Special counsel will oversee Biden classified documents investigation

Special counsel will oversee Biden classified documents investigation


Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers his statement on Thursday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers his statement on Thursday. (Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)

Attorney General Merrick Garland detailed the timeline of the investigation into President Joe Biden’s potential mishandling of classified documents.

Here’s what he said:

Nov. 4, 2022: The National Archives Office of Inspector General contacted a prosecutor at the Department of Justice in the evening. It informed him that the White House had notified the Archives that documents bearing classification markings were identified at the office of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement located in Washington, DC. That office was not authorized for storage of classified documents. The prosecutor was also advised that those documents had been secured in an Archives facility.

Nov. 9, 2022: The FBI commenced an assessment consistent with standard protocols to understand whether classified information had been mishandled in violation of federal law.

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