AFP
Biden launches investigation over classified documents
The US attorney general appointed an independent prosecutor on Thursday to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents after a fuss over classified documents found in his former office exploded with the discovery of a second party. The White House said his time as vice president was revealed in the garage of his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he often spends weekends. “Under regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a dedicated attorney,” said Garland, who heads the Department of Justice. Newspapers, fueling a scandal at the site of the first set, located at a think tank in Washington where Biden’s office is located, but did not refer to their content. Those in Congress, accusing the White House of covering up the case, quickly announced their own investigation, which would be conducted independently of the criminal investigation. The statements drew comparisons to the special prosecutor’s investigation into Trump’s hoarding of hundreds. Confidential materials at his Florida beach home and alleged obstruction of government efforts to retrieve them. “I take classified documents and classified materials seriously. Biden told reporters, “We are fully (and) fully cooperating with the Justice Department’s review.” Biden refused to answer shouting questions from the press, but a White House attorney later said the documents were “accidentally misplaced.” Hur is the deputy attorney general for the Justice Department from 2007 to 2014 and Trump’s deputy attorney general. A former U.S. assistant attorney general returning to civil service as a former US attorney general. He promised a speedy investigation and vowed to be “fair, impartial, and unflappable.” The White House on Monday sparked accusations by Republicans that it was being kept secret for party political reasons.The chairman of the Power House oversight committee James Comer, “the misuse of classified documents and Swamp’s response to Trump,” said the Biden administration did not care about this. “There are a lot of questions about who is hiding from the public, who has access to the office and residence, and what information is contained in these classified documents,” he said. facing numerous criminal and civil investigations, Hakan turned to the Truth Social platform to call for an immediate end to his investigation “for doing everything right”. A pile of documents that Trump kept at home after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump could face charges of obstruction of justice after months of resisting efforts to get his treasure back. In response, the White House says it’s collaborating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice. After the first batch of Biden documents was discovered in his home, the White House attorney’s office said last November the former office of the Penn Biden Center think tank had turned them over to the National Archives, which processed all such material. Biden’s lawyers then searched for possible locations for other stray documents. A conversation between Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, and reporters who wanted to find out if he was aware of any discussions at the White House regarding the delay of the original discovery being made public. Jean-Pierre refused to respond, retracting a CBS News reporter’s commitment to admitting and correcting mistakes early in Biden’s presidency. ion. “Ask your question and I will answer them as best I can,” said Jean-Pierre. aue-ft/bgs