>> i will refer you to the department of justice. what i can tell you is lawyers reached out to the department of justice which is what you are supposed to do, the right thing to do. i will not get into specifics of who they reached out to first, i refer you to the white house counsel to get more specifics, it's an ongoing process and i again refer you to the white house counsel, department of justice for that. >> clarifications on this, the documents in the garage and merrick garland said the d.o.j. was informed of one additional document, is it the same document? >> let me say during the review, so folks know, the lawyers discovered personal and political obama biden additional records with classified markings, all but one were found in storage in the president's wilmington resident garage. one document consisting of one page is covid amongst materials in an adjacent room and no documents found in the house. i want to underscore that this is something again, the president takes very seriously and underscores how we executed the sear

>> i will refer you to the department of justice. what i can tell you is lawyers reached out to the department of justice which is what you are supposed to do, the right thing to do. i will not get into specifics of who they reached out to first, i refer you to the white house counsel to get more specifics, it's an ongoing process and i again refer you to the white house counsel, department of justice for that. >> clarifications on this, the documents in the garage and merrick garland said the d.o.j. was informed of one additional document, is it the same document? >> let me say during the review, so folks know, the lawyers discovered personal and political obama biden additional records with classified markings, all but one were found in storage in the president's wilmington resident garage. one document consisting of one page is covid amongst materials in an adjacent room and no documents found in the house. i want to underscore that this is something again, the president takes very seriously and underscores how we executed the sear

so is it the type of case that the department of justice can re-instill some confidence? it is! it is that type of case but it will take extraordinary effort by the department of justice to do so. >> martha: as you point out the question is why these documents were treated differently than all the rest, and you talk about the investigations that are upcoming whether it be hunter biden or business dealings with china. we know china gave $5 million to this penn biden center, so these are all questions that need to be answered by the people involved here. gentlemen, thank you very much, stay with us we are going to take a quick break here, we will take you back to the white house briefing pair once questions get underway again as attorney general merrick garland appoint special counsel to investigate the potential crime of mishandling classified documents that were found at president biden's residence and at his former office, breaking coverage continues right after this. tter future. so we're hard at work, helping them achieve financial freedom. we're investing for our clients in t

is the department of justice operating independently? this department of justice is. so i think these are big differences that the public really needs to take into consideration. >> congresswoman pramila jayapal, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, alisyn. >>> abby phillip, let me come to you with what we heard. we'll hear from democrats discussing nuance, and distinctions. republicans trying to say, oh, it's pretty much the same here. look at what -- we heard it from speaker mccarthy saying, he had documents unlocked everywhere. when we look back at the trump documents, it's much the same. >> yeah. i mean, as a republican told me this week, they're not going to be playing in the nuance of this at all. i think they see that as just the political reality of it, but i mean, i do think we have a responsibility to the facts here which is just to point out that there are really significant differences in the handling of these two cases by former president trump and by now-president biden, and those significant differences matter when it comes to the legalities o

anything related to the review i would refer you to the department of justice. >> regarding the extraordinary measures the treasury secretary announced minutes ago, is there a policy that requires her to give advance notice of those plans? >> you would have to reach out to the department of treasury on how that works. when i can say, just so everyone knows, the debt limit is projected to be reached thursday, january 19. the treasury will begin to take extraordinary measures to prevent default. secretary yellen did not name a specific x date. the day treasury would no longer be able to pay the government's obligations, but quoted from the secretary's letter, "it is unlikely cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted before early june." but that does not mean congress should not wait until then to raise the debt ceiling, as we have been saying. the sooner congress acts, the better. even the prospect of not raising the debt ceiling will have damage. the full faith and the credit of our nation, and again, we encourage congress to act. as far as the steps and how this works, i refer you to

