.ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Attorney General Garland makes a statement after sets of classified documents from Pres. Biden's time as vice president were found in his Wilmington home.
at President Joe Biden's Wilmington home, in addition to those discovered at his personal office in Washington, D.C.
Garland had tasked U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch with conducting a preliminary review of incident, according to sources familiar with the matter. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on on Oct. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.MORE: More classified documents found at Biden's Wilmington home, in garage, White House special counsel says
A senior Justice Department official said, "This is not a decision [Garland] made lightly but the regulations could not be more clear that based on the facts that resulted from U.S.Attorney Lausch's initial investigation an appointment of a special counsel in this manner is required.
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