A New Special Counsel Will Oversee Investigations Into Donald Trump

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🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Attorney General Merrick Garland has named Jack Smith, the Justice Department's former public integrity chief, to oversee the investigations into the former president.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Fact-checking by Katherine Swartz.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:06.7	The time now is 3.55 pm Eastern on Friday, November 18.
0:12.1	I'm Tamer Keith.
0:13.1	I cover the White House.
0:14.1	I'm Dominic Lamont, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:17.1	And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:19.9	This afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he has appointed a special counsel
0:25.1	to determine whether charges should be filed in two ongoing investigations involving
0:30.1	the former president, Donald Trump.
0:32.5	Based on recent developments, including the former president's announcement that he is
0:36.8	a candidate for president in the next election and the sitting president's stated intention
0:42.3	to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint
0:48.1	a special counsel.
0:50.3	Such an appointment underscores the department's commitment to both independence and accountability
0:57.5	in particularly sensitive matters.
1:00.2	It also allows prosecutors and agents to continue their work expeditiously and to make decisions
1:06.0	indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.
1:10.2	This announcement comes just days after Congress was established and Trump announced his plan
1:16.8	to run for election again.
1:20.0	Carrie, what investigations in particular is this special counsel going to be overseeing?
1:25.0	Well, for starters, the special counsel is going to be overseeing the ongoing investigation
1:29.7	into the sensitive material the FBI found at Mar-a-Lago former president, Donald Trump's
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