i would refer you to the department of justice. or particulars, even on timeline, any other questions that you have. >> right here. >> i'm going to go back. go ahead. >> just a follow-up to a couple of questions. but is the president -- you said that the search has been completed, but is the president confident that there are no additional documents with classified markings that remain in any other additional locations? >> look, i can just refer you to what his team said. the search is complete. he has confident in this process and i will leave it there. and they've been cooperating very closely with the department of justice. >> and we've got a statement that the white house did not get advanced notice that garland was pointing -- >> that is correct. when did the president learn, how did he learn, was it from the press conference, did he get a heads up before that? >> we learned from the press conference. we were not giving a heads up and we learned from the press conference. >> he was in a funeral at the time. when did someone tel

over again when it comes to a legal issue or matter like this, we have always referred to the department of justice. so there's nothing here, different here. we have said we wanted to restore the independence of the department of justice, that is what you are seeing. and this has been done in a transparent way when it realities to how this was dealt with with the department of justice, and the archives. the president takes this very, very seriously. any other questions that you may have about this particular issue, about the review, i would refer you to the department of justice. you guys have been in touch with my colleagues at the white house counsel office and i would suggest that you continue to reach out. go ahead, steven. >> that point about the disclosures when appropriate. you describe a process but it sort of feels like a strategy. communication strategy to protect the president from political damage. was it the hope and expectation here that this would have remained a private matter and not have been subject to public disclosure? >> steven, that's your version of the case. i've been very

we have said we wanted to restore the independence of the department of justice. that is what you're seeing and, again, we -- this has been done in a transparent way when it relates to how this was dealt with with the department of justice and or rives. the president sakes this seriously. any other questions you may have about this particular issue, about the review, i would refer you to the department of justice. you guys have been in touch with my colleagues at the white house counsel office and suggest you continue to reach out. >> i want to press you about the idea of disclose ires when it's proper. it seems like ray communication strategy to protect the president from capitol hill damage. was it the hope it would have remained a public matter. >> that's your version of the case. i've been clear here and i've answered that question multiple times in different versions, right, in the last couple of days. look, want to be here, we will respect the progress all part of the department of justice process. and we are cooperating fully. we are cooperating fully this t

i leave it to what the department of justice is laying out. we are saying that we reached out to the archives reached out to department of justice. that is, what is the right thing to do in this case and not and, and, and so i can finish here. what has been transparent in this as well is that the white health council has let, has laid out in detail on monday to all of you and everything. korean, and you know, 1st of all, i can't talk about this, right? because it is the department of justice is reviewing it. there is a review happening. and right, you know this, we just heard from the attorney general. there is a review. i am limited in what i can say to them, but richard sour has come here. i thought, i think you should reach out to the white house council reaching constantly. okay. okay. i am saying that we have put out lengthy statements and you can reach out to them as you all have been doing and i will leave it there. why not have them come and answer the question they have been they have been talking to you all pretty regularly. the last

being consistent with what we have done the last two to -- two years when it comes to the department of justice investigation, we are just not going to interfere. >> on that note, you have repeatedly emphasized to me as you did today for independence, for integrity of the department of justice investigation. one reason you continue to point us to the doj. so i wonder why then does the white house counsel go to facilitate the handing over of documents to the doj? how is that separating the white house from the doj? ms. jean-pierre: i preach at the questions, i know there will continue to be dozens of more questions today and i will say reach out to the white house counsel's office. that is one of the reasons my colleague was on the phone with many of you about taking questions today and i'm going to leave it there. that is something for them to answer. >> it is related to something you keep telling us, which is how much it is important to this white house to separate the white house from the doj investigation. but the white house counsel was the one to go and facilitate documents, to look for th

