After lawyers representing Joe Biden released information saying additional classified documents were discovered at multiple locations associated with Joe Biden, the investigation that was being handled by USAO John Lausch has been turned over to a new special counsel, Robert K Hur.
Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement earlier today [DOJ Press Release Here]:
(DOJ Press Release) – Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of a former career Justice Department prosecutor and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur to serve as special counsel to conduct the investigation of matters that were the subject of the initial investigation by U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. related to the possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records discovered at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and the Wilmington, Delaware, private residence of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
“Based on Mr. Lausch’s initial investigation, I concluded that, under the Special Counsel regulations, it was in the public interest to appoint a Special Counsel. In the days since, while Mr. Lausch continued the investigation, the Department identified Mr. Hur for appointment as Special Counsel.
“This appointment underscores for the public the Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.
I am confident that Mr. Hur will carry out his responsibility in an even-handed and urgent manner, and in accordance with the highest traditions of this Department.” (Source Link)
Robert K Hur was in private practice with the Gibson Dunn law firm. Prior to private practice, Mr. Hur served as the 48th U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.
Presidentially appointed by Donald Trump and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Mr Hur served as U.S. Attorney from 2018 to 2021 as the chief federal law enforcement officer in Maryland. Before serving as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Hur served as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 2017 to 2018.
Essentially it looks like AG Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel, because (a) he has to deflect political criticism given the issues and the growing scale; and (b) because a special counsel appointment will now throw the bag of “a current investigation” over any efforts from the Republican House of Representatives to investigate the office of the presidency.
Joe Biden resigns in 5..4..3..2..1
If he was humble but he’s an arrogant demented fool.
True that…BUT his family knows what is at stake and I suspect they will be told that it’s time for him to go, and take the fall for the whole sordid mess (due to “declining mental health”), and in return, they will be VERY well compensated AND will not be charged as accomplices to anything!
He’ll call a presser and channel LBJ, “I will not seek nor will I accept the nomination…”
they will wait until at least 1200 on 20 Jan to move the illegal and ineligible KamelToe in
zero chance of that
Yes, and then president Kamala pardons him so he can not be prosecuted….
MSM will not report accurately, DOJ/FBI will cover. The Special Counsel is for show. Nothing happens to the Dems and the Deep State. This goes nowhere.
It is my personal belief that Obama and company definitely did not want Hillary Clinton in there, at the levers of power as President . . . Trump was going to be a lot easier.
Maybe… I see the point you’re using to support that speculation. But my guess is that was not the case, because the Uniparty & Deep State fought so hard (mostly covertly) to undermine him, entrap him, and remove him almost immediately after inauguration.
IMHO they truly planned for Hillary to win. Sundance and others have very clearly shown that the timeline of events against President Trump indicated they were desperately trying to construct a solid coverup strategy & tactical plan to ensure against any exposure of their prior illegal actions. I don’t see how letting DJT win the 2016 election fit into the globalist totalitarian takeover timeline and strategy begun by Ozero.
I also believe that the covid19 Scamdemic would have occurred with Hillary in office. It was designed to increase totalitarian control from Washington while coordinating to transfer more power to the WEF Globalists in Europe and greatly reduce USA sovereignty.
Without President Trump’s intervening and economically successful 4 years, which DID MORE TO EXPOSE THE DEEP STATE & GLOBALISTS THAN ANYONE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ABLE TO DO, they would be much farther along in the progress of implementing world globalist government.
That is the face of rotting evil.
It does put a bag over any house investigations.
Seems planned an executed timing effects planned house investigations.
Deepstate in control.
So, does this nullify the investigation that Sundance provided the guidelines for?
exactly.
No.
So who provides and launders the payments to these DOJ attorneys ? They’re not performing these services for the Demonics for free are they ?
Who provides the payments to these DOJ attorneys? Take a look in the mirror, son.
There it is! What’s her face press sec just said “on going investigation”
As usual Sundance is spot on. “Cannot comment on current and ongoing investigations” stonewall tactic 101…
Not so much a stonewall tactic as a cover up tactic.
Anybody remember that Utah U.S. Atty General appointed by former AG Jeff Sessions who was supposed to be the pit bull investigating the FBI’s misconduct? John Huber?
Oh, yeah, that’s right……went no where.
The ‘dementia’ script plays out, just as ukraine looks a less than safe hidey-hole; full cast of lARPs answer the director’s call from the basement and the next Act of this farce is presented. See… he can’t recall…. plays the Fauci card and Lo & Behold, the House is scripted a ‘win’ on fixed-terms for high officials & representatives because…Biden-Fauci and whomever else they wish to deal the ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ dementia hand. The msm applauds on cue the ‘resilience of democracy’ as the puppet-masters prepare their next Acts in this shabby pay per view mockery of justice which should have a noose centre-stage in the finale!
Since a Special Prosecutor has been assigned by the DOJ it becomes an On-Going Investigation. So that limits disclosure and probably goes in a Black Hole-Durham.
It also will probably limit the new Republican Congress from investigating any of the Biden’s, Ukraine or university of Pennsylvania’s China connection.
