For maryland and was appointed by former President Trump. I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a Special Counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public, the departments commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Now earlier, President Biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as Vice President were discovered. This time at his wilmiwilmingto delaware home. They were locked in his garage. Another document was found inside the house. Now the Attorney General revealed that the Justice Department learned of the second set of documents in december as this timeline shows here. It was in november when the president s attorney found classified documents in a d. C. Office that
Discovered thursday. This comes after bidens personal lawyer flagged a white house lawyer about discovering a classified document at the home on wednesday. As nbc news reports, quote, this brings the total batches of records found to three, a small number in the Washington Office by the news, another set in the garage of his residence, and finally six pages in a room adjacent to the garage. When it comes to this new batch of documents from the obama administration, the white house says they were intimately handed handed over to the justice department. President biden had this to say about the documents on thursday. As i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified material seriously. I also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice departments review. As part of that process, other places where we viewed, were documents from my time as Vice President were stored, and i finished a review last night. Well, the white house was to coope
Thank you for sharing your day with us. Joe bidens lawyers confirm a second batch of classified files were discovered in his delaware home. The president says hes fully cooperating, but cant resist sniping at reporters questions. Classified material next to your corvette. What were you thinking . Let me ill have a chance to speak on this, good willing, soon, and as i said by the way, my corvette is in a locked garage. Its not like its sitting out in the street. Plus, a picture of fraud. More and more republicans plead with congressman George Santos to quit as we get a glimpse of his resume full of outright lies. And American Families exhale as new data Show Inflation is easing. Is it a return to normal or is a recession still on the table . Up first, the Attorney General makes a Public Statement next hour, as questions mount about how he will handle a blossoming controversy involving his boss. Joe biden also had classified files in his delaware garage. This morning the president and hi
Gathering much more on all of this for us. Shes joining me now from washington. What are you hearing now . Reporter kate, here is what we know. The white house has just released a statement revealing that additional government documents with Classified Markings have been found at President Bidens wilmington, home. And in a statement they described where these were found, two different locations. They said all but one of the documents were found in a Storage Space in President Bidens wilmington resident garage. One dpomt consisting of one page was discovered in an adjacent room. So what we have, we take a step back, we have we know ten pages of classified documents located in a former office here in washington, d. C. Back on november 2nd. We know some of the materials were top secret. They covered lightnings thick iran and the United Kingdom and ukraine. We are told that information was a close hold, but it spurred biden advisers to search other locations and here finding in two differe
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