It took Merrick Garland a long time to appoint a special counsel to investigate the former president. It seems to have not taken much time at all to appoint one for Joe Biden. People in these top Justice Department roles are often concerned about the perception of bias, and he wants to make sure there is no perceived bias. That's why it was probably a pretty clear cut decision for him.
What do a Delaware garage and a Florida palace have in common? We dig into Joe Biden’s classified document mess.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices