Garland Taps Robert Hur as Special Counsel in Biden Documents Probe
A Trump-appointed former federal prosecutor experienced in dealing with litigation involving classified information has been tapped to lead ...
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A Trump-appointed former federal prosecutor experienced in dealing with litigation involving classified information has been tapped to lead ...
Political way, evan, look. to the extent there is anything else out there we'll be diligent and sincere about our approach to alerting the authorities. that didn't happen. >> that's right. i think that is partly why a lot of us certainly some of us who lived these types of situations before, you get your spidey senses up and there are things that don't add up. the story they have settled on may well be the final story and charitably i can say i can see it is a very difficult situation to be doing these searches while you have an investigation ongoing. >> by story you mean you're skeptical? >> ...
Counsel is unnecessary. why do you say that? >> i've said that twice now, willie, once respect to the special counsel appointed to investigate mr. trump and most recently with rob hur's appointment. i know rob hur, he's a wonderful guy. this is in no way to impugn his integrity. he's smart, honest, fair, a terrific prosecutor. that aside, i think the department of justice can do both of these investigations with the men and women who have worked there for years and with integrity. and by the way, the special counsel regulations in place now, and they have been in place for more than 20 years d...
On the other classified documents probe headed by the other special counsel. this one centered on former president trump. we've learned those investigators want to interview the trump staffers who searched his properties in november for additional classified materials. cnn's katelyn polantz is tracking this us. you're reporting special prosecutors have gone back and forth with trump's defense lawyers about whether trump has fully complied with the subpoena issued last may for classified documents. so are they still not convinced that he's turned everything over? >> they appear not to be at thi...
Federal prosecutor elliot williams and abby phillip. we have two special prosecutors. i know the circumstances are different and as we just heard from indicatelyn, trump has not been complaining. jack smith's team not confident that all the documents have been turned over. it does appear at this point that biden's team is complying. so given that how will it impact rob hur's investigation into the biden case? >> well, you know, certainly his level of cooperation or any subject of an investigation's level of cooperation will have an impact. in terms of are there obstruction charges down the roa...