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Merrick Garland appoints special counsel to oversee Hunter Biden investigation

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation on Friday. U.S. Attorney David Weiss requested the upgrade to special counsel after years of investigating the president's son and seeing a plea deal he helped negotiate fall through last month. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge has more.
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