In a strange turn of events, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden.
Recently Biden has become embroiled in a controversy surrounding his alleged mishandling of classified documents from his time as vice president. The exposing of these documents has been a nightmare of a public relations disaster stemming from those documents.
🚨 BREAKING: AG Merrick Garland has appointed Robert Hur to serve as Special Counsel to investigate the mishandling of Classified Documents by Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/PR2QY2UzP8
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 12, 2023
Garland announced on Thursday that he had appointed Robert Hur to investigate Biden’s handling of classified material found at both the president’s Delaware home and an office in D.C.
“Earlier today, I signed an order appointing Robert Hur as special counsel for the [issue with the classified documents] I’ve just described,” Garland said. “The document authorizes him to investigate if any person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter.”
Let’s make it clear, that as Vice President, Biden, did not have the authorization to take and store classified documents himself. This is a privilege only Presidents are allowed. Garland made that clear in his announcement when it came to the documents found in the D.C. office building.
The powers that be have known about Pres. Biden’s classified documents since Nov. 2nd—it’s now the middle of January.
I have some questions. pic.twitter.com/cVDzdTpVh7
— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) January 12, 2023
“That office was not authorized for storage of classified documents,” he said.
The first batch of classified documents was found on Nov. 2 at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. The President had previously maintained an office there after his vice-presidential term ended.
The second batch where found “at a storage space in the garage” of Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware residence. A situation Fox News’s Peter Doocey pushed back on the president about.
Biden broached the subject of the classified documents at the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico on Wednesday.
Joe Biden may have Tweeted out a picture of the classified documents “securely” stored in his garage beside his corvette. pic.twitter.com/puI4SE0NKk
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 12, 2023
“People know I take classified documents and classified information seriously,” Biden said. “When my lawyers were clearing out my office at the University of Pennsylvania, they set up an office for me — a secure office in the Capitol, when I — the four years after being vice president, I was a professor at Penn.”
“They found some documents in a box — you know, a locked cabinet, or at least a closet. And as soon as they did, they realized there were several classified documents in that box. And they did what they should have done: They immediately called the Archives — immediately called the Archives — turned them over to the Archives.”
