merrick garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into president pieden s classified documents that were found. on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. earlier today i signed an order appointing robert hur as special counsel for the matter i just described. the document authorizes him to investigate whether any person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter. the special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the department. earlier president biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a second location at his wilmington, delaware, home. the president said the materials were in his locked garage. his lawyers said another document was found in a room in the house. just days ago the white house revealed the first case. the president s attorneys found classified d
of dollars of fines. this is not something that s going to happen immediately. the judge has set october 21st as the sentencing date. it will be a few months before we know what sentence is going to be handed down. it s been clear from bannon s attorneys throughout this trial that they do intend to appeal. because these are misdemeanor charges it s very possible that we could see the judge delay any kind of, you know, whether bannon has to serve any kind of sentence until after they go through that appeals process. we just don t know that yet. what we do know is this is a big boost to the house select committee. this is a reaffirmation of their investigative power, of their subpoena power, at a time when they re wrangling with a bunch of different witnesses. peter navarro is another person who defied his subpoena and is poised to go to trial over that. it s a win for the justice department. they ve come under a lot of scrutiny, criticism in terms of how they re investigating
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. this is cnn news central. we do win with breaking news this hour, at least three suspects are at large after secret service agents opened fire on suspects that they say were breaking into an unmarked government vehicle. it happened late last night. let s get to the white house. priscilla alvarez has more details on what is actually happening here, tell us. this is a detail for niaomi biden, an agent involved in the incident, according to a source familiar. in this statement from the secret service they said the following, on november 12th, around 11:58 p.m. in the georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c. secret service agents encountered possibly three individuals breaking a window on a parked and unoccupied government vehicle. the statement goes on to say during this encounter a federal agent discharged a service weapon, and it is believed no one was struck. again, according to a source familiar this was an agent involved with n
rookie, casey, it was a wild weekend for the nfl. thank you very much. i appreciate your time this morning. thank you all for joining us. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us to start your week. here are five things to know for monday, november 6th. donald trump set to take the stand this morning. the former president and currently republican front runner will be questioned in the civil fraud trial that could cost him hundreds of millions of dollars and bar him from doing business in new york. trump s legal troubles are not weighing him down, at least not at the moment. the former president is beating president biden is five critical states, nevada, georgia, arizona, michigan, and pennsylvania, and it s not just the states, the top line, it s the types of voters that president biden is losing. trump making gains with young voters, black voters, and hispanic voters. pushing towards gaza city after cut
alyssa farrah griffin, el elie honig and john miller with us as well. let s start, if we have john we ll hold off on john. elie, to you. the question of i mean this is kind of a thousand foot question here. the appointment of a special counsel versus the appointment of someone else, specifically the powers that come with this office as relates to this investigation. to start at 30,000 feet, if i may, how remarkable is it, it s almost surreal that at this moment right now we have a special counsel, a criminal prosecutor, investigating the sitting president and a separate special counsel investigating the former president who is in all likelihood going to be running against the current president for the next presidency. now, that s very important to understand what exactly is a special counsel? the most important thing that a special counsel has is the same powers that any federal prourt has. you can issue subpoenas, you can