Top Democrats are expressing support for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified materials found at President Joe Biden’s home and former office.
“Yes, I do,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Jan. 13 when asked if he supported the appointment of special counsel Robert Hur, made a day earlier by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Schumer noted that he also supports special counsel Jack Smith. Hur is probing the records recently found while Smith is investigating records held by former President Donald Trump.
“We now have special prosecutors for both of these situations—very serious people. We should let it play out. We don’t have to push them in any direction, or influence them. Let the special prosecutors do their job,” Schumer said. He was speaking on CNN….