Posted on 01/12/2023 7:59:54 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
Republicans are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to probe President Biden’s handling of classified materials after the discovery of at least two sets of sensitive documents belonging to the 80-year-old president.
“Special counsel,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) tweeted on Wednesday, in a terse and pointed message aimed at the Justice Department after it was revealed that another batch of classified documents was discovered by Biden aides.
Wednesday’s reports of more classified documents being found come on the heels of Monday’s revelation that 10 sensitive files from Biden’s time as vice president — some marked “top secret” — were retrieved by lawyers for the commander in chief on Nov. 2, 2022, from the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement think tank in Washington and turned over to the National Archives.
Hawley wrote to Garland on Wednesday, formally asking the DOJ to appoint a special counsel, noting that Biden appeared to have done “exactly what President Trump did.”
“The double standard here is astounding. The underlying behavior at issue — a President’s retention of old classified documents dating back to a past presidency — is materially the same in both cases,” Hawley wrote. “But in President Trump’s case, that retention triggered an unprecedented raid on the home of a former president, rationalized with a thicket of partisan doublespeak.”
“I look forward to Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute Joe Biden, just as he did with Trump. It’s only fair,” Hawley tweeted on Tuesday, before news broke of the second tranche of documents found.
Several lawmakers joined Hawley in calling for a special counsel to be appointed on Wednesday.
“Attorney General Merrick Garland must appoint a special counsel,” Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) wrote in a tweet Wednesday.
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I wonder if this is all staged to distract us from something else?
Exactly. Why is this happening right now?
Appointment of a Special Counsel means the fix is in.
The whisper is that this is the Deep State pushing Biden out because he will not go voluntarily.
Yes, you are correct. There is something else and much worse it is.
So will garland claim this is a setup against biden and continue to go after President Trump ?
Biden was just in front of reporters asking about this and his first statement was “My Corvette is in a locked garage, OK?”
They will bring In Eric holder to investigate [Remember when he “investigated” himself and “found absolutely no wrongdoing”?]
Contact, Hawley you know better. You want the foxes to appoint a guard on the house. Like they are going to investigate themselves and find themselves guilty?
You are better than that Hawley
“The underlying behavior at issue — a President’s retention of old classified documents dating back to a past presidency — is materially the same in both cases”
Hawley is wrong. They are not the same, not by a mile. Trump was Presidents and he can declassify at will. Biden was VP when he took those documents and VP has no such authority. That’s a felony.
GOP doesn’t want to touch it. They want a Special Counsel to say “can’t comment on an ongoing investigation” for the next two years. Trust Horowitz, trust Huber, trust Durham.
Speaking of distractions, governments often use wars as a distraction. Rally ‘round the flag, boys.
I hope some kind of false flag event is not in our future.
Merrick Garland is a biased hateful commie thug...
Kevin McCarthy is taking press questions right now, NOT ONE regarding Biden’s document nightmare.
Yes it is. What a joke. Nothing will come of this.
They either want to get it out and swept under the rug by 2024 campaign time, or as an excuse to get rid of Joe early
They’re not going to hold anyone on their side responsible - that’s a given.
Using this as an excuse for their minions in order to upgrade their figurehead - that’ll work.
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