{"id":3061,"date":"2023-01-13T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:53:31","slug":"donald-trumps-company-to-be-sentenced-for-15-year-tax-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/diplomatic-world\/donald-trumps-company-to-be-sentenced-for-15-year-tax-fraud\/2023\/01\/13\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Counsel Appointed To Investigate Biden’s Handling Of Classified Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON<\/span> (Reuters) Jan,13<\/span>\u00a0–<\/span> U.S.<\/span> Attorney<\/span> General<\/span> Merrick<\/span> Garland<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> appointed<\/span> a<\/span> special<\/span> counsel<\/span> to<\/span> investigate<\/span> the<\/span> improper<\/span> storage<\/span> of<\/span> classified<\/span> documents<\/span> at<\/span> President<\/span> Joe<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> home<\/span> and<\/span> former<\/span> office.<\/span> .<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> investigation<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> distraction<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Democratic<\/span> president,<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> criticized<\/span> his<\/span> predecessor’s<\/span> handling<\/span> of<\/span> sensitive<\/span> materials,<\/span> and<\/span> could<\/span> overshadow<\/span> Biden<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> prepare<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> 2024<\/span> election.<\/span> be.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Garland,<\/span> who<\/span> served<\/span> as<\/span> Maryland’s<\/span> state<\/span> attorney<\/span> general<\/span> under<\/span> Trump,<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> quasi-independent<\/span> prosecutor,<\/span> said<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> vice-presidential<\/span> secret<\/span> record<\/span> was<\/span> inappropriate<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> home<\/span> in<\/span> Delaware<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> think<\/span> tank<\/span> in<\/span> Washington.<\/span> It<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> determine<\/span> whether<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> stored<\/span> in<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mr.<\/span> Garland<\/span> said<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Ha<\/span> would<\/span> investigate<\/span> “whether<\/span> an<\/span> individual<\/span> or<\/span> entity<\/span> has<\/span> broken<\/span> the<\/span> law.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> footage<\/span> was<\/span> found<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> room<\/span> adjacent<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> garage<\/span> of<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> home,<\/span> the<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> said.<\/span> He<\/span> promised<\/span> to<\/span> work<\/span> with<\/span> Probe.<\/span> Some<\/span> Republicans<\/span> in<\/span> Congress<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> better<\/span> placed<\/span> than<\/span> the<\/span> Justice<\/span> Department<\/span> to<\/span> conduct<\/span> the<\/span> investigation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“If<\/span> a<\/span> special<\/span> counsel<\/span> is<\/span> appointed,<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> limit<\/span> our<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> conduct<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> oversight<\/span> investigations<\/span> we<\/span> want<\/span> to<\/span> conduct,”<\/span> said<\/span> Rep.<\/span> James<\/span> Comer,<\/span> who<\/span> heads<\/span> the<\/span> House<\/span> Oversight<\/span> Committee.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Garland<\/span> appointed<\/span> special<\/span> counsel<\/span> Jack<\/span> Smith<\/span> to<\/span> oversee<\/span> the<\/span> investigation<\/span> into<\/span> Trump<\/span> in<\/span> November,<\/span> shortly<\/span> after<\/span> Trump<\/span> announced<\/span> he<\/span> would<\/span> seek<\/span> the<\/span> Republican<\/span> nomination<\/span> to<\/span> run<\/span> for<\/span> president<\/span> again<\/span> in<\/span> 2024.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>About<\/span> 100<\/span> classified<\/span> documents<\/span> were<\/span> among<\/span> the<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> records<\/span> seized<\/span> at<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> Mar-a-Lago<\/span> vacation<\/span> home<\/span> in<\/span> Florida<\/span> in<\/span> August.<\/span> Biden<\/span> called<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> actions<\/span> in<\/span> September<\/span> “totally<\/span> irresponsible.”<\/span> Biden,<\/span> 80,<\/span> will<\/span> officially<\/span> begin<\/span> his<\/span> re-election<\/span> campaign<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> coming<\/span> weeks.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> said<\/span> Biden<\/span> was<\/span> unaware<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> contents<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> document.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>White<\/span> House<\/span> attorney<\/span> Sauber<\/span> said<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> personal<\/span> lawyers<\/span> were<\/span> locked<\/span> up<\/span> in<\/span> November<\/span> while<\/span> packing<\/span> files<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> office<\/span> previously<\/span> owned<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Penn<\/span> Biden<\/span> Center<\/span> for<\/span> Diplomacy<\/span> and<\/span> Global<\/span> Engagement.<\/span> University<\/span> of<\/span> Pennsylvania<\/span> think<\/span> tank.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>These<\/span> attorneys<\/span> turned<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> material<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> National<\/span> Archives,<\/span> the<\/span> agency<\/span> responsible<\/span> for<\/span> keeping<\/span> government<\/span> records.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> announced<\/span> the<\/span> findings<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> public<\/span> on<\/span> Monday.<\/span> Hours<\/span> before<\/span> Garland’s<\/span> announcement,<\/span> Sauber<\/span> said<\/span> classified<\/span> documents<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> time<\/span> were<\/span> found<\/span> at<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> Delaware<\/span> home.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Garland<\/span> revealed<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Delaware<\/span> documents<\/span> were<\/span> found<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> Dec.<\/span> 20.<\/span> This<\/span> means<\/span> the<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> knew<\/span> about<\/span> them<\/span> and<\/span> he<\/span> didn’t<\/span> mention<\/span> them<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> made<\/span> his<\/span> initial<\/span> disclosure<\/span> on<\/span> Jan.<\/span> 9.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>White<\/span> House<\/span> press<\/span> secretary<\/span> Karine<\/span> Jean-Pierre<\/span> suggested<\/span> the<\/span> ongoing<\/span> “trial”<\/span> is<\/span> preventing<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> from<\/span> telling<\/span> the<\/span> public<\/span> any<\/span> more.<\/span> During<\/span> his<\/span> presidency,<\/span> Trump<\/span> met<\/span> with<\/span> Special<\/span> Counsel<\/span> Robert<\/span> Mueller<\/span> and<\/span> found<\/span> insufficient<\/span> evidence<\/span> to<\/span> conclude<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Trump<\/span> campaign’s<\/span> contact<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> 2016<\/span> presidential<\/span> campaign<\/span> constituted<\/span> criminal<\/span> activity.<\/span> Mueller<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> exonerate<\/span> Trump<\/span> for<\/span> obstruction<\/span> of<\/span> justice,<\/span> but<\/span> then-Attorney<\/span> General<\/span> William<\/span> Barr,<\/span> a<\/span> Trump-appointed<\/span> agent,<\/span> subsequently<\/span> acquitted<\/span> him.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Democratic<\/span> President<\/span> Bill<\/span> Clinton<\/span> was<\/span> also<\/span> being<\/span> pursued<\/span> by<\/span> independent<\/span> prosecutor<\/span> Ken<\/span> Starr,<\/span> who<\/span> uncovered<\/span> evidence<\/span> of<\/span> an<\/span> extramarital<\/span> affair<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> intern<\/span> that<\/span> led<\/span> to<\/span> Clinton’s<\/span> impeachment.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jan,13\u00a0– U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday appointed a special counsel to investigate the improper storage of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and former office. . The investigation is a distraction for the Democratic president, who has criticized his predecessor’s handling of sensitive materials, and could overshadow Biden as they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,280,2480],"tags":[159,735,128,142,158],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/biden.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3063,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions\/3063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}