U.S. appoints special counsel to investigate Biden’s removal of classified documents

US Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s mishandling of confidential government documents. transmits Reuters.

Robert Hur, a former prosecutor in Maryland, will serve as special counsel.

As the agency notes, special prosecutors are sometimes appointed to investigate politically sensitive cases and enjoy a certain degree of independence from the US Department of Justice, including Garland himself (appointed to this position by Biden). They can also bring criminal charges.

Widely known, in particular, was the work as special prosecutor Robert Muller, who in 2017-2019. investigated the circumstances of Russia’s alleged interference in the US presidential election.

On January 10, it became known about first portions of classified documents found on Biden. Back in November, the president’s lawyers found almost ten files from Biden’s 2009-2017 vice presidency in his office at the Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at Biden University of Pennsylvania in Washington.

As CNN noted, the documents contain materials about Ukraine, Iran and the UK, and they date back to the period 2013-2016, when Biden served as vice president in the administration of Barack Obama. Republican House Intelligence Committee spokesman Mike Turner demanded a damage assessment in connection with the discovered documents. Biden himself said that he did not know the contents of the secret documents found.

Today, the White House announced discovery several documents marked “secret” in the garage of the head of state’s home in Wilmington, Delaware. In addition, Republican Congressman Paul Gosar said today that Republicans in the US Congress intend to conduct an investigation into the discovery of these documents. This proposal was supported by the newly elected speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.