after his bail is revoked. judge agreeing with prosecutors there is enough evidence he tampered with witnesses in his federal case. bankman-fried is accused of master mining one of the biggest financial frauds in us history. i m kevin corke. now back to more hannity. sean: all right, so much news tonight as we continue. questions around joe biden s role in hunter s shady business dealings are growing as he have had of his involvement is piling up tonight in a recent op-ed, jonathan turley spelled it out very, very clearly with the title riding, quote, joe biden absolutely benefited from hunter s shady business dealings. now, meanwhile, speaker mccarthy tweeted a quote, this action by biden s doj cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigations or whitewash the biden family corruption. if weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn t get approved, how can he be trusted as a special counsel? house republicans will continue
couldn t get approved, how can he be trusted as a special counsel. he has been investigating hunter biden since 2019. paula reid explains why a special counsel was needed in this case. good morning. according to the justice department, on tuesday, david wies asked the justice department to change his designation to special counsel for the purposes of the hunter biden investigation. he s been investigating biden for five years. but the justice department has not put forth any official e explanation for why he suddenly wanted to change his status and become a full-blown special counsel. there are some clues in the court documents, in court filings. on friday court filings revealed that the plea agreement that had been reached between the u.s. attorney and hunter biden has
house oversight committee chair james comer has long felt that the move would take away investigative power from the committee as it continues to probe the biden family. here s the congressman last night. i don t think we need any more evidence to show that the department of justice has tried to obstruct the our investigation. i think merrick garland made that argument for us today. reporter: house speaker kevin marc car think state concern mccarthy said, quote, this action cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigation or whitewash the biden family corruption. if weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn t get approved, how can he be trusted as a special counsel? some republicans are not against the appointment of a special counsel which could indicate that a case against the president s son could go to trial. for senator chuck grassley, it s weiss that is cause for concern. i was one of those that sent a letter saying we should have a special counsel. on the othe
biden family. i don t think we need any more evidence to hoe that the the president of justice is trying to obstruct our investigation. i think merrick garland made that argument for us today. reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy stated this action cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigations or hate wash the biden family corruption. weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn t get approved, how could he be trusted as a special come. some republicans are special counsel. senate chuck grassley, for him it s weiss that s the cause for concern. i sent a letter saying we should is are a special counsel. on the other hand, i have some question about weiss doing it. reporter: well, that s because there s been so much back and forth. in may, irs whistleblower gary shapley testified that u.s. attorney weiss sought special counsel status because he felt limited in his powers to fully investigate hunter biden. weiss and attorney general merrick garland disputed the c
been settled, but now it will arguably be harder for him to make that, whoa. what graham had to say on that is become ago special counsel does not absolve him, being david weiss in this matter, of the obligation to answer questions legitimate by the u.s. state members and house members. he thinks they are trying to shut the congressional investigation down. i want to read you a couple of other reactions we re seeing here including from james comer who s the chair of the oversight committee who s been leading the charge on these financial transactions on hunter biden as it relates to his dad and his foreign business dealings as well. he said, quote, this move by attorney general garland is part of the justice department s efforts to attempt a biden family cover-up in light of the house oversight committee s mounting evidence of president joe biden s role in his family s schemes. mccarthy also tweeting saying, quote, if weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn t get approved, how