Republicans led by Donald Trump are renewing their calls for Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel into Hunter Biden following a move to appoint one to investigate the former president.

On Friday, Garland selected Jack Smith, a longtime DOJ veteran and war crimes prosecutor at The Hague, to be special counsel and investigate Trump. The move came after Trump declared a third presidential bid despite facing DOJ investigations related to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, and whether sensitive documents were inappropriately taken by Trump to his Mar-a-Lago Florida resort.
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