Washington — Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed the former US attorney from Maryland as special counsel to oversee the investigation of documents with classified markings found at President Biden’s former office at a Washington think tank and in the garage at his Wilmington, Delaware, home, Garland announced Thursday .

Robert Hur, the former top federal prosecutor in Maryland, will serve as the special counsel overseeing the review of the documents, which date back to Mr. Biden’s time as vice president in the Obama administration. Hur served as US attorney during the Trump administration and was the second special counsel

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Property owner Powlette filed a malicious prosecution suit against the township’s zoning code enforcement officer, Carlson, alleging that the officer engaged in intentional and malicious conduct by swearing to a second criminal complaint against the owner for operating a bed and breakfast without a conditional-use certificate after the original complaint against the owner was conditionally dismissed. The Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, granted the officer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and Powlette appealed.

After reviewing the pleadings, and construing all material accusations and all reasonable inferences therefrom in favor of

Attorney General Merrick Garland will eventually have to decide whether to appoint a special counsel on the Biden classified documents probe — while learning on guidance from a Trump-appointed US attorney.

Why it matters: Garland’s reported decision to assign the case to US Attorney John Lausch could help insulate the investigation from accusations of political bias, especially if the outcome involves no findings of criminal wrongdoing.

• Lausch’s assignment is to conduct an initial facts-based investigation to better inform Garland’s decision about a potential special counsel,

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Plaintiffs owned homes in the City of New Buffalo, Michigan, that they used, or intended to use, as short-term rental properties. In 2019, the City passed an ordinance requiring homeowners in the City to obtain a permit before using their homes as short-term rentals. In 2020, the City adopted a resolution that suspended the issuance of such permits. Plaintiffs brought this action against the City to challenge the validity of that resolution under state and federal law.

At the outset, the court noted that Plaintiffs’ failure or inability to obtain a short-term

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Groba owned property within the City of Gelena Park and applied for a permit to build a quadruplex on that property. The City rejected his application, and Groba was advised that a new City ordinance prevented him from building a multi-family unit on his property. Groba’s attorneys filed an “open records request” with the City seeking “production of all ordinances relevant to the location, placement, and general existence of duplexes within the City of Galena Park.” In October 2019, Groba’s attorneys sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General complaining about the

Donald Trump is now seeking to have his federal criminal trial delayed until after the 2024 election.

In a court filing late on Monday, Mr Trump’s lawyers asked the judge for a lengthy delay to his classified documents case, saying that due to the extraordinary nature of the case it would not be possible to try it before the election.

Mr Trump has been charged with 37 federal counts over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.

The filing was submitted just hours before a Georgia grand jury was slated to meet on Tuesday as part of