department of justice, and the fbi which is a piece of the department of justice. t to make a recommendation to you, each american, each of you file a freedom of information act request with the department of justice and fbi for any information the government might be keeping on you. with all of these stories of big tech and fbi, working together. and the massive databases now and montherring that is taking place -- monitoring, you may not believe it many of you most of you are patriots. but you may have a file. ask for it. they will try do is charge you a fortune. i'm having repu -- asking republicans in house to start the process of exempting any fees or costs. that will keep them busy a while, and teach them a lesson, don't just gather information on law abiding citizens, you should find out what they have on you. what else should republican in congress do? whether they be in minority in senate or majority in the house, i'm serious about this, as someone that worked at that department. they should slash the department of justice a budget by 20%. it has gotten too

again, when it comes to a legal issue or matter like this, we have always referred to the department of justicehere's nothing here -- different here. we have said we wanted to restore the independence of the department of justice. that is what you're seeing. and again, we -- this has been done in a transparent way. when it relates to how this was dealt with, with the department of justice and the archives, the president takes this very, very seriously. any other questions that you may have about this particular issue, about the review, i would refer you to the department of justice. you guys have been in touch with my colleagues at the white house counsel's office, and i would suggest that you continue to reach out. go ahead, steven. >> thanks. i just want to press you on that point about the idea of disclosures when it's appropriate. you describe a process, but it sort of feels like a strategy -- a communication strategy to protect the president from political damage. was it the hope and expectation here that this would have remained a private matter and not have been subject to public disclos

why we are being consistent with what we have done the last two years when it comes to doj, department of justice investigation, we are just not going to interfere. >> on that note -- on that note, you've repeatedly emphasized the need as you did today for independence, for integrity, of the department of justice investigation. one reason why you continue to point us to the doj. i wonder why did the white house counsel go to wilmington to facilitate the handing over of documents to the doj? >> that is -- >> how is that separate? how is that separating the white house from the doj. >> i appreciate the questions, i know dozens of more questions probably today and i will say reach out to the white house counsel's office, that's one of the reasons my colleague was on the phone with many of you taking questions today, and i'm just going to leave it there. that is something for them to answer. >> but -- it's related to something that you keep telling us, which is how much it is important to this white house to separate the white house from the doj's investigation. but the white house counsel was the on

as well as department of justice, relationship that january 6. occurs, a limited leak, planted leak with cbs news so this administration could try to get out in front of what they knew was going to be a potential scandal, now that the republicans control the house and mr. comer in charge of the committee. my last question to him, narrowed in, the national archives and the treatments that presidents receive. there is something else interesting to remember, you might recall when donald trump said, when he was under attack by these people that obama took all these documents and nothing happened to him. do you remember the national archives decided on its own to respond to donald trump, days after the fbi search of his mar-a-lago home for classified documents, at least some of which reportedly relate to nuclear weapons, that was a lie. former president trump, attempted to shift attention to former president barack obama, his true social post insinuated high is d being targeted. national archives saw fit to respond directly saying: >> what's the probl

department of justice and the fbi. which is a piece of the department of justice. t to make a recommendation to you, each and every american.ea each of yochu file a freedom of information act request with the department of justice and fbi for any information the governmentping might be kee keeping you on, with stories of big techgeth and 55 wofbi working together and massiveit databases, you may not m believe it, most of you are. patriots, but you may have a file, ask for it, they will try to charge you.fort i'm asking republicans in house to start the process, p ofro exempting any fees and costs of any citizen who seeks through the freedom of information act any information that the federal government might be keeping on them.s. that will keep them busy a while, it will teach them a lesson, don't just gather information of law abiding citizens, you some find out what they -- you should findat e out what they have on you,do what else should republicansethe in congress do? i'm quite serious about this as someone that worked for that department. they should slash thef

