The Justice Department is spending more than three times as much investigating former President Donald Trump's alleged misconduct than it would have to investigate President Biden's classified documents scandal.
Two investigations conducted by special counsel Jack Smith against Mr. Trump cost taxpayers more than $23 million, while a Justice Department investigation into Mr. Biden's handling of classified documents cost taxpayers about Damages amounted to $6.4 million, totaling approximately $30 million.
The numbers were revealed Friday in a Justice Department spending report and reflect total spending by both special counsels from early April 2023 through the end of September 2023. The total also includes costs incurred by other Department of Justice agencies in connection with the investigation.
of Expenditure Report for the Smith Investigation During questioning of President Trump, the Justice Department revealed that it spent approximately $7.3 million on compensation, benefits, travel, supplies, rent, and additional services for certain personnel.
In total, the Justice Department's investigations into former President Donald Trump and President Biden cost taxpayers nearly $30 million. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Other Justice Department agencies that incurred expenditures in support of Mr. Smith's investigation of the former president were found to have totaled approximately $7.2 million. The total amount is due to the hiring of additional investigative support analysts from other agencies and the special counsel's security detail “when warranted,” the report said.
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Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to investigate President Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents and interference in the 2020 election.
The special counsel's first spending report, covering the period from mid-November 2022 to the end of March 2023, shows that Smith and other agencies within the Justice Department spent $9 million of taxpayer dollars on the Trump investigation. revealed that he was using it. This total, combined with the total provided in Friday's report, brings the total amount spent by the Justice Department investigating the former president to more than $23 million.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in federal court to all four federal charges stemming from Smith's investigation into 2020 election interference and the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Mr. Smith also indicted Mr. Trump on charges related to mishandling of classified documents. Trump claims innocence for all 37 felonies in that investigation.
Special Counsel Jack Smith (left) and Special Counsel Robert Hur. (Getty Images)
In contrast to the Justice Department's heavy spending on the Trump investigation, another Department of Justice report released Friday Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Biden's classified documents case revealed that it cost taxpayers $2.8 million between early April 2023 and the end of September 2023.
Other Justice Department agencies that supported the Biden investigation during the same period incurred costs of $2.4 million, bringing the total spent on the Biden investigation from April 2023 to September 2023 to $5.2 million. Ta.
The initial report of Xu's investigation shows that the Justice Department spent about $1.2 million between mid-January 2023 and the end of March 2023. This total, combined with the total revealed Friday, brings the total cost of the entire Justice Department investigation into Biden to $6.4 million. .
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Mr. Ha, a former U.S. attorney, was appointed by Mr. Garland in January last year to lead an investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents dating back to the Obama administration. Last fall, Mr. Biden participated in a voluntary conference with Mr. Xu on this issue.
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Last fall, President Biden participated in a voluntary interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur amid a Justice Department investigation into the mishandling of classified documents. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
This study is based on the following set of records: President Biden's This included “a small number of classified-marked documents” discovered at the Penn Biden Center by the president's personal attorney on November 2, 2022.
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The documents were discovered in a locked closet as the president prepared to vacate office space at the center, which he used from mid-2017 until the start of his 2020 campaign.
Fox News' Anders Hagstrom and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
