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Attorney General Merrick Garland has named Robert Herr, a former US Attorney during the Trump administration as a special counsel to examine why classified documents were found at President Biden's home and office.

Biden's lawyer said AIDS found documents likely dating to Biden's time as vice president at his garage in Wilmington, Delaware and an office he used at a Washington based think tank.

Garland announced the special counsel appointment today.

I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity.

But under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter.

Joining me now with more on this is our Justice Department reporter, Sadie German. Hi Sadie, thanks for being here.

Thank you for having me. So Sadie Garland has already appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into classified documents found at former president Trump's Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.

Tell us about the decision to appoint a special prosecutor in this case to look into President Biden's actions. Is the rationale here similar?

It is very similar when Garland appointed the first special counsel to examine documents found at President Trump's home in Florida.

He made it very clear that he was doing this because of Trump's stated candidacy for the 2024 White House and Biden's likely candidacy.

And so that political calculus is definitely in play in his decision to appoint Rob Herr special counsel.

One of the key differences between these investigations is just the sheer volume of material that was uncovered in each case.

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