents.html"> recently seized more than a half-dozen documents</a>, some of them classified, at the president’s residence in Delaware.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>