. >> i will refer to you the department of justice he would refer to you the department of justice jess jet the binder only referred us to the department of justice 20 other times. we took the binder's suggestion and emailed the department of justice for some answers. we asked how did those documents wind up in joe's garage? did anyone besides joe have access to the docs besides hunter and his chinese secretary? surprise, they actually answered us. told us, quote: the department declines to comment. but don't worry, some in washington do have the answer. >> i'm suspicious of the timing of it i'm also aware of the fact that things can be planted on people place and things can be planted. things can be planted in places and then discovered conveniently. >> jesse: obviously trump no planted the boxes before he was sworn. in they want to us believe this whole thing was just an accident. president biden had classified documents in his wilmington garage is just breaking. do you think that's irresponsible and reckless of him biden people are bringing forth the documents. they're not obstructin

there is no doubt that this has been poorly managed within the department of justice. that of a result, the congress and the department have been unable to take steps that could have saved lives. but as i said, i am here to work with you to fix this as soon as possible because it must be fixed. it must be fixed. i will just close with this. and this brings us back to be experiences of the americans we heard from in the first panel. jonathan, matthew, two americans who were sitting in jail pretrial detainees convicted of no crime died in the custody of their own government who died preventively in the custody of their own government. and there are thousands more. and tens of hundreds of thousands of family members who have experienced what our two witnesses today experienced. there is an ongoing humanitarian crisis. in americas prisons and jails. people are dying every week in americas prisons and jails. many of them, prevent blame. i hope that you leave this hearing, fully committed to tasking your entire team with the urgency, warranted by a crisis that is taking lives

you'd have to go to the department of justice. ng at the department of justice. the president has been very, very clear when it comes to these types of legal matters, when it comes to investigations, he's not going to interfere. he wants to make sure that we give back the independence that the department of justice should have when it comes to these types of investigations. certainly we would be bringing them here. so i'd refer you to the department of justice. >> [question inaudible] >> i was very clear. if you have any questions, refer to the white house counsel's office. they did a call for 45 minutes yesterday speaking to many of you. more than 200 people on that call. i refer you to my colleagues at the white house counsel's office. >> but on questions that you should be able to answer here that shouldn't have to go to any other agency or entity, can you tell us if there's any sort of assessment that has been planned or launched to determine if national security has been jeopardized at all? >> again, that's for -- >> why is it

i would refer you to the department of justice. >> okay. and then, you know, just finally, the president has said his lawyers have asked him not to ask what was in these classified documents. i don't understand the purpose of that. he's the president of the united states. >> we're doing this by the book. we're trying to do this in the appropriate way. and so that's what i would say to you. we have -- we have -- his team has been complying, right? cooperating with the department of justice. i will leave it there. i'm not going to go beyond that. >> what in the book says you can't look at this? what compels him in this direction? you've said that repeatedly. as he tries to do this by the book, the right thing, what are his lawyers looking at that says don't look at the classified information? >> again, there's a process here. the process is that when the lawyers found out the documents existed they reached out to the archive and also the department of justice. that's the process. they've been cooperating closely, working closely, with the depa

therefore, it's our obligation to ask what tools the department of justice is using to protect the constitutional rights of the incarcerated, to hold d.o.j. accountable when it fails to use those tools, and to furnish better, more powerful tools, with which the department can defend civil rights and civil liberties. there are some bright spots. for bright spots. for example, i was encouraged when assistant attorney general kristin clark announced a d.o.j. investigation of conditions in georgia's horrific state prisons almost one year ago today. but it has become clear in the course of this investigation that the department is failing in its responsibility to implement the death in custody reporting act, that is, the department is failing to determine who is dying behind bars, where they are dying, and why they are dying. and therefore, failing to determine whether weather and which interventions are most urgently needed to save lives. in 2000 and then again in 2014 congress passed the death in custody reporting act, also known as dicra, tasking d.o.j. with the collection and analysis of custodial

review thoroughly, so he's giving them the access to the information that they need. >> was the department of justiceresentations about the return of all documents? >> i am not going to speak to the justice department. i am sure you can understand why you want to be very careful about addressing the ongoing investigation. i can say that the search was conducted cooperatively. i was offered by the president 's personal lawyer's, for the doj to have access to the house. they had access to the house, as i think you saw the statement, for about 13 hours, going through materials in every part of the home to ensure that they were able to do the kind of thorough search to retrieve any additional materials, so that's been a part of this process for the president's legal team, white house counsel's office, working cooperatively with the doj. at the president's direction, because like i said, he really cares about the strength of the justice department, independent justice department. we all don't want to be seen as -- fully cooperatives, being -- let me to go through and identify real materials that they need

