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washington, d.c. this comes as u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the latest, let's bring in cnn's saenz siarlette saenz at e house. tell us about the statement the white house is sharing. >> reporter: we're starting to get a better picture of exactly how many documents have been found between the president's residence in wilmington, delaware, as well as a former office that he used here when he had left the vice presidency. and based on cnn reporting as well as the disclosures that have come from the white house ...

Investigations. that is their standard operating procedure. so there is no indication the department of justice will weigh in on anything thousand that there is a special counsel investigation. but for white house, they have been heavily criticized over the past week for not getting out in front of this matter, for allowing things to leak out in the press, and then issuing the begrudging statements confirming most of what has come out. it's notable today they're trying to get out in front of this, to be the ones to deliver this new information. but we are here deep in the weeds in terms of dev...