White House: Intelligence officials' review of Trump documents is "appropriate"

What they're saying: "The White House is not involved in the damage assessment that the DNI is going to be conducting on these documents," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Monday.

• "It is an appropriate action for the director and the intelligence community to undertake," he added.
• President Biden has previously said that he had "zero" advanced notice of the Mar-a-Lago search.

The big picture: Haines, in her letter to lawmakers, said the review was unrelated to the Department of Justice's criminal investigation into the handling of the documents.

• The Justice Department last week released a redacted version of the affidavit that led to the Mar-a-Lago search. It indicated that Trump returned 184 documents with classification markings to the National Archives and Record Administration contained earlier this year.

• The search warrant and inventory unsealed by a federal judge earlier this month revealed that FBI agents removed 11 sets of classified documents — including some marked top secret and only meant to be available in special government facilities — while executing the warrant.

Go deeper: Here's what we know and don't know about the Mar-a-Lago inquiry