In a statement, US Justice Department said the investigation would be carried out by former career Justice Department prosecutor and former US Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur.
McCarthy compared Biden's handling of classified documents to former President Donald Trump's. The House Speaker added that he didn't see the difference between the two situations, despite Trump's months of stonewalling investigators efforts to retrieve them.
US President Joe Biden was employed by the University of Pennsylvania after leaving the vice presidency and was paid one million dollars a year as a professor but never taught a class.
It is unclear what the documents pertain to or why they were taken to Biden's private office. Federal officeholders are required by law to relinquish official documents and classified records when their government service ends.
President of the United States Joe Biden arrived in Mexico City ahead of a regional summit along with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Supporters of Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat have stormed the presidential palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court in the capital, Brasilia.
In a statement, US Treasury Department said the latest sanctions target "six executives and board members of US-designated Qods Aviation Industries" and the director of Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization. The US government alleged that Iran has transferred these UAVs to Russia amid the
El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzman-Lopez's arrest unleashed a spate of violence in Mexico with local officials telling citizens to shelter at home amid clashes with cartel members in various parts of Culiacan.
While talking with the reporters, Biden said, "That's not my problem. I just think it's a little embarrassing it's taking so long and the way they're dealing with one another,"