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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday named a special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden improperly handled sensitive government documents,
周四，美国司法部长梅里克·加兰任命了一名特别检察官，负责调查乔·拜登总统是否不当处理敏感政府文件，
an embarrassing echo of a wider-ranging inquiry directed at his main political rival, Donald Trump.
这和拜登针对他的主要政治对手唐纳德·特朗普进行更大范围的调查形成了尴尬的呼应。
"I strongly believe the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity.
“我坚信，司法部这个部门的正常程序可以公正地处理所有调查。
But under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter."
但是根据规定，现在的特殊情况需要任命一名特别检察官。”
Garland said former U.S. attorney Robert Hur would carry out the independent investigation
加兰宣布，前联邦检察官罗伯特·胡尔将进行独立调查，
hours after the White House confirmed that Biden's legal team had found a second set of classified papers from his time as vice president in the garage of his Delaware home,
就在几个小时前，白宫方面证实，拜登的法律团队在他位于特拉华州的家中的车库里，发现了他担任副总统期间的第二批机密文件，
in addition to the classified documents discovered in November at a Washington think tank.
而在去年11月，第一批机密文件是在华盛顿一家智库中被发现的。
The president told reporters on Thursday that he was 'cooperating fully and completely with the Justice Department's review.
拜登总统周四告知记者，他正在全面、彻底地配合司法部的调查。
"I take classified documents and classified material seriously."
“对待机密文件和机密材料，我是很认真的。”
The inquiry could cast a shadow over the Democratic president's expected run for re-election in 2024,
这次的调查，可能会给这位民主党总统预计在2024年进行的竞选连任蒙上阴影，
and it comes as another special counsel probe is already underway, looking at former president Trump -- his handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
而与此同时，另一项特别检察官调查已经在进行中，调查对象则是前总统特朗普--调查内容是他对机密文件的处理，以及他为推翻2020年大选所作出的“努力”。
