merrick garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into president pieden s classified documents that were found. on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. earlier today i signed an order appointing robert hur as special counsel for the matter i just described. the document authorizes him to investigate whether any person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter. the special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the department. earlier president biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a second location at his wilmington, delaware, home. the president said the materials were in his locked garage. his lawyers said another document was found in a room in the house. just days ago the white house revealed the first case. the president s attorneys found classified d
merrick garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into president pieden s classified documents that were found. on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. earlier today i signed an order appointing robert hur as special counsel for the matter i just described. the document authorizes him to investigate whether any person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter. the special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the department. earlier president biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a second location at his wilmington, delaware, home. the president said the materials were in his locked garage. his lawyers said another document was found in a room in
here to do this was because of the regulations in the justice department which require for an investigation like this to at least show that it was being handled independently. of course we know there is an ongoing investigation of the former president, donald trump, and his handling of classified documents. i ll run you through just a bit of the timeline. we got a lot of new information from the attorney general in that press announcement just in the last hour. this all began according to him on november 4th when the archives notified the justice department that these documents had been turned over, that they had been found a couple of days earlier by joe biden s legal team. and josh laush, who is a trump appointee, was brought in just a few days later to do an initial review of these documents. according to the attorney general on december 20th, the biden legal team notified the