Jan. 15 — Biden admin. prepares for political consequences of classified docs

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🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss the twin special-counsel investigations into fmr. President Trump and President Biden. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) talks about the differences between the two cases during an exclusive interview. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) exclusively talks about the political repercussions for Biden. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, classified controversy.
0:04.8	Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Biden's handling of classified documents.
0:11.5	The extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter.
0:16.6	Just months after a special counsel was appointed to investigate Donald Trump, the Biden White House revealed classified documents were discovered in the president's private office and even in his private garage.
0:28.4	My corvette's in a lock garage, okay, so it's not like you're sitting out in the street.
0:32.7	Now the two 2024 rivals, the current president and the former president are both facing criminal investigations.
0:40.0	I'll talk to Rod Rosenstein, the former Trump Deputy Attorney General, who appointed a special
0:44.3	counsel to investigate Russian interference.
0:47.4	Plus, House Republican reset.
0:49.3	I think Congress has to investigate this.
0:51.3	After a rocky week, House Republicans unite around Biden's troubles
0:55.0	and launch their very first investigation on the Biden documents, just as the White House struggles to answer new questions about the timeline of disclosure.
1:04.0	They suppress this information so that the American people don't have access to it as we're getting ready to decide who's going to be in office in the midterm election. I'll speak with Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Democratic
1:15.3	Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. And capital attack. Protesters stormed Congress,
1:22.4	outraged over the election results, the scenes in Brazil echoing the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
1:29.3	It is evidence that what happens in the United States has repercussions around the world.
1:33.7	Was misinformation spread through social media by some of Trump supporters to blame for creating
1:38.9	this new threat to democracy in our Western Hemisphere?
1:42.9	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News, senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson,
1:48.2	the Reverend Al Sharpton, host of Politics Nation on MSNBC,
1:51.3	and Mark Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence.
1:55.6	Welcome to Sunday.
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