Executive

Special counsel for Biden

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate Biden’s handling of classified documents while out of office.

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1 year ago

January 13, 2023

Terry A. Hurlbut

Attorney General Merrick Garland has indeed appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents by Joe Biden while the latter was a private citizen.

Why the Special Counsel

The best reportage comes from Just the News, although The New York Times also reported on this story. The Attorney General appointed one Robert K. Hur, the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, as Special Counsel. Mr. Hur received his appointment from President Trump, as did John Lausch, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Lausch conducted the initial investigation and recommended a Special Counsel.

But in making the appointment, Mr. Garland revealed that this investigation has been going on since November 14, 2022. In fact, every revelation thus far turns out to be weeks or months after the fact. The Daily Caller also made their own report, as did Independent Journal Review.

AG Merrick Garland says he is appointing a special counsel to investigate the Biden classified documents case at the advice of U.S. Attorney John Lausch, who has been looking into the matter since November. pic.twitter.com/rcpt3wnqK7— The Recount (@therecount) January 12, 2023

Timeline to a Special Counsel

The timeline, from all reports CNAV has seen thus far, is as follows:

Date	Event
November 2, 2022	Biden’s personal attorneys find the first cache of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center.
November 3, 2022	The National Archives repossesses the documents.
November 4, 2022	Justice Department receives notice of the affair.
November 9, 2022	The FBI enters the case.
November 14, 2022	Attorney General Garland tasks U.S. Attorney Lausch to investigate.
December 20, 2022	Biden’s personal attorneys inform Lausch of the second cache – in a garage in a house that may or may not be in Biden’s name, stored next to Biden’s personal automobile, a late-model Chevrolet Corvette.
January 6, 2023	Lausch informs Garland that he must appoint a Special Counsel.
January 9, 2023	CBS News breaks the story of the first cache.
January 11, 2023	NBC News breaks the story of the second cache.
January 12, 2023	Attorney General Garland appoints U.S. Attorney Hur as Special Counsel. (Apparently Lausch will shortly resign as U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, if he hasn’t already. So he may not serve as Special Counsel.)

Garland also said that Biden’s former Penn Biden Center office was “not authorized for storage of classified documents.”

Terry A. Hurlbut

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Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.