Hawley wrote to Garland formally asking the DOJ to appoint a special counsel, noting that Biden appeared to have done “exactly what President Trump did.”
on Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham argued that the same standards being applied by the DOJ to former President Donald Trump’s handling of some 300 classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago club and residence after his presidency should be applied to Biden.
“If there’s not a special counsel appointed to find out how this happened with President Biden, regarding classified information, there is going to be a lot of anger. It will hurt the country,” he continued. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In November, Garland tapped veteran prosecutor Jack Smith, a former federal prosecutor in Brooklyn and Nashville, to determine whether the 76-year-old former president will face federal charges in connection with his attempts to reverse the 2020 presidential election or his retention of the sensitive government documents in Palm Beach, Florida.
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