Follow AP for live coverage of Hur’s testimony. Mark Zwonitzer worked with Biden on two memoirs, 2007’s “Promises to Keep” and “Promise Me, Dad,” which was published 10 years later. But Hur also said Zwonitzer offered “plausible, innocent reasons” for having done so and cooperated with investigators subsequently, meaning the evidence against him was likely “insufficient to obtain a conviction.” …
Ukraine has repeatedly said it aims to take back Crimea, which has been under Russian control since 2014. Ukraine’s navy and military intelligence carried out a “special operation” overnight with units landing in Crimea, officials have said. “The enemy suffered losses among personnel, enemy equipment was destroyed,” HUR said, noting that the “state flag flew again in the Ukrainian Crimea”. …
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an unsecured office in Washington dating from his time as vice president. The attorney general revealed that Biden’s lawyers informed the Justice Department of the latest discovery at the president’s …