China News Agency, Washington, January 12 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) US Attorney General Garland announced in Washington on the 12th that Robert Hur (Robert Hur) was appointed as a special prosecutor to investigate possible improper handling of Biden during his tenure as vice president. Confidential document issue.
White House counsel Richard Sauber issued a statement a few days ago stating that when lawyers cleaned up a former private office of Biden in Washington on November 2 last year, they found a small number of documents marked "confidential" in a locked cabinet.
Subsequently, the lawyer discovered a second batch of classified documents at Biden's Delaware residence.
Garland's decision on the 12th puts two potential candidates in the 2024 U.S. presidential election under investigation for mishandling classified documents.
On November 18 last year, Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special prosecutor to preside over the investigation of the Mar-a-Lago documents case and the riots on Capitol Hill.
Earlier on the 12th, Biden told reporters at the White House that he would "fully and completely cooperate with the Justice Department's review."
After discovering the classified documents, his lawyer immediately notified the Justice Department, which obtained them.
Biden revealed that his lawyers have scoured other places where documents may have been stored during his tenure as vice president.
"They completed their inventory last night. They found a small number of documents marked 'confidential' in storage areas and filing cabinets at my home, as well as in my personal library."
"Extraordinary circumstances like this warrant the appointment of a special prosecutor." Announcing Hull's appointment, Garland said the Justice Department would investigate whether "any individual or entity violated the laws related to this matter."
"This appointment demonstrates to the public the Department of Justice's commitment to independence and accountability on particularly sensitive issues."
Hull, 50, served in key positions in the Justice Department during the Trump administration and later served as the U.S. attorney in Maryland.
The Presidential Archives Act of the United States stipulates that all documents of the President and Vice President of the United States must be preserved and handed over to the National Archives and Records Administration when they leave office.
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee announced on the 10th that it will investigate the confidential documents left by Biden's former private office.
The chairman of the committee, Republican Rep. James Comer, sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration and the White House Office of Counsel on the same day, asking them to submit information about Biden's failure to return confidential documents during his tenure as vice president.
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