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that saw the naming of a special counsel to investigate president bidens handling of those and other classified documents found at a private office of the current president and his home in wilmington, delaware. the most recent this morning at the same residence according to merrick garland. this afternoon he named robert hur special counsel and laid out a timeline of the case. >> on the evening of november 4th, 2022, the national archives office of inspector general contacted a prosecu...

hello, everyone. im bianna in new york. pressure mounts for garland to appoint a special counsel to oversee an investigation into president bidens handling of classified government records. we are following this from every angle, so lets begin with cnns evan perez. what are you learning about what we can expect to hear from the attorney general in just a few moments? >> reporter: well, bianna, we obviously know that the justice department attorney general garland are in a difficult pos...

investigate bidens handling of these classified documents from his time as vice president. we are also at this hour awaiting a white house press briefing where the press secretary to the president is very likely to be pressed on these issues. >> john: very likely indeed. all of this comes after the white house counsel revealed that second batch of documents was found in a garage at one of the presidents delaware homes, which you can see in the campaign ad from 2020. even a glimpse of a...

good day. im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. new political and potentially legal headaches for president biden after a second batch of classified documents is found at his delaware home. will attorney general merrick garland weigh in when he makes a statement a few minutes from now? plus george santos facing new calls to resign including from even more of his republicans in his home state. but hes making it clear hes staying in congress. can he and gop lead...

Section 600.2b of the special counsel regulations, i assigned u.s. tuition lausch to conduct an initial investigation to inform my decision whether to appoint a special counsel. on december 20th, president bidens personal counsel informed mr. lausch that additional documents bearing classification markings were identified in the garage of the presidents private residence in wilmington, delaware. this morning, president bidens personal counsel called mr. lash was identified at the presidents pers...

Mishandled in violation of federal law. on november 14th, pursuant to section 600.2b, i assigned the attorney general to conduct an investigation. he has served since 2017. before that, he spent more than a decade as an assistant u.s. attorney in that same office. i selected him to conduct the initial investigation because i was confident his experience would ensure that it would be done professionally and expeditiously. on december 20th, president bidens personal counsel informed mr. loush that...

Consistent with standard protocols to understand whether classified information had been mishandled in violation of federal law on november 14thth, pursuant to section 600.2b, i assigned the u.s. attorney to conduct an initial investigation to inform my decision whether to appoint a special counsel. mr. laush has served as u.s. attorney in chicago since 2017. before that, he spent more than a decade as an assistant u.s. attorney in that same office. i selected him to conduct the initial investig...