The Department of Justice refuses to offer more information on the discovery of confidential Biden documents

MADRID, 31 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Department of Justice (DOJ) of the United States has refused this Friday to give more details about the investigation opened after the discovery of classified documents in the private offices of the US president, Joe Biden, after finishing his term as vice president of Barack Obama.

According to what the federal organ has used before the request, presented by the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives -which has a majority of the Republican Party-, providing more details about the investigation could lead to divulging "central" information for the case, according to has picked up 'The Hill'.

The response comes after the panel of the US Lower House has requested access to all documents and communications related to the investigation, including correspondence with Biden's lawyers and those related to the appointment of an expert in charge of analyzing the degree confidentiality of these documents.

"Your letter also requests non-public information that is critical to the special counsel's ongoing investigation. It is the long-standing policy of the Department of Justice to maintain the confidentiality of such information with respect to open matters," the DOJ said in a letter. obtained by the aforementioned newspaper.

"Disclosures to Congress about active investigations run the risk of jeopardizing those investigations and creating the appearance that Congress may be exerting inappropriate political pressure or attempting to influence Department decisions in certain cases," the government entity added. .

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Robert Hur as a judge in early January to serve as an expert witness in an investigation into classified records found in an office Biden used after his tenure in the administration, as well as at his home. and garage in the state of Delaware.

Earlier, Garland appointed an expert witness to review the mishandling of classified records recovered by FBI agents from the Florida home of former President Donald Trump this summer.

Meanwhile, from the Republican Party they have criticized the "lack of cooperation" from the Department of Justice, pointing out a "double standard" of the institution since one of the documents would involve the Government of China.

In this regard, Republicans have pointed to a large number of donations from China to the University of Pennsylvania, where Biden was an honorary professor through his office at the Penn Biden Center. However, the educational center has denied the accusations.

"The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was founded on the principle that a democratic, open, secure, tolerant, and interconnected world benefits all Americans (...) It is important to reiterate that the Penn Biden Center has never requested or received gifts from any Chinese or foreign entity," a spokesperson said in statements reported by CBS.

Biden's lawyers found two batches of documents, the first of them on November 2, six days before the midterm congressional elections, at the Penn Biden Center; while the second was found on December 20 in a garage of the president at his house in Delaware.