After months of bashing the Justice Department for going after the former president, Republicans are welcoming an investigation into the current one.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate how and why classified documents from President Joe Biden’s time in the Obama administration remained in his possession.
“As I have said before, I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity,” Garland said at a news conference Thursday. “But under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel.”
It was revealed last week that Biden’s legal team discovered a set of classified documents when cleaning out his personal office in Washington, D.C., in November. A second set of documents was also apparently found at his home in Delaware. Both sets of documents were said to be leftover from his time as vice president. North Carolina Republican Rep. Dan Bishop expressed concern that the public was just now finding out if the documents were discovered in November.
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and other Republicans called on Garland to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Biden matter, saying “there should be no double standard in our justice system.” Garland complied.