The Justice Department is providing access to a group of congressional leaders some of the classified materials recovered from the residences of former Pres. Trump, Pres. Biden and former Vice Pres. Pence, sources say.
and former Vice President Mike Pence, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Tuesday.
Administration officials began sharing the documents with House and Senate leadership as well as the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees -- known as the "Gang of Eight" -- last week, sources said. The production follows months of increasingly contentious back-and-forth negotiations between lawmakers and the Justice Department, which now has two separate special counsel probes investigating the potential mishandling of classified materials by Trump and Biden.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Mar-a-Lago Club April 4, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Fla.Trump is under scrutiny for his alleged obstruction of the government's efforts to retrieve classified materials he retained after leaving the White House, while Biden has pledged full cooperation with the special counsel investigating him.The Justice Department declined to comment on the developments.
What is not clear is the level of access to the documents the administration is providing to lawmakers, given sensitivities surrounding the ongoingAttorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged those sensitivities when he was pressed on the administration's hesitance to provide access to some of the materials recovered from Trump, Biden and Pence's homes in an appearance before Congress two weeks ago, though he also noted negotiations were progressing.
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