Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints special counsel to probe Biden classified document discoveries
Garland made the announcement Thursday at the Justice Department, tapping Robert K. Hur, a former U.S. Attorney in Maryland who also served as a senior Justice Department official during the Trump administration.
Biden’s personal lawyers found the documents and said they immediately turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration, which is responsible for storing and preserving presidential records. Legal representatives for the president then searched his homes in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach, Del., and found additional classified material at the Wilmington residence, the White House said Thursday morning.
A senior Justice Department official, speaking on the condition of anonymity before Garland’s announcement, said Lausch’s initial investigation made a special counsel necessary.Legal experts say that it is not uncommon for some people who have security clearances to mishandle classified documents, or to inadvertently keep material that is restricted after leaving government service.
He said the Wilmington and Rehoboth residences were the other locations — in addition to the Penn Biden Center — that documents not headed to the Archives would have been shipped after Biden left the vice presidency. “As was done in the case of the Penn-Biden Center, the Department of Justice was immediately notified" of the second batch of documents, Sauber said,"and the lawyers arranged for the Department of Justice to take possession of these documents.
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