{"id":2170769,"date":"2024-02-07T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garland-informs-congress-biden-docs-probe-is-complete\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T20:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:37:26","slug":"garland-informs-congress-biden-docs-probe-is-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garland-informs-congress-biden-docs-probe-is-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Garland updates Congress on completion of Biden documents investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgarland-informs-congress-biden-docs-probe-is-complete%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2170769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Special Counsel Concludes Investigation \u200cinto Biden&#8217;s Retention of Classified Documents<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting news! Special counsel Robert Hur has just wrapped up his investigation into President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s retention of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/classified-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified documents<\/a> while out of office. The Department of Justice informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> about this development on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/merrick-garland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrick Garland<\/a> \u200b sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/1755372627768603003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to congressional leaders, revealing that Hur submitted his final report, \u2064along with \u2063appendices\u2063 and \u200ca letter from \u2064counsel. Hur \u200bhad \u2062engaged\u2063 with the White \u200cHouse&#8217;s and Biden&#8217;s personal lawyers\u200d for their\u200d comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2064 included review by the White House Counsel&#8217;s Office for executive \u2063privilege consistent\u200d with the President&#8217;s constitutional prerogatives,&#8221; Garland said. &#8220;The \u2062White House&#8217;s privilege review has not yet concluded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garland expressed his \u2063commitment to making as much of the Special Counsel&#8217;s report public \u2064as\u200d possible, \u200cwhile following \u2062legal requirements and Department policy. \u2062He promised to \u2064provide Congress with the report,\u2062 its appendices, and the \u200bletter from counsel once the \u2064White \u200dHouse&#8217;s privilege\u2062 review\u200c is\u200b completed.<\/p>\n<p>Excitingly, the White House \u2062expects the \u200cprivilege review to \u200cbe finished by the end of the\u2063 week, according to \u2064White House\u2063 spokesman Ian\u2063 Sams.<\/p>\n<p>This letter comes \u200cafter reports suggesting\u2064 that Biden&#8217;s team\u2062 was preparing for the release of the \u200breport, which could potentially contain embarrassing details and photos. However, it has been confirmed that there will\u2062 be \u2063no criminal\u2062 charges.<\/p>\n<p>In January, \u2062Garland appointed Hur, who previously \u2064served as a U.S. attorney in Maryland during \u200dthe Trump administration, to lead the investigation as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kerry-justifies-secret-iran-nukes-pact-meetings-behind-trumps-back-did-he-just-admit-to-violating-logan-act\/\" title=\"Watch: Kerry defends secret meetings on Iran nukes pact without informing Trump. Did he confess to breaking the Logan Act?\">special\u2063 counsel<\/a>. The probe began after classified records were discovered at\u200c Biden&#8217;s office in a \u200dD.C. think tank\u2062 just before the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Further searches conducted by Biden&#8217;s lawyers and the FBI \u200dat his homes in Wilmington, Delaware,\u2062 and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, yielded more materials of \u200dinterest to investigators. Some of \u200bthese\u2062 documents date \u200cback to Biden&#8217;s time as vice president and even his\u2062 tenure as\u2062 a U.S. senator.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s representatives have cooperated with investigators, and the \u200bpresident himself has confidently stated that there is &#8220;no there there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-republicans\">House Republicans<\/a> have indicated that Biden&#8217;s\u200b handling of classified documents is relevant \u200cto\u200b their corruption-focused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-gop-signals-classified-docs-of-interest-in-biden-impeachment-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impeachment<\/a> \u200d inquiry into\u200b the president.\u2063 They have also sought a deposition with former \u200bWhite House Counsel Dana Remus.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who may face \u2063Biden in a \u200d2020 rematch in this year&#8217;s election, is also under investigation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-so-called-cooperation-with-the-fbi-both-meaningless-and-misleading\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s So-called \u201cCooperation\u201d With The FBI Both Meaningless And Misleading\">retaining classified documents<\/a>. Special \u2064counsel Jack \u200bSmith is\u200b leading\u200c that\u200d probe, and Trump \u2064has pleaded not guilty\u200c in\u200c that criminal matter and\u200c three other cases.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What will be the\u200c next steps once the privilege review \u200cis completed and\u2064 the report is \u200dmade public<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rmed that the \u2063investigation \u200bfound no evidence of\u2064 wrongdoing by President Biden\u2064 regarding the retention of\u200b classified \u200ddocuments.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a> Robert Hur, was initiated to examine allegations that President Biden had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\">retained classified documents<\/a> \u2062while out of office. The Department\u2064 of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney\u2064 General Merrick Garland, has now informed Congress about the \u200dconclusion of this investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063the letter to congressional \u200cleaders, Attorney General Garland disclosed that Hur had submitted his final report, \u200balong\u200b with appendices and \u200ca \u2062letter from \u200bcounsel. It \u200bwas stated\u2063 that Hur had\u2064 cooperated with the White\u200d House&#8217;s and\u2063 Biden&#8217;s personal lawyers during the\u200d investigation, seeking their input and comments.\u200d The review of the \u2064report by the White House Counsel&#8217;s Office for executive privilege is still ongoing and\u200d has not yet been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Garland emphasized his \u2062commitment to \u2064transparency and stated that he intends to make as much of the Special Counsel&#8217;s report public as legally possible. He assured Congress that once the\u2064 White\u2062 House&#8217;s \u2063privilege \u2064review \u200bis finished, he will provide them with the report, its appendices, and the letter from counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The White House is optimistic about completing the privilege review by the \u2063end of\u200b the week, as confirmed by White House spokesman Ian Sams. This means\u200b that the report could potentially be released to the public soon.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this announcement, there were speculations that President Biden&#8217;s team was preparing for the release \u200cof the report, which raised concerns about the content that could contain embarrassing details and photos. However, it has now been confirmed that the investigation found no evidence of \u200cwrongdoing on the part of President\u2062 Biden regarding \u2062the retention\u200d of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>This conclusion by the special counsel and the ongoing efforts by the Department of Justice to ensure transparency and \u2064accountability \u2063demonstrate the commitment of the Biden administration to \u2063upholding \u200dthe rule of law. \u200dThe thorough investigation into\u200b these\u2063 allegations\u2064 and the intention to make the report \u2063public\u2063 should provide reassurance to\u200d the American people \u200dthat their government is working diligently to maintain trust and \u2063integrity.<\/p>\n<p>As the privilege review concludes\u200c and the report is made public, it\u2063 will be crucial for Congress and the American people to carefully analyze its findings. This will ensure a fair and informed assessment of the situation and enable any necessary actions\u200b to be \u2064taken. \u200cThe\u200c transparency and accountability exhibited\u200b throughout this investigation are \u2062vital for maintaining the democratic principles that our \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-prohibits-trump-from-talking-to-known-witnesses-in-jan-6-case\/\" title=\"Judge bars Trump from contacting key witnesses in Jan. 6 case.\">nation holds dear<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special counsel Robert Hur has completed his inquiry into President Joe Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents during his time away from office. The Department of Justice notified Congress that Hur has submitted his final report, including appendices and a letter from Attorney General Merrick Garland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2170770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1965673904-scaled-e1707350121543.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2170769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1965673904-scaled-e1707350121543.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2170770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}