President Joe Biden and a small team of trusted advisers, including his sister Valerie, plotted to keep the discovery of classified documents a secret, betting that they could quietly handle the problem without it becoming public knowledge, a bombshell new report claimed on Friday.
For 68 days they succeeded.
Then it blew up in their faces.
Biden and six of his closest advisers, all of whom were aware of the initial discovery of on Nov.

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They chose to keep silent and try to convince the DoJ it was a simple mistake, unlike Donald Trump's refusal to return the classified material - at the National Archives' request - kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate, reported. 
President Joe Biden and a handful of his closest advisers gambled they could keep the discovery of classified documents a secret

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But their plans backfired when CBS News reported on the existence of the Biden documents on January 9th, leading to a chain reaction that developed into a full-blown crisis for the White House where Biden's reputation took a hit, Republicans accused him of hypocrisy, and even Democrats questioned the administration's judgement in the matter.
Both their attempts to control the story and to handle the Justice Department failed: Attorney General Merrick Garland ultimately appointed a special counsel to look into the matter as he did for the Trump classified documents' case.
Biden, himself, has taken a personal hit, with his refusal to disclose the discovery immediately to the public - especially when it was revealed the initial discovery was made six days before the 2022 midterm election.
The president grew defensive on the matter when asked about it in California on Thursday, berating the media for not asking him about the efforts the federal government was making to help the flood-damaged state.
'What, quite frankly, bugs me is that we have serious problem here we're talking about - we're talking about what's going on and the American people don't quite understand why you don't ask me questions about that,' he said.
He then read from a prepared statement, where he said he had 'no regrets' and 'there's no there there.' 
'As we found we found a handful of documents were failed -filed - for the wrong place.

We immediately turn them over to the archives of the Justice Department. We're fully cooperating looking forward to getting this resolved quickly,' he said. 
'I think you're gonna find there's nothing there. I have no regrets.

I'm following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. It's exactly what we're doing. There's no there there.'
Biden was advised by a small group of Biden loyalists led by the husband and wife team of Bob Bauer (left), who is Biden's personal attorney, and Anita Dunn (center), who serves as a senior adviser in the White House, and Biden's sister Valerie Biden Owens (right)
Also involved in the discussions White House counsel Stuart Delery (left); White House senior linebet alternative link adviser Mike Donilon (center); and White House lawyer Richard Sauber (right)