Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that his agency hasn’t used a double standard when investigating President Joe Biden’s classified case. Former President Donald Trump and some Republicans have said the Department of Justice has treated Biden more leniently than the former commander-in-chief, whose house was raided by FBI agents in August. Those agents found…
AG Merrick Garland Says No Double Standard of Justice in Biden Classified Docs Case
Kash Patel: ‘I Have No Faith’ in Special Counsel’s Probe of Biden Documents
Former Defense Department Chief of Staff Kash Patel said he does not trust the special counsel to fairly investigate President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information. “We’ve already seen how they’re handling it—they’re not,” Patel told The Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek on an episode of his “Kash’s Corner” podcast, due to premiere on Jan. 20…
What We Know About Robert Hur, Special Counsel Probing Biden’s Handling of Classified Documents
Robert K. Hur, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, is a former federal prosecutor with a “long and distinguished career,” according to Garland. “As U.S. Attorney, [Hur] supervised some of the Department’s more important national security, public corruption, and other…
Special Counsel Previously Oversaw Classified Document Prosecutions as US Attorney
The Special Counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether any person broke the law in handling classified documents found in an office and at the home of President Joe Biden previously oversaw prosecutions related to improper handling of classified information when he served as U.S. Attorney for Maryland. Special Counsel Robert Hur,…
Attorney General Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Documents Found at Biden’s Home, Office
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 12 appointed a special counsel to investigate whether any person or group broke the law in the handling of classified materials found in an office President Joe Biden used, as well as one of Biden’s homes. Garland, a Biden appointee, picked Robert Hur, a former federal prosecutor, as special…
Republicans Ask Garland to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Biden Classified Documents
Republican lawmakers are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden over his handling of classified materials after leaving the vice presidency. One of the leading Republicans making the demand is Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who sent a letter to Garland on Jan. 11, criticizing the Department…
Appointment of Special Counsel Amounts to Election Interference and Sets Dangerous Precedent
Commentary While Republicans kicked off the 2024 presidential race with the announcement that Donald Trump was running for president, in perhaps the ultimate sign of our ignominious times, Democrats, in effect, kicked off their half of the contest three days later by appointing a special counsel to escalate their political prosecution of him. This is…
The Same Old, Same Old Déjà Vu
Commentary Attorney General Merrick Garland has just announced the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith. But Smith’s team will not look into the Biden family quid pro quo syndicate nor its incriminating confessionals on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Instead, it will further investigate Donald Trump’s possession of presidential records that were hauled off from Mar-a-Lago, as…
NTD Evening News (Nov. 18): Musk Restores Twitter Accounts of Jordan Peterson, Others; DOJ Names Special Counsel in Trump Probes
Elon Musk on Nov. 18 restored the Twitter accounts of Kathie Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee, but said the decision on former President Donald Trump has not been made yet. Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel who will oversee criminal investigations of Trump. New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries officially announced his bid…
Trump Says He ‘Won’t Partake’ in DOJ’s Special Counsel Probe
Former President Donald Trump said that he will not partake in an investigation after the Department of Justice (DOJ) appointed a special counsel to take over a probe related to presidential records that were held by Trump. “I have been going through this for six years—for six years I have been going through this, and…
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