After Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal fell apart the same prosecutor was now assigned as special counsel.
Justice Department appoints special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden.
MERRICK GARLAND: Today’s announcement affords the prosecutors, agents, and analysts working on this matter the ability to proceed with their work expeditiously and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.
SIMON: This news comes as a plea deal between prosecutors and Hunter Biden appears to have fizzled out. NPR’s justice correspondent Carrie Johnson has been following the story and joins us. Carrie, thanks so much for being with us……
