The latest news came Wednesday morning when CBS

 The latest news came Wednesday morning when CBS News reported that President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach home was being searched by the FBI. That came just one day after the same outlet reported that the Penn Biden Center in Washington was searched by the FBI in November.

The administration has come under intense fire from reporters of all stripes over its refusal to substantively answer any questions about the scandal. McCall argues this may be because most of the press previously went easy on Biden.

"It is possible that the Biden inner circle just figured the mainstream media would continue to cover for the administration and generally spike the documents mess as well," McCall said.

That has not happened, leading to particular scrutiny of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. In one briefing, she referred reporters asking about the documents to White House counsel 25 separate times, and some have openly begun questioning her credibility.

Rather than deflecting questions, the administration would do well to reassure the public, argues University of Central Florida public administrator professor Naim Kapucu.

"Citizens need to understand that the mishandling of the documents did not cause any damage to national interest, as well as how proper actions are being taken so this will not happen again," he said. "Timely and transparent handling of this is critical."

The administration has attempted to downplay the situation, with communications director Kate Bedingfield saying Biden was focused on things that matt