very different timelines when it comes to the appointment of a special counsel when it comes to the handling of classified documents. merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of some classified documents. his appointment follows the development that a second set of classified documents were found, these in a storage space in the garage of president biden s home in wilmington, delaware. the president s lawyer said it was a small number of documents. watch. on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me on the results of his initial investigation and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. based on mr. laush s initial investigation, i concluded that under the special counsel regulations, it was in the public interest to appoint a special counsel. as i have said before, i strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraord
was corrupt and it relayed them to chaves, et cetera. so it goes right to the heart of it and to other people besides trump who might potentially cooperate. harry litman and glenn kirschner, we re glad to have you on normal crazy nuz days, but especially this one. up next for us, george santos saying the fate of his political career should be up to voters, all of them. but what if those voters are told lie after lie after lie after lie. more about what we re learning today in the scandal that just won t quit scandaling. just won t quit scandaling.
in our tech lead, an age old response to bad press. don t worry about it. just change your name. ceo mark zuckerberg anounlsed today that facebook will now be known as meta. this about face book comes as the giant facing backlash over the release of hundreds of internal documents that subject facebook knew its platforms were being used to spread misinformation and incite violence. zuckerberg says facebook is making the change because of its ambitious to be known for more than just social media. and because of its growing focus on virtual reality technologies. critics have compared the move to other high profile name changes following hideous scandaling like black water
council approved an ordinance commission to oversee the police department following years of scandaling with vitamin confessions. police advocates call it historic. a definitely a step in the right for one city. you know what else would be history ib. police reform at a federal level. marking 15 months since george floyd was murdered by a minneapolis police officer. since then hundreds of millions took to the streets protesting police brutality yet we wait for congress to pass police reform. when george floyd, breonna taylor, ahmed taylor were killed last year. many american recognized as long as it s happening to some it s everyone s problem. jet the george floyd justice in policing bill is sitting in congress. basically on life support. similar to other crucial legislation by voting rights.
we will bring you more information as it comes in to us. the government of puerto rico still reeling. they just released a new death total for that hurricane and it is pretty astounding. one of the biggest scandaling in recent memory is still unfolding and getting nowhere near the attention it deserves. 10 months after hurricane maria devastated the island. the initial death toll was 16, they insisted it would not increase significantly. it was revised to 64. this was a little untethered to reality, then came the independent studies, cnn was one of the first, then harr verd, the new york times, the new england journal of medicine.