AG Garland names special counsel to oversee Trump probes

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🗓️ 18 November 2022

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The Department of Justice has appointed Jack Smith to be special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into former President Trump regarding the potential mishandling of national secrets. The special counsel will also oversee parts of Trump’s role in the events leading up to the Capitol riots. Plus, a look at why home heating prices have been rising across the country. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Brianna Keeler.
0:04.1	Jake Tapper is on assignment.
0:05.8	We begin today with a big development in the investigations into former President Donald
0:10.1	Trump.
0:11.1	Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he is appointing a special counsel to oversee
0:14.9	the criminal investigation of Trump's role in the January 6th insurrection and attempts
0:19.8	to overturn the 2020 election, as well as the probe of the classified documents seized
0:24.9	from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
0:27.0	Here's Garland explaining this extraordinary move.
0:32.8	Based on recent developments, including the former President's announcement that he is
0:37.2	a candidate for President in the next election, and the sitting President's stated intention
0:42.7	to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint
0:48.5	a special counsel.
0:51.0	The Attorney General is naming former Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith as special counsel.
0:56.4	Smith is a career prosecutor who currently serves as the chief prosecutor for the special
1:00.9	court of the Hague where he investigated war crimes.
1:04.5	Garland's dismiss appointment will not slow down the pace of the investigations, which
1:08.3	CNN has learned have actually ramped up here in recent weeks, with prosecutors in both
1:12.9	cases sending out multiple new subpoenas to witnesses.
1:17.0	Donald Trump is also dismissing the appointment of the special counsel just moments ago, calling
1:22.4	the move unfair and political.
1:25.3	CNN senior legal affairs correspondent Paula Reed reports on what to expect from the
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