Only if they play nice. Instead the R’s need to be bastards. Issue subpoenas. If they don’t comply- put them in jail. Their rules. Just ask Bannon and others. Time to make them play by their own rules.
What is this “R’s” you speak of?
Reasons “a” and “b” with “b” the vital one.
It certainly appears that these “discoveries” were purely preemptive.
“Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.
As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.”
But it will be an ongoing investigation for some time before this conclusion is reached.
poor old demented Slo Joe……he had no INTENT to violate the Classified Records Act you know
Did you see where the FBI SWAT Teams raided the Biden residences?
Me neither.
You mean the raids where CNN is tipped off and has their news crews there before the raid takes place. Asking for Roger Stone.
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Now Merrick Garland has appointed a Special Counsel to investigate the mishandling of Classified Documents by Joe Biden.
SEE WHERE THIS IS ALL GOING??
… well… there’s special counsel and special counsel!
At least he didn’t appoint Hunter Biden.
The documents have been in his possession for 6 years. Not prompt at all.
And Garland knew about them since just before the election in the fall. As did Wray.
Have been in his possession for the last 6 years, or have the recently been “borrowed” from Barry’s presidential library?
I appreciate your time in collating this information and providing a summary review so I don’t pull out my remaining hair. However, the moonbat fix is in; their ability to disconnect from reality and facts knows no bottom.
At least President Trump knew where the documents were and Joe didn’t.
That’s just a start.
Republicans fall for and actually facilitate the rope a dope again. This unfolded way too easy. One other result of supposedly voluntary disclosure of these docs is that there will be no basis for any raid on any Biden property or office. The illustration of Lucy pulling the ball away is coming up in due course.
Notice Garland made his announcement without taking any Questions
when he made the announcement for Trump he was more than happy to
stand there answering questions.
Merrick Garland will be holding an awful lot of press conferences, if all the bent apparatchiks are to be held accountable.
Not sure there is enough honourable gentlemen to cover the volume of special counsels needed!
You can see that one coming a mile off. The timing is just too good — the Conservative Caucus in the house wins some committee seats and can cause some potential damage and “suddenly” a scandal erupts that requires a special council. Any documents related to this are covered by a “current investigation” and are not available. As Muller covered up the FBI malfeasance, so this covers up for Biden. But I think they will need a bigger investigation, as 50 years of corruption leaves a lot of evidence behind.
There might be a glimmer of hope if Hur was appointed by Trump and is honest, however I would not bet too much on it.
Persons appointed by Trump were not his allies. They are pondscum-sucking swamp creatures.
Thinking that the Obama camp is where to be watching for clues about where this leads.
Surprised nobody has asked Obama about a comment considering these
documents were from his administration…
The self-anointed one was not available to take comments from the riff-raff.
And where are all the classified documents Obomber stole, when he left office. That lets you know that this ‘investigation’ is rigged.
This is a bunch of horse manure!! Trump will get indicted and they will see
resident Joe did nothing wrong!
If this Special Counsel is anything like the J6 defense attorney that said Ashley Babbitt deserved to die and praised the killer for being a great shot, we will see no justice when it comes DC Justice system.
The Swamp has an endless supply of creatures at the ready for any occasion.
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Hur’s background? He was a top aide to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein and was special assistant and counsel to now FBI Director Chris Wray when he was an Assistant AG at the DOJ.
look, a squirrel!
Did AG Merrick “Mitto” Garland use his favorite line, “without fear or favor”?
(That was from the NYT’s publisher – unfortunately, that “without fear or favor” did not apply to the writings/reportage of Walter Duranty when covering for Stalin)
Robert Hur…responsible for raiding the whistleblowers of the Clinton Foundation and trying to keep it secret.
DOJ Wants To Keep Justification For Raiding Reported Clinton Foundation Whistleblower Secret:
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/doj-clinton-foundation-raid-secret/
If congress can’t investigate the Bidens, kick it up a notch and investigate the DOJ and the Special Counsel appointments.
What shade of lipstick for this pig?
Loved the locked garage too, who has the spare key(s)?
“In accordance with the highest traditions of this department.”
As in the traditions since obummer weaponized the department of one sided justice.
I am quite certain that those are the traditions criminally corrupt garland is referring to.
More theater, and yes ongoing investigations and stuff. Shouldn’t be a problem to drag this out for two years.
Ozero just pushed it further Left…..F-B-I has been a political animal since its birth
Why waste the bandwidth reporting such posturing nonsense.
Anyone appointed by Garland will be a fellow traveller and exonerate Biden…..’a process error by staff’.
Nov. 4 — National Archives IG informed DOJ that WH notified Archives documents found at Penn Biden Center
Nov. 9 — FBI launches assessment to understand whether classified material mishandled
Nov 14 — Garland asked Lausch to oversee investigation
Nov 18 – Garland appoints Special Counsel into Trumps handling of documents.
Garland appointed the ‘Trump’ Special Counsel with full knowledge of the Biden document scandal!
