Biden’s Top Lawyer to Depart White House as Probes Ramp Up

Joe Biden’s top White House lawyer is preparing to depart his role, shaking up the counsel’s office as probes into the president’s handling of classified documents and his son’s business dealings are intensifying.

Stuart Delery, who has served as White House counsel since last summer, is planning to leave the role shortly, Biden said in a statement Thursday. The administration did not announce a successor.

“From his work during those early days on COVID-19 and efforts to get life-saving vaccines to the American public to the implementation of major legislative accomplishments such as the American Rescue Plan, the ...