now with elycia menendez in for alex. reporter: the bread and butter of conservative media for years now has been hyping up the investigation into president biden s adult son, hunter biden. it s never been seen to end. they used it to create asymmetry that didn t really exist between trump s alleged crimes and what they speculated was the crime ridden biden family, and so long as this case was open and the investigation was behind closed doors, they could really make it whatever they wanted it to be. and even though that was the case, even though republicans have been dining out on this hunter investigation for years, they also have been up in arms about how it hadn t finished yet. they were aghast that trump was indicted before hunter. they wanted hunter s case resolved immediately. well, today we have some closure in that case. today we got the news hunter biden is expected today enter a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors in that investigation. he s also expected to strik
because together, we rise. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. the bread and butter of conservatives in the conservative media for years now has been hyping up an investigation into president biden s adult son hunter biden. but it never seem to end. the investigation, which was open in 2018, under trump s justice department, has been used as a black box of sorts by republicans. they use it to create a symmetry that didn t really exist between trump s alleged crimes, and what they speculated was the crime ridden biden family. and so long as this case was open, and the investigation was behind closed doors, they could really make it whatever they wanted it to be. and even though that was the case even though the republicans have been dining out on the hunter investigation for years, they also have been up in arms about how it h
thank you for joining us. alex is off tonight. the biden butter of conservative media for years now husband hyping up an investigation into president biden s old son hunter biden. and never seemed to end. the investigation, which was open in 2018, under trump s justice department, has then a black box of sorts by republicans. they use it to create a symmetry that didn t really exist between trump s alleged crimes, when they speculated was the crime ridden biden family. so long as this case was open, and the investigation was behind closed doors, they could really make it whatever they wanted it to be. even though that was the case even the republicans have been dining out on the hunter investigation for years, they also have been up in arms about how it hadn t finished yet. they were aghast that trump was indicted before hunter. they wanted hunters case resolved immediately. today we have closure in that case. today, we have the news that hunter biden is expected to enter a
acknowledging he took those documents and claiming he had every right to take them. under the presidential records act, which is civil, not criminal, i had every right to have these documents. in other words, whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the right to do so. it s an absolute right. this is the law. independent legal experts say that s not true. it could hurt him at a trial. is he betting on an election victory for republicans and getting the case dropped? i will speak to former top cia attorney jeff smith about the legal strategy. are more republican politicians, including some rivals, now willing to criticize donald trump s handling of national secrets? the handling of classified materials is a very serious matter. i had a chance to review the indictment over the weekend. this indictment contains serious charges. i can t defend what is alleged. the former president has a right to his day in court. i know he pled not guilty. i will
possible to former president trump in the mar-a-lago documents case. now, the times reports that this is likely an effort to avoid having the case delayed by distracting fights. the end result though, is that trump is getting the kid glove treatment. quote, the judge assigned to handle trump s arraignment did something of a double take during the proceeding on tuesday, when the justice department offered the former president a bond deal that was not merely lenient, but impose no restrictions on him at all. jack smith opted not to request conditions routinely imposed on other defendants seeking to be released from custody, like cash bail, limits on domestic travel, returning his passport. he was so lenient and differential to trump that the magistrate judge actually pushed back against it, and imposed some restrictions on trump against smith s wishes. that is just in the courtroom. the actual charges against trump are actually differential. smith seems to have