hello, everyone. i m bianna in new york. pressure mounts for garland to appoint a special counsel to oversee an investigation into president biden s handling of classified government records. we are following this from every angle, so let s begin with cnn s 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 position given the fact that we are learning still new details about these documents that the president s team says that they found now at multiple locations. the justice department is facing the decision right now whether to appoint a special counsel, whether to open a fuller investigation. we know that, at least at this point, there was an initial review that was done by the u.s. attorney in chicago. that part of the investigation is completed, and so now the decision from garland that we expe
notified about this batch of documents, the initial batch was found november 4th and november 14th. he appointed john loush on december 20th. now they were informed that an additional batch of documents were found. tell us what you make of what we just heard from the attorney general, specifically with regards to robert hur being named special prosecutor. i think the selection of robert hur is a logical and sound one. as you can see from the brief resumé the attorney general laid out, mr. hur essentially was a career department of justice prosecutor and attorney, both served as an assistant u.s. attorney in the district of maryland, which is of course located in baltimore, and then spent some time significantly working at doj main in the headquarters. i worked with rob when he was appointed as the principal assistant deputy attorney general in 2017. always found him to be
it stopped because the same gang and started working for mueller as opposed to the doj main. it doesn t pass the smell test. dan: sara, was mueller the last resort for the hot potato? yeah, mueller was the last resort for this hot potato but i think nadler is like the hail mary, i mean, come on. dan: you re right. there was actually a fourth player, nadler. grade call, sorry i missed of that. a gregg, tom, sara, thank you so much for your great points. this way, the less the monetization of the republican supporters reached a new fever pitch. some are now coming calling for boycott of the soulcycle company and equinox, all because he is holding a fund-raiser for president trump at one end isg nbc hack urges for a left followers to show up with pitchforks and torches outside of this business man s house. take a look at this. i want pitchforks and torches outside this man s house in the hamptons. i ve been to the hamptons. it s very nice. there s no reason why it has to be.