Heard around the world. You got david weiss as Special Counsel in the probe of special bidens son, hunter. Upon considering his request, i have concluded that it is in the publics interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. This confirms my commitment to provide mr. Weiss awesome the resources he requests. It reaffirms that mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently. Based only on the facts and the law. Lets break it down. David weiss is the same prosecutor who cooked up the original Sweetheart Deal that hunter kind of blew up, a judge kind of blew it up as we take a closer look. They realized it is ridiculous and it does not involve of his bus business dealings. So, as for the Big Guys Involvement in the new hunters Special Counsel. The doj is declining to comment on whether President Biden is under investigation. For now, well have to take joe as his words that he never talked shop with hu
It evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. Live from 30 rock, we begin this evening with the drama in d. C. As Donald Trumps legal team starts with the Department Of Justice yet again. The judge overseeing the trump 2020 election case, tanya chutkan, has responded to the latest filings around the governments request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkans initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week Trump Lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next Monday Or Tuesday. While the former president is not planning to appear in fridays hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in New Hampshire earlier today. How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an Election Campaign that i am winning by a lot . And forced amy
Latest filings around the governments request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkans initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week Trump Lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next Monday Or Tuesday. While the former president is not planning to appear in fridays hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in New Hampshire earlier today. How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an Election Campaign that i am winning by a lot . And forced amy nevertheless to spend time and money away from the Campaign Trail in order to fight bogus, made up accusations in georgia. Thats what theyre doing. And well be able to go to iowa today, i wont be able to go to New Hampshire today because im sitting in a courtroom on bowl s
Her from office. Basically because he can. State attorney will join me tonight. Also new details on a possible fourth indictment against donald trump in georgia. Which could come in a matter of days. What fani willis could charge him with. Plus, who his codefendants might be. Another big win for democracy. Proposed constitutional change in ohio meant to thwart the will of the public on abortion and other major issues loses by a mile. Clearly we have a lot to get to tonight as you can see. But we begin with an alarming genuinely frightening news. Frightening item of news regarding violent threats against the president of the United States, joe biden. Vice president Kamala Harris and other elected officials. Threats that appear to be tied to Donald Trumps mounting legal peril. Threats came from a utah man named craig d. Robertson, who will not get to plead his case in court because he was shot and killed today by the fbi as they were attempting to execute an Arrest Warrant. But what he d
Of course, thank you for joining us. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Wow, that was a really fascinating interview. Weve all been leaning in to say what bill barr had to say. A lot of wanting to see what he had to say. Thank you for joining us here in washington, d. C. Its a Capitol On High alert tonight . Why . Because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. Should i say again the third time in three months. He will appear in Court Tomorrow as expected, and now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. And we learned on cnn the Secret Service has already done a walk through of the courthouse and Law Enforcement is even monitoring any potential threats. Meantime, everyone, were getting an early look at what his potential Defense Strategy might be including whats called this is not my term but the dilution defense, that he actually believed his own lies. Plus the suggestion hes about to throw his Legal Advise