A special counsel will investigate President Biden's handling of classified documents.

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For the second time in two months, Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special

counsel to investigate a politically sensitive subject.

This time, the special counsel is former prosecutor Robert Herr, his job, is to find out how

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