FUBAR!
Is John Lausch still doing the document review he started during the Trump administration to speed up document declassification and release ?
Comments forthcoming from Bill Barr?
…and (b) because a special counsel appointment will now throw the bag of “a current investigation” over any efforts from the Republican House of Representatives to investigate the office of the presidency.
I’ll go with (b) for $10,000, Alex!
I think it’s another case of “distraction “… probably adds to case for getting rid of him before 2024.. he will be judged to be mentally unfit for any legal prosecution… and the “coup” goes on ..🤔
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So the special counsel appointment is a strategy to blunt and slow walk any Republican investigations committee probing the criminality of Biden and his gang of pay for play degenerates. This attempt to throw a curtain over evidence must be forcibly removed by the committee probing FBI and DOJ abuse. We can’t continue down the same road.
Gotta say, that Corvette is sweet.
With the appointment of a a s.c., this has to spell the end of any of Biden’s agenda ( except for Ukraine, because money has to be laundered).
“On going investigation” will be employed until the white wash and spackle can be mixed, then applied, likely mid November ’24 after they have openly cheated to win again.
Zero confidence in the FBI, or the “Dept of Injustice” to do anything about these crimes. Zero confidence in any Washington.connected entity to do anything except say it is Trump’s fault.
speaking of white wash elections…i can’t believe kari lake actually believes she can run for the senate in arizona and win. money grab?
Hunter is not safe from STATE crimes that he committed. Just have to get an AG in a red state where said crimes were committed to act….
Fox is in on the trap.
Remember Arizona in 2020, Fox calling it for biden before the polls closed.
Fox is rotten to the core, with the exception of one or two.
with 1% reporting on an 11k margin….simply AMAZING predictive powers
Funny that.
What is disturbing, is that so many elected “republicans” can’t see it was rigged.
no exceptions greg. don’t be fooled.
Yes, in the truest sense, you are correct.
Occasionally they are allowed to tell some of the truth. All part of the deception.
and the idea that his lawyers just happened to come across them is preposterous. absurd. ridiculous. impossible
I hope (ben) hur takes the investigation seriously. Very seriously. As serious as Biden takes maintaining his corvette’s mint condition.
Don’t get too excited. It’s just the deep state getting rid of the useful idiot before 2024 when they roll out their next puppet with less bagage but just as bad
Hank Johnson is suggesting that Trump allies planted the documents on Creepy Joe.
Old Hank doesn’t understand that the real danger here is that Biden had so many classified docs in his possession that it could have actually caused the entire North American continent to “tip over and capsize”.
Since Garland, aka, Biden’s riding shotgun indicated that the DOJ was informed of the second stash in December there apparently is a leaker who put this out. Garland sat on it for his Leftist Tyrant buddy JoeBama.
Just finished watching the presser. Egads, she’s bad.
Unless I missed it, no one in the media asked why it was okay for Biden’s representatives, his attorneys, to go looking for more docs he might “Inadvertently” have instead the FBI doing that once the attorneys said, “Whoops, we found some stuff the former VP should not have.”
Maybe I’m wrong. Did any reporter ask that? All kinds of folks looked at the area in which Trump was storing his docs. They told him to get a safer lock, which he did. He told them, “Look all you want,”
Then later, suddenly some person whose identity we still don’t know said, “Whoops, I saw some stuff Trump shouldn’t have.”
Then, the FBI gets what amounts to a general warrant from a Hillary donating judge and the FBI swarms the large Mar-a-Lago Estate.
Where’s the question from reporters, “Why was it that the FBI, upon learning the former Veep had docs he should have, not get a warrant to search all his properties?
We already know that “The Swamp™” will always protect its own, but this new development is nonetheless something that might be a little bit harder to sweep under the rug.
After all, the DOJ took the very extraordinary and very self-righteous step of “raiding the private residence of a former President” in pursuit of classified documents that he(!) had every plenary legal right to possess there. (“Classified” or not. Former Presidents retain the highest level of security clearance … forever.)
Now, they are confronted with the illegal actions of a vice-President who has already been thoroughly revealed as a (thoroughly inept …) organized-crime boss. He is found in possession of classified documents which he had no authority to possess.
So now, Obama is once again confronted with “Joe’s ability to f&ck things up.” Obama could declare that he had declassified all of these materials before he left office – and, due to the plenary prerogatives of The President,™ he would have to be taken at his word. This would take “his proxy” off the hook. But this necessarily means that he knew(!) that Biden was in possession of these documents. And, presumably, he could be made to give answer as to why.
Unfortunately: “The Swamp™” does not pay any attention to “the law.” Their one and only motive today is to: “G-E-T … T-R-U-M-P!!”
I’m being told by my husband ,seeing that I’m a Debbie Downer and knowing nothing is going to come of this except the fact that this is all planned to counteract the Republican House Committee’s investigation , At least we now know that the Biden family is corrupt, and who the Good Guys are.
The question no one is asking is why the National Archives did not report missing classified documents to the DOJ/FBI as they did with Trump? And these had been missing for 6 years.