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A difficult week for the White House

2023-01-13 17:56:24Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA LAUREL BOWMAN
A difficult week for the White House
Joe Biden

Joe Biden's lawyer said Thursday that other classified documents have been found at the president's home in Delaware.

Earlier in the week, it was announced that secret documents from the Obama-Biden administration had been found in November at a Washington think tank that Mr. Biden had used as an office after serving as vice president.

On Thursday, the US Attorney General appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the case.

The White House did not have an easy week, after the news was released that in November classified documents were found in the offices of a research institute in Washington, where President Joe Biden had an office after his term as vice president ended.

The day before the White House announced that other documents were found at the residence of Mr. Biden in Delaware.

The Democratic president said at a conference that it was his own lawyers who had found and handed over the secret documents.

"As I said earlier in the week, people know that I take classified documents seriously, and as I also said, we are fully cooperating with the Justice Department's investigation," Mr. Biden said.

Reactions from Republican leaders were immediate. They said Democrats lashed out at former President Donald Trump while the FBI was searching his Mar-a-Lago Florida home and seizing classified documents from it ... after Mr. Trump left the presidency.

The newly elected Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy said that: “We have someone who has been in office for more than 40 years. We have someone who said on TV shows that he was very concerned about the documents that President Trump had kept, while now we understand that he, as vice president, kept documents for years and in different places."

US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the case.

"The appointment shows the justice department's commitment to independence and accountability, especially in sensitive matters and to making decisions based only on facts and the law," he said.

Associated Press reporter Eric Tucker says this is an extraordinary development, as the Justice Department is also conducting an investigation into classified documents found at former President Trump's property.

"The Department of Justice has been investigating for months possible crimes involving the storage of approximately 300 classified documents at former President Trump's home. The investigation is ongoing. A grand jury in Washington is hearing testimony as we speak," he said.

The reporter also noted differences in the investigations into the current and former presidents, including the fact that President Biden's personal lawyers turned over documents to the Justice Department, while documents at Mr. Trump's residence were disclosed by authorities.

Former President Trump is also being investigated for possibly committing a felony by not turning over classified material, particularly after repeated requests from the National Archives and a subpoena from the Justice Department.

"The Department of Justice in Mr. Trump's case says it is investigating possible obstruction of justice. We have not heard that there are similar claims regarding the White House and Joe Biden," he says.

American law states that documents classified by the presidency must be kept in the National Archives and not elsewhere./ VOA


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