Special counsel appointed in Biden documents investigation

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🗓️ 13 January 2023

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Attorney General Merrick Garland has named former Trump U.S. Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to take over the investigation of classified documents found at Joe Biden’s home and private office. Plus, former House Speaker Paul Ryan joins to discuss Kevin McCarthy’s contentious fight to become speaker. 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	All right, as the White House continues to field questions, we saw the subject change.
0:07.1	We will come back if we need to.
0:08.8	We've been watching this briefing from White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre.
0:13.2	She's faced with this barrage of questions, giving few actual answers after this major
0:18.0	development in the investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents.
0:23.2	I'm Jake Tapper, this is the lead.
0:25.3	This afternoon, Attorney General Mara Garland announced he has appointed Robert Herr as
0:29.8	a special counsel in this case.
0:31.6	Herr is a DC lawyer right now.
0:34.0	He previously served as a U.S. attorney in Maryland until 2021.
0:37.7	He had been appointed by President Trump, the previous administration.
0:41.8	The announcement from Garland came just a few hours after the White House announced that
0:44.8	classified records had been also found at President Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware,
0:49.8	including some in his garage.
0:52.4	This discovery was in addition to the classified records that had been found at Biden's private
0:57.0	office in Washington, D.C. as Phil Manningley reports for us now.
1:00.6	The White House says it is confident that the documents were quote, inadvertently misplaced.
1:07.4	I'm here today to announce the appointment of Robert Herr as a special counsel for President
1:12.7	Biden, the dramatic escalation of a perilous moment.
1:16.4	It was in the public interest to appoint a special counsel.
1:19.5	Attorney General Mara Garland appointing former U.S. attorney Robert Herr as special counsel
1:24.2	to investigate the possible mishandling of classified documents and revealing a lot more
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