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2023-01-12 Government Corruption
Special counsel to look into Biden's handling of classified files
[BBC] US Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to probe President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
Joe Biden garage SCIF photo
Robert Hur, a former senior justice department official during the Trump presidency, will lead the investigation.

Classified files were recently found in Mr Biden's home and at an office he used after his term as vice-president.

The US justice department is also conducting a review.

Sources familiar with the case who spoke with CBS, the BBC's US partner, said the justice department review included interviews with multiple witnesses who may have knowledge of how the classified documents were handled.

White House lawyer Richard Sauber said the president is fully cooperating with the Department of Justice to ensure the files are stored properly by the US National Archives.

The discovery of the documents have been called a political embarrassment for Mr Biden, as it comes during an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump's own alleged mishandling of classified files.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Mr Biden said that his lawyers immediately notified officials when the first batch of files were discovered at the Penn Biden Center in November.

Mr Biden added the additional documents found were locked in a garage next to his 1960s Chevrolet Corvette sports car, "not sitting out in the street".

"People know I take classified material seriously," he said.

Mr Biden said his lawyers reviewed other places where documents were stored from his time as vice-president, between 2009 and 2017, after the first files were found, and that review was completed on Wednesday evening.

"The lawyers arranged for the Department of Justice to take possession of the documents," he said.

Mr Sauber said in a statement that the additional search uncovered "among personal and political papers a small number of additional Obama-Biden Administration records with classified markings".

All but one of the documents were found in a storage space inside the garage of Mr Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home, he said.

"One document consisting of one page was discovered among stored materials in an adjacent room," Mr Sauber added. Lawyers also searched Mr Biden's Rehoboth Beach home, but found no additional files.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-12 14:32|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 Biden has changed story from yesterday. Yesterday: Did not know they were there. Today:. Docs were securely locked up in the garage.

Third doc find now being announced.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-01-12 14:56||   2023-01-12 14:56|| Front Page Top

#2 As if we needed any further reminder of the dual standards of justice.
Posted by Tom 2023-01-12 15:04||   2023-01-12 15:04|| Front Page Top

#3 the dual standards of justice

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-12 15:40||   2023-01-12 15:40|| Front Page Top

#4 They're throwing him under the bus, be interesting to see what they've got planned now...
Posted by 746 2023-01-12 16:38||   2023-01-12 16:38|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-12 16:39||   2023-01-12 16:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't count on any Star Whores fan to know anything about what we need.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-01-12 16:46||   2023-01-12 16:46|| Front Page Top

#7 DOJ Indicts Trump For Biden’s Possession Of Classified Documents
Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-12 16:47||   2023-01-12 16:47|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Believable
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-01-12 16:50||   2023-01-12 16:50|| Front Page Top

#9 The View is saying Republicans probably planted the documents. Those Harpies are insane.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-01-12 17:03||   2023-01-12 17:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Begun, the Game of Thrones have.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-01-12 17:08||   2023-01-12 17:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Joe Biden's garage SCIF story and photo.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-12 17:10||   2023-01-12 17:10|| Front Page Top

#12 SCIF = Stuff China has Inside track First.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-01-12 17:15||   2023-01-12 17:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Like Shillery's private server - we can not establish intent.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-01-12 17:31||   2023-01-12 17:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Many years ago I worked in a real SCIF. There was MUCH more than a "lock on the door".
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2023-01-12 17:32||   2023-01-12 17:32|| Front Page Top

#15 
Who Is Merrick Garland’s Special Counsel Robert Hur? …He Partnered with Chris Wray at DC Law Firm and Later Was Rod Rosenstein’s Top Lieutenant
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-01-12 18:05||   2023-01-12 18:05|| Front Page Top

#16 /\A whitewash or they're dumping Biden under the bus? Are we going to end up with Veep Harris as POTUS?
Posted by JohnQC 2023-01-12 18:17||   2023-01-12 18:17|| Front Page Top

#17 
It should be clear by now that the LSD's & their Media have turned on JB. Could it be they don't want JB running in 2024?

Could we be looking at Obama's Wife Michelle, with hubby getting a key advisory role or position if she elected or "appointed" ?

Posted by NN2N1 2023-01-12 18:26||   2023-01-12 18:26|| Front Page Top

#18 Gubberner Hair Gel is their go to. Or wicked witch Hochul.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-01-12 18:33||   2023-01-12 18:33|| Front Page Top

#19 There is some restriction on Harris and Knute’s son both being from the same state. As I remember it is not definitive, but it was enough for Duck Cheney to establish residency in Wyoming.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-12 21:37||   2023-01-12 21:37|| Front Page Top

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