what i can say is his team is going to fully cooperate with the department of justice. president said during the campaign that when it comes to the department of justice independence, he respects that. and that is something that he had said was incredibly important to make sure that they had their independence. that's why we say we're going to make sure that they have their independence and that's why i'm saying we're going to refer to the department of justice. >> let me just ask you big picture question here. does the white house broadly speaking have an obligation to share not just with the national archives, but with the american people when the existence of classified information is found in a private location? >> there's a process in this. >> is it the policy of the white house that they should share that information not just with the national archives, but with the more than people? >> i'll say this. we have been transparent in the last couple days. there's an ongoing process. we have spoken when it is appropriate. and we have shared -- i have been here every day

the key for the department of justice is his intense. there is the work that he did. aused disruptions. the question, did he outcrop lee? was very specific intent when he issued those words? when he took all of those actions in advance? did he try to disrupt the transition of power in the joint session? we think yes, that is based on the evidence that we found. >> jacqui, he also said that mark meadows reversed course on being interviewed. he gave about 1000 pages of documents and text messages to the committee. how can the doj get meadows to cooperate now? >> these are two extremely important questions. this is why a lot of people involved with the investigation at department of justice, people who are well acquainted with it, they do feel like, in terms of the parallel investigations that are taking place, her view right now is that there are declassified documents. that is an easier case to make. it is gonna be hard. the january six committee try their very best to take as much evidence as possible. the justice department certainly has more tools at their disposal t

looks out for you to the department of justice here. again, i would refer you to the department of justice on this particular issue is being reviewed currently pay. >> the office of the national intelligence. [inaudible] >> what comes to the review we are currently speaking of right now these classified documents, i would refer you to the department of justice. >> a bargain is classified documents did say he was unaware of records being brought to that specific office. aside from those has he asked his lawyer, has he looked into whether any other documents have been taken to any other office that he has? whether in wilmington, hasn't been any kind of audit that has been done of where there may be others? >> i'm just not going to speak to this. i'm going to let the process continue. it's an ongoing process. i'm just not going to speak to this from here. it is more prudent and more appropriate for my colleagues at the white house counsel. >> you are saying the reduction act, i just want to ask governor camp in georgia is also touting the d

today the department of justice has dealt a significant blow to the crypto crime ecosystem. the justice department agents and prosecutors are working in partnership with the treasury department and french law enforcement have disrupted this letter. a china-based cryptocurrency exchange that is notorious for laundering criminal proceeds that funds the darknet. last night, agents of the fbi arrested anatoly. i'm joined by the assistant attorney general kevin breen. decent district of new york briand p spirit deputy director brian turner. deputy secretary of the treasury balding -- walled. today's actions put all of those who seek to exploit the cryptocurrency ecosystem on notice. the department of justice will use every tool working along with our partners, every tool that have to attack the criminal youth of the darknet and cryptocurrencies. we are taking steps to address the crisis of confidence in the cryptocurrency market. last night in miami, fbi agents arrested a russian national and the founder and geordie owner of a hong kong registered cryptocurrency exchange. the char

because, like i said, the president really cares about the strength of the justice department. independents of the justice department. we don't want to be seen as trying to influence their decision they are making whatsoever. >> we are being fully cooperative, giving them access to the information they, need and letting them go through and identifying the additional materials they need to take. >> ian, help me understand the timing of this, why the search now and not upon finding the first documents in november? >> sure, like i said, and i think you saw in the statement, both tonight from the president's personal attorney, as well as the statements that were released previously, both from the white house, from the president's personal attorney. they have been coordinating this process with the doj from the very beginning, and this is part of this total cooperation that the president has committed to. so the justice department works with the presidents lawyers to identify the scope and the protocols of these sort of searches that they conducted, the presidents personal team last

