On 1/23/2023, a reporter asked When you and the White House and the President all say that the President takes these classified documents very seriously without commenting on the ongoing legal issue, what would you point us to that would demonstrate that seriousness?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m going to really refer you to the White House Counsel’s Office. I — I am. I’m going —
Reporter: So you can’t tell us how —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I am.
Reporter: So the President continues to say that he takes —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I am.
Reporter: — this seriously —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well —
Reporter: — and you can’t demonstrate —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Wait. Hold on. I —
Reporter: — how he takes it seriously?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Let me just finish. Let me finish my answer.
Reporter: It’s been a —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m going to — I’m going to refer you to the White House Counsel’s Office, and I’m going to refer you to the statements that you’ve received from his personal lawyer.
Reporter: Who’s paying the President’s private attorney on this matter?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I mean, it’s his private — it’s his private attorney, so I would leave it —
Reporter: So, he’s paying them?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I would — I would — I would just say it’s his private attorney. Any questions, anything in particular to this, I would ask the White House Counsel Office.
Reporter: We’ve asked his private attorney at least four times, and they haven’t given us an answer. Don’t we deserve to know whether he’s paying for it or a super PAC or the DNC?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I hear you. No, I totally understand, Nancy. My colleague is going to be speaking to you …
Reporter: The President said last week that he has no regrets when it comes to the handling of classified documents. Why doesn’t he have regrets, given that classified documents keep turning up?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I talked about this last week. I’m not going to go beyond what the President said. Again, I would refer you to the White House Counsel for anything further on — on this legal matter …
Reporter: But that’s not a legal question. It’s about his statement —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I understand.
Reporter: — from last week.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I understand. And I said I’m not going to go beyond what the President said, and I think it speaks for — speaks for itself. I’m not going to go into what he meant or didn’t meant. He laid it out. He said it to all of you when he was — when he was out — out, I believe in California, when he answered one of your colleagues’ question or when he addressed this particular matter. I’m just not going to go into what he meant or didn’t mean.
Reporter: — on Friday. The President, when the initial batch of documents were reported a couple of weeks ago, said he was “surprised” the documents — that there were classified documents down at the Penn Biden Center. Was he surprised that there was classified material found at his home on Friday, as well the prior discovery at his house a few weeks ago?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, again, there’s going to be a lot of questions on this. I know my colleagues from the White House Counsel’s Office has been pretty diligent on taking questions these last couple of days … I’m going to continue to be prudent from here. I’m going to be — continued to be consistent and make sure that those questions go to my colleagues
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Demonstrate seriousness; Biden “No Regrets” Statement “Speaks For Itself”