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US Attorney General launched an investigation into Joe Biden: a special group was created for this

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate classified documents found at US President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware and unguarded office in Washington, D.C., dating from his tenure as Vice President. He writes about it APNews.

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Robert Khur, a former U.S. Attorney appointed by the 45th U.S. President Donald Trump, will lead the investigation and plans to begin work soon. This is the second time in a few months that Garland has appointed a special counsel, an extraordinary fact that reflects the Department of Justice's efforts to independently conduct high-profile investigations in a highly heated political environment.

Both of these investigations, the previous one involving Trump and the documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, involve the handling of classified information, although there are notable differences between these cases.

Biden and his team started the year hoping to pick up the economy after a tough few years. But the administration faced a new problem when it admitted that classified documents had been found in Biden's Washington office. Matters escalated when Biden's lawyer said another classified document had been found in the personal library at his Wilmington home, along with other classified documents in his garage.

The attorney general said Biden's attorneys briefed the Justice Department on the latest find at the president's home after FBI agents removed documents from the garage in December.

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Biden told reporters at the White House that he is "completely and fully cooperating" with the Justice Department's investigation into how government records and classified information were kept.

“We have been working closely with the Department of Justice throughout the review and will continue to do so with the special counsel,” said Richard Sauber, the president's lawyer. “A thorough check will show that these documents were lost unintentionally.” The President and his lawyers responded immediately to the discovery of this error."

Garland said the "extraordinary circumstances" of the case called for Hur's appointment, and elaborated that the special prosecutor has the power to investigate whether any person or entity has violated the law. Federal law requires strict procedures for handling classified information, and official records from Biden's time as vice president are considered public property under the Presidential Records Act.

"This appointment underscores to the public the Department's commitment to both independence and accountability in sensitive matters, and to making decisions unquestionably based on facts and law," Garland said.

In a statement, Khur said: “I will conduct the appointed investigation with a fair and impartial judgment. I intend to check the facts quickly and thoroughly, without partiality, and will respect the trust placed in me in this role."

While Garland said the Justice Department received timely notices from Biden's personal lawyers after each set of classified documents was identified, the White House provided belated and incomplete notice to the American public of these discoveries.

Biden's personal lawyers found the first set of classified and official documents on Nov. 2 in a locked filing cabinet while cleaning out his Penn Center office in Washington, DC, where he worked after stepping down as vice president in 2017 until he became president. The lawyers notified the National Archives, which received the documents the next day and referred the case to the Department of Justice.

Sauber said Biden's lawyers then searched other locations where documents could have been turned over after Biden's departure from the vice presidency, including his homes in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Garland said that on December 20, the Justice Department was informed that classified documents and official records had been found in Biden's garage in Wilmington, and seized by FBI agents shortly thereafter.

Another search turned up the latest secret document discovered in Biden's personal library at his home, and the Justice Department was notified, Garland said.

The White House confirmed the discovery of documents in Biden's office and remains silent on the subsequent search of Biden's homes and the discovery of documents in the garage.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is convinced that despite the public silence, the Biden administration is doing the right thing.

Asked if Biden could guarantee that no further classified documents would be found in further searches, Jean-Pierre replied: "We assume that the searches have already been finally completed."

The appointment of another special prosecutor to investigate the handling of classified documents is a remarkable turn of events, both legally and politically, for the Department of Justice, which has spent months investigating Trump's preservation of more than 300 classified documents found on his Florida estate. .

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While the situations are factually and legally distinct, the discovery of classified documents in two separate Biden-related locations and the appointment of a new special counsel will almost certainly complicate any prosecution the agency might bring against Trump.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, said of the latest news, “I think Congress should look into this. The man was so concerned about President Trump's documents, and now we find that he has been keeping them in the public domain for years in various places.

However, contradicting several Republican colleagues, he said, "We don't think a special prosecutor is needed."

The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee demanded that intelligence agencies conduct an "assessment" of potentially classified documents. Ohio Rep. Mike Turner has asked Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes for document review reports by January 26.

“The presence of classified information in these separate locations could lead to Presidential involvement in mishandling, potential misuse, and disclosure of classified information,” Turner wrote.

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