"The department has a set of norms and practices," Garland said. PHOTO: US Attorney General Merrick Garland names an independent special counsel to probe President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents at the US Justice Department in Washington, DC on Jan. 12, 2023. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)"We apply the facts and the law in each case in a neutral and nonpartisan manner," Garland said. An attorney for Biden said earlier this month that his documents were "inadvertently misplaced" and he moved quickly to address the matter once it was discovered. Garland pushes back on suggestion Biden has been treated better than Trump in documents probes originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 23, 2023 23:34 UTC