#shorts On 1/23/2023, a reporter asked Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during Monday’s briefing, “Another question on the documents. You have said, though, from this podium many, many times over the last two weeks that this President takes the handling of classified material very seriously. And yet, we continue to learn about more documents being found and discovered at his home, including now some that go back decades to his time in the Senate. So why should the American people believe that this President takes classified material seriously, and the handling of it?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, the President — the American people heard from the President directly on this when he was asked by your colleagues, at least twice now, about —
about how he sees this process. And he was very clear what — with the response of what we’re currently seeing. And he says, “I take this very seriously.” He said, “I didn’t know that the documents were there.”

And look, I think, as it relates to the American people and the President standing with the American people, it is going to be up to them to decide how they see this President.

Look, this is a President that came into office — 9 million people had lost their jobs, the unemployment rate was 6.3 percent, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses had closed their doors.

And in the past two years, we’ve created nearly 11 million jobs, the unemployment rate is at a record low at 50 — a 50-year record low. And the last two years were the best years for small businesses’ applications on record. We talked about that last week just from here.

The President has built the most significant legislative record since LBJ. Let’s not forget, there’s the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure legislation. I just walked through what he’s going to see next week when he’s traveling to Baltimore and also New York City. The Inflation Reduction Act, which is going to deal with lowering costs.

So, the President has been in office for the last two years focusing on the American people, and, you know, we saw that. We saw what the American people had to say during the midterms.

As it relates — again, as it relates to this, as it relates to this ongoing legal matter, I would refer you to — to my colleagues at the White House Counsel. Again, they’re going to be speaking with all of you in just — in just less than an hour or so.

Reporter: But I do want to ask one more time, because you have been the one messaging that he takes this seriously. You have also been saying over and over again that you are cooperating fully —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah.

Reporter: — with this investigation.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That hasn’t — that hasn’t changed, Mary.

Reporter: But given that, why then did it take several searches and the FBI coming in to uncover the full extent of the documents at his house?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I understand your question. I — I’ve said many times, the President has said many times he takes this very seriously. You’ve heard directly from him.

Throughout the month, Jean-Pierre has fielded a volley of questions from journalists on the investigation into Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified records, which authorities found at multiple unauthorized locations. All presidential and vice presidential materials must be delivered to the National Archives under the Presidential Records Act.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ieyTFKJmBiA
Q: why believe seriously?
A: he said it twice, very clear “I did not know the docs”