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When it was revealed one after another that confidential documents were leaked and stored at the home of US President Biden during his term as vice president, the US Department of Justice appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the case.

The Republican Party has put pressure on all sides, saying that a congressional investigation is also necessary.



Correspondent Kim Yun-soo from Washington.



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On the 9th, it was revealed that confidential documents related to Ukraine, Iran, and the UK were found in President Biden's personal office.



It was a document from his time as vice president, discovered by President Biden's personal lawyers while organizing his office.



Subsequently, additional confidential documents were also found at his home.



[Joe Biden/President of the United States: We take confidential documents and materials seriously.

We are fully cooperating with the Ministry of Justice investigation.]



President Biden immediately handed over the documents to the National Archives, but the prosecution launched an investigation into the details of the leak.



The U.S. Attorney General has appointed Attorney Robert Hur, a former chief of the Korean federal prosecutor's office, as a special prosecutor for a full-fledged investigation.



[Merrick Garland/U.S. Attorney General: The special prosecutor will have the authority to investigate any individual or group suspected of violating the law in relation to this case.]



Following former President Trump, former and current presidents, including President Biden, At the same time, he was on the line of a special prosecutor's investigation regarding the leak of confidential documents.



The Republican Party, in particular, raised the level of criticism, saying that President Biden knew about the leak of confidential documents before the midterm elections and did not disclose it.



[Kevin McCarthy/Chairman of the House of Representatives: What is surprising is that it was before the midterm elections that we learned of the leak of confidential documents.

Why are the authorities doing it differently than they did with former President Trump?

Why did you attack former President Trump?]



The Republican Party is expected to act as a considerable burden to President Biden, who is about to declare a re-election challenge after launching an all-out offensive, saying that a congressional investigation is also necessary.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Oh No-young)