and when you think about a special counsel, obviously gives political insulation to merrick garland who will make all the decisions regarding this as the information is handed up to him, but also the appointment of a special counsel adds another level of sort of political intrigue about everything because it s not just the doj that s investigating now, it s a special counsel, and we remember through mueller and obviously other special counsels that there seems to be a greater focus of attention on the part of the media when a special counsel is involved. yeah, like the battle of coral sea. torpedos and shells flying every direction. the house is ramping up on investigation and garland is at the epicenter of that. they have a lot of questions,
so merrick garland may be breathing some sort of a sigh of relief, he s now dumping this major, major job on to somebody else, but ultimately as i said, a special counsel still does fall under the department of justice but the attorney general and those close to him, they say, he s doing this to be careful, to show that doj is not politicized and sandra, you mentioned timing. can t help but notice. only a few days after former president trump announced he s going to run again, less than two months until republicans take the house. we saw congressman comer, congressman jordan just yesterday saying that they are going to be looking into the fbi, looking into the department of justice, and potential politics and how those play into the equation. this is all coming together and it s not a coincidence, this timing. john: david, we ll let you get back to business there at the doj. we ll cut you loose for the time being but bring you back.
one party hammering another. this is a special counsel. he is entitled to pursue the evidence wherever it may lead and that is going to complicate things in congress. what we have not seen in january 6th is something that really moved significantly the allegations of a crime linked to president trump. much of the discussion was the speech that i gave that day. some of us criticized the speech while it was being given but i believe the speech is constitutionally protected and i don t believe a special counsel can base a charge on it. the question is whether they can find charges related to interfering with the election and the aftermath of the riot. merrick garland referred to both. he referred to the scope as including efforts to subvert the election. that potentially includes states like georgia which have their
.and make-a-wish. get a new subaru during the share the love event and subaru and our retailers will donate three hundred dollars to charity. sandra: fox news alert as america reports rolls into a second hour here. looking live at the justice department. 2:00 eastern time, we are expecting a news conference about 15 minutes from now at the justice department. we are told to expect merrick garland to appoint a special counsel who would determine whether the former president, donald trump, would be facing federal charges in connection to a series of investigations, including the probe into whether he unlawfully kept classified information at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. that s a life look there about 14 minutes from now.
that. jack smith, quite a well-known prosecutor, handled a lot of high profile political cases, working at the international criminal court at the hague as merrick garland alluded to there, and he ll be coming back from the netherlands soon to assume his responsibilities here. shannon bream, anchor of fox news sunday, so we have your chief legal correspondent hat on with all of this. the point has been made that this investigation will not just be about the documents at mar-a-lago, this is about january 6th. people could face charges as a result of this special prosecution, including the former president, including some republican lawmakers, potentially, and if that were to happen, in a narrow majority in the house, could this investigation potentially change the balance of power in congress? it could have very broad tentacles. somebody obstructing the ability