should not be fast tracking nominees whether they are in the intelligence community of the department of justice or the department of agriculture, until we have access to these documents. >> nineteen. >> i don't think that i would be the only one i think it will be plenty people i suspected of the rescue question, although they may not want to do it publicly, they will be privately pressuring on the stonewalling. >> i see you are frustrated with how this is going. [laughter] i am frustrated with the ministration stonewalling, and a nothing only one is not just republicans, is bipartisan and has been for some time the administration won't simply provide the documents that congress has a right and the oversight responsibility to review and inform our independent judgment about the risk impose national security. [inaudible]. >> i am not going to characterize what happened in the classified meeting. >> void about your feelings because you seem frustrated. >> i have strong well considered judgment. >> tran 19. >> what about the documents. >> how can we prevent this from happening as we met is much bi

they do not have prosecutorial power, which the department of justice has, but they will be able to look at this information from an independent view than what we see of the special counsel investigation. >> and ken dilanian is with us. he just made his way from inside that briefing. the attorney general didn't take any questions. what do we still need to find out about what's happening here? >> chris, i thought they might lay out some of the reasons, the particulars of what they uncovered in review that led them to decide they had to appoint a special counsel. they didn't do that other than revealing that one additional piece of document had found in wilmington. the fundamental questions remain unanswered, which is what have they learned a about how the documents came to be in the wrong place, who packed them. the one thing we know from this decision is they haven't been able to exonerate the people involved and say this was an innocent mistake. there's no criminal issue here. if they had been able to do that, they would not be appointing this special counsel. this is a pretty significa

the deputy, the white house has been saying that the news of this clack -- of these classified documents, has the justice department and any time since november has -- since november told the justice department that they cannot discuss the facts of these case. >> i will not comment on the announcement of the special counsel or what he said more broadly that we do not talk about our investigations in a public forum. and for your first question i will turn it over to the u.s. attorney. >> short. to be clear, -- sure, to be clear, this is a serious crime that we are taking seriously. the outcome of the case, is premature to anticipate that and it's important to note that the investigation is ongoing. there could be the assistant attorney general said, additional charges down the line. >> on the subject matter, -- i think that will do it for us today. >> the republicans have said you have been unfair to the former president -- >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more including cox. homework can be hard, but squatting and an internet diner can be harder. that'

henneberg serves as attorney general for operations and management in the office of justice programs for the u.s. department of justice. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] and dr. gretta goodwin serves as director of homeland security and justice for the u.s. government accountability office. it is the custom of the subcommittee to swear in all witnesses. at this point, i would ask you to stand and raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony that you are about to give this truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record show that the witnesses affirmed. we would ask that you try to limit your oral testimony to five minutes. ms. henneberg, we'll hear from you first. thank you. you may proceed. ms. henneberg: thank you. i'm grateful for the opportunity speak with you today to implement the death and custody reporting act and the ways we work with our state, local and tribal partners to improve the conditions of incarceration. we believe that gathering data about deaths in custody is a noble and necessary step towards a transparent and legitimate jus

a special counsel is a tool that the department of justice has. partment of justice, like the one we have now, it can be a weapon. it can be used offensively to go after political opponents such as the way the department of justice is going after their primary political opponent, former president trump it. can also be used defensively to protect like jeff points out. can you say oh we can't answer any questions because there is a special counsel. and whether you have one side of things that's, again, leaking like a sieve and the other one that just protects and hides the ball. it's yet another example of how our department of justice has been politicized to go after political opponents and protect political allies why so many don't trust this department. >> important to note that the special counsel appointed in this case to investigate president biden was a trump appointee. >> also important to note that he was one of the people named by the inspector general as having been involved in the christopher steele discussions which were part of the russ

