which obviously can be a felony. it can be rolled into a larger racketeering case. so, obviously, not a small allegation being made by the grand jurors here. tamar, you are on the ground in atlanta. what is the mood like there? you have a fulton county district attorney possibly out to take down a former president of the united states, or if not the former president, certainly people who may be in his own circle. that s a pretty big deal. how much pressure is she under? a ton. this is a first term district attorney, and a veteran prosecutor who s worked in the prosecutors office for a 17 year term before she was elected in 2020. she s on the ballot next year for reelection. and obviously, she is looking at the former president of the united states, who will also be on primary ballots this time next year. no former president has ever been charged with a crime. so, obviously, the stakes here are immensely high. and i think, if she s were to
organizations, people in his orbit who were telling him here are the facts, and the facts are, sir, you did not win this election. and anandrew, as a veteran prosecutor, you work up the food chain. so the fact that pence has now been subpoenaed by jack smith, does that indicate to you anything about how far along the january 6 aspects of the special counsel probe may be? you know, it does tell you that we re certainly not at the beginning. because that is not who you would subpoena at the very outset. you d want to have all the underlings first interviewed and/or put in the grand jury. but i m not in the camp that thinks that this is a sign that they are imminently going to be charging. i do think that they are anticipaing some litigation, they want to get his story under oath, they may need to corroborate it or dispute it, but it certainly is a sign of a
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surprised at the discovery. still, he faces serious questions ahead, as the country now witnesses two investigations at once. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off tonight. reporter: tonight, president biden finding himself the subject of a full-scale criminal investigation by his own justice department into his handling of classified documents once he left the obama administration. i m here today to announce the appointment of robert hur as a special counsel. it was in the public interest to appoint a special counsel. reporter: hur is a veteran prosecutor, most recently the u.s. attorney for the state of maryland, appointed by former president trump. this appointment underscores for the public the department s commitment to both independence and accountability. reporter: the attorney general spelling out the timeline of the case. on november 2nd, biden s attorneys discovered classified documents at biden s former office at a washington think-tank. they
i will speak to a leading climate scientist about what can be done. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where attorney general merrick garland tapped a veteran prosecutor, trump appointed u.s. attorney robert herr, to probe the mishandling the classified documents by president biden and his office. nbc is reporting that one of the handful of documents found at his former office in washington was top secret. the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. this appointment underscores for the public the department s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. joining me now, julia