In naming a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents at President Joe Biden's Delaware home and former office, Attorney General Merrick Garland described the appointment as underscoring the Justice Department's commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive investigations
WASHINGTON -- In naming a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents at President Joe Biden's Delaware home and former Washington office, Attorney General Merrick Garland described the appointment as underscoring the Justice Department's commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive investigations.
"I think it's not only the right decision and a prudent decision, I think it's a politically necessary decision," said Solomon Wisenberg, who served as deputy to Kenneth Starr during the 1990s independent counsel investigations into then-President Bill Clinton. The appointment was announced hours after the White House disclosed that a document with classified markings from Biden's time as vice president was found in his personal library, along with other classified documents found in his garage. Garland said Biden's lawyers informed the Justice Department on Thursday morning of the discovery of the classified document at Biden's home. FBI agents first retrieved other documents from the garage in December, he said.
In its place came new Justice Department regulations that authorized the attorney general to appoint a"special counsel" like Smith and Hur. The purpose of the new system was to ensure ultimate Justice Department oversight of sensitive investigations rather than an independent prosecutor who could operate unchecked and without supervision.
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