united states, should face any charges. sandra: i was just going to make the point of timing here this. is happening on a friday just three days after the former president announced his 2024 candidacy. just noting the timing of all this. david, this news conference and announcement was just announced a short time ago to expect this at 2:15 eastern time. do we know if there will be questions taken? i hope so. they say the attorney general is going to make a statement, we are always going to try to get questions in. we are told this was signed today, this special counsel order was signed today and it s not surprising knowing attorney general garland. he s come under pressure from the right for not doing enough to investigate the president s son, hunter biden. that s being run by the u.s. attorney in delaware, david weiss, and the left has said that merrick garland has not done enough, quite frankly, on the post january 6th prosecution and the mar-a-lago prosecution.
president was not given a heads-up about this decision, instead only learning about it after the fact, when rosenstein had signed the special counsel order, and he told the white house counsel s office. but despite trump s anger over this, this is one of those things that is actually not in his control. as mueller s appointment under a special counsel regulations gives him wide latitude to pursue this investigation into any coordination between the russian government and trump campaign associates, as well as any matters that may arise directly from that investigation. so, essentially, he s been deputized to step in with full prosecutorial authority here as the attorney general would, if he had not recused. and mueller can issue subpoenas, he can convene a grand jury, he can conduct interviews. it s up to him on where to take this investigation. but most importantly, kate, he s really supposed to have more autonomy here to run the investigation than anyone else might have. this special