president, says she is absolutely willing to testify. daniels also tells piers morgan that threats against her quote way more specific and graphic than in the past. also while she says she does not believe the former president deserves incarceration for his alleged role in falsifying business records, is a part of a scheme to cover up hush money payments to daniels. she did say that when she saw images of him in the courtroom, she thought quote the king has been dethroned. he s no longer untouchable. but even as the former president s defended himself in this case, he s taking swings at the special counsel overseeing separate federal investigations into him because, according to multiple sources, have spoken with cnn. it s the probe into the former president s potential mishandling of classified documents that particularly concerns his inner circle. my next two guests understand better than most. why we now have a presidential records act, which was enacted after the watergate scandal.
remember, velshi is available as a podcast for this weekend just getting. up maybe your in california or phoenix or something. you can listen to the entire show on the go at anytime. subscribers listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. stay right where you are, my friends cory coffin picks up our news coverage right now. age right now. good morning and welcome in, i m cory coffin in new york. we are one week into the new republican house majority, and as promised, president biden is already under investigation by a correctional committee. the house judiciary committee has launched an investigation into biden s potential mishandling of classified documents, including one marked with the highest level of classification. the documents were found by biden s lawyers at his home in delaware and in a locked office closet in the penn biden center, where he host his think tank. all documents were voluntarily turned over to the national
found at his home in delaware. all documents were voluntarily turned over to the national archives. meanwhile, trump s hundreds of documents were repeatedly requested by the national archives and then seized by the fbi through a search warrant which then prompted and obstruction of justice criminal investigation. and response, attorney general merrick garland has appointed a another special counsel to oversee the investigation into biden s documents. this being in addition of course of the special counsel already being lifted in through trump s treasure trove of documents. and following up on their promise, the house judiciary committee now controlled by the new republican majority has launched an investigation of their own into biden s potential mishandling of classified documents. including one marked with the highest level of classification. so back with me this hour, white house correspondent allie raffa. ali, welcome back in. what has been the reaction from the white house and whe
them. it started, of course, with the mueller desiccation to russia s attempts to interfere with the 2016 election. then, attorney general william barr, aka bill barr. gave into trump s demand and appointed, john durham, to investigate the investigators. sort of tit-for-tat special counsel if you will. that investigation ended with more of a whimper, that a bang. but at the time, trump got what he wanted. a second investigation to muddy the waters surrounding his own conduct. then, last year. trump once again found himself to be the subject of the special counsel investigation. after mayor garland appointed prosecutor jack smith, to oversee parallel investigations into trump s potential mishandling of classified documents. and his role in stopping the violence on january 6th, and halting the peaceful transfer of power. now, today, merrick garland has appointed yet another special counsel. this time to investigate president biden s potential mishandling of classified documents. once aga
appointed yet another special counsel. this time to investigate president biden s potential mishandling of classified documents. once again republicans are seizing the opportunity to muddy the waters around donald trump s potentially criminal conduct. as david rohde writes the new piece of the new yorker. for biden, the new appointment poses more of a political threat, then illegal. one quote, it appears unlikely that president biden will be prosecuted. because it does not seem like he intentionally mishandled documents. but, if he hasn t. republicans will argue that trump should not be charged either. joining us now is the author himself.