what i can say is his team is going to fully cooperate with the department of justice. let's not forget, the president said during the campaign that when it comes to the department of justice, independence, he respects that. and that is something that he had said was incredibly important to make sure that they had their independence. that's why we say we're going to make sure that they have their independence and that's why i'm saying that we're going to refer to department of justice. and let me just ask you big picture question here. does the white house, broadly speaking, have an obligation to share, not just with the national or with the american people when they classified information in the private location. again, there is a process in this, we're just not we will, but it is a policy. it's a white house that they should share that information, not just with with the american. so i will say this kristin, we have been transparent in the last couple of days in member there's an ongoing process and we have spoken when it is appropriate and we have shared get, i've bee

he is in charge of the federal agencies, he is in charge of merrick garland, department of jus justicethe key is that we need to know what documents he had in his possession, when did he take out of the scif room while senator. we need to know whose dna are on those documents. i am tired of that white house stress secretary, lying to american people, she insults our intelligence every day, when she gets up there and pretends she is representing the white house, and telling the truth, she has been so dishonest to american people, we see it and it is sickening, but democrats feel comfortable lying to american people. mark: we'll be right back. meet three sisters. the drummer, the dribbler, and the day-dreamer... the dribbler's getting hands-on practice with her chase first banking debit card... the drummer's making savings simple with a tap... ...round of applause. and this dreamer, well, she's still learning how to budget, so mom keeps her alerts on full volume. hey! what? it's true! and that's all thanks to chase first banking. freedom for kids. control for parents. one bank with tools

president, donald trump, his legal team had told the justice department we're going to lock away this room at mar-a-lago and make sure nobody, nothing moves out of there. according to the fbi, according to the justice department in these court filings that we have now seen publicly, they said they had witnesses or they had evidence that developed that indicated those boxes were being moved out of that room, that they were supposed to secure. that's the reason, one of the major reasons, why they took that extraordinary step. >> sorry. we were also just with one ear listening to the white house press secretary who is still being asked about documents, so it's, obviously, a frothy situation today. >> frothy. >> with lots of -- >> frothy is a good word. >> yes. i appreciate your point about that, that boxes were moved, but also, i think it's also true, they just weren't getting back some of the documents that they were -- >> hundreds, right, hundreds of documents. at this point in the biden case we're still talking approximately 20 documents or so. >> thank you. >>> joining us bradley moss, partner and national security attorney at the law office of

thank you, jason. >> the department of justice and 8 states are suing google. the group is accusing the tech giant of abusing its power in the digital advertising market. our washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has the story. >> the department of justice wants to break up. google's advertising are for 15 years. google has pursued a course of anti-competitive conduct tuesday attorney general merrick garland announced the justice department along with 8 states is suing google for antitrust violations. the lawsuit alleges google uses its power in the digital ad space to harm competitors as a result of this scheme. web site creators earn less. and advertisers pay more. this is the second antitrust lawsuit filed against google by the department of justice. the first happened under the trump administration and target the web giant's online search engine. carl's abo what netchoice, which represents companies like google and meta say the lawsuit has no merit. and in fact, the only way the department of justice could possibly win this case. >> is to completely

you'd have to go to the department of justice. this is a legal matter currentsly happening at the department of justice. the president has been very clear when it comes to these legal matters and investigations, he's not going to interfere. he wants to make sure that we give back the independence that the department of justice should have when it comes to these types of investigation. certainly we would not be bringing them here. so i would refer you to the department of justice. >> [question inaudible] >> i was very clear. if you have any questions, i refer you to the white house counsel's office. they did a call 45 minutes yesterday speaking to many of you. i believe more than 200 people in that call. so i would refer you to my colleagues at the white house counsel's office. >> but on questions that you should be able to answer here that should go to any other agency or entity, can you tell us if there's any sort of assessments that been planned or launched to determine if national security has been jeopardized at all? >> again,