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A group of congressional leaders has been granted access to classified documents found at the residences of former President Trump, President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Why it matters: Lawmakers with oversight over the intelligence community have spent months fighting for access to the documents, railing against the administration's briefings on the matter as insufficient.

Driving the news: The "Gang of Eight" the party leaders in each chamber and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees have begun accessing the documents, three sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

The backdrop: The FBI's search last summer to recover classified documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort kicked off a series of document discoveries.

What they're saying: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told NBC News, "It should have never taken six months for us to start being able to do our duty."

What we're watching: Some lawmakers have introduced legislation to crack down on the mishandling of classified documents amid calls for reform.

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Congressional leaders given access to Trump, Biden and Pence classified docs - Axios