as a prosecutor. and in realtime, he was saying this plea agreement is in direct contrast to what david weiss said in his news release weeks earlier that this plea agreement did not end the investigation. monica alba, i have to bring you in here. i know you have some reaction as well. let me read something else we just got from our colleague ali vitali who covers the hill. this is attributable to russell dye, spokesperson for house judiciary for jim jordan, so for the republican leadership. david weiss can t be trusted. this is just a new way to whitewash the biden family s corruption. weiss has already signed off on a sweetheart plea that was so awful and unfair a federal judge rejected it. we will continue to pursue facts brought to life by brave whistle-blowers as well as weiss s inconsistent statements to congress. monica. yeah, that just really shows you, andrea, and underscores the high temperature of the political climate and backdrop
republicans, that there s some kind of sweetheart deal for the president s son. they present that without clear evidence, but one thing early sentiments were getting is this just simply can t be trusted. here is one republican, a spokesman for the committee, russell dye, who says david weiss can t be trusted, and this is a new way to whitewash the biden family corruption. weiss signed off a plea deal that was so awful and unfair a federal judge rejected. we will continue david weiss was in negotiations with the house committee to potentially appear before them in september. as my colleague jeremy erb pointed out in recent reporting is that the view is that could
today. he has had no public events, but he will be heading to rthe beac today which will give reporters a chance to ask him questions about this, but no comment from the white house. we are getting comment now from capitol hill from republicans who run the house. lauren fox, what are you hearing? reporter: we re getting initial statements, dana, this one coming from a spokesperson on the house judiciary committee who works for jim jordan. and in the statement, it s clear that this is not quelling any of those concerns that house republicans have had. in the statement he says, david weiss can t be trusted and this is just a new way to whitewash the biden family s corruption. weiss has signed off on a sweetheart plea deal that was so awful and unfair that a federal judge rejected it. we will continue to pursue facts brought to light by brave whistle-blowers as well as weiss s inconsistent statements
congressional correspondent chad pergram and get the latest on how this is being received on capitol hill. republicans called for a special counsel but not david weiss since he can t be nullified plea deal with hunter biden. i have some question about weiss doing it because johnson and i sent all of this material we had from the cafe bank with regard to payments that were made to hunter biden, they never did anything with the 1023 document that i got released. house speaker kevin mccarthy says biden s doj cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigations or whitewash the biden family corruption. a spokesman for judiciary committee chairman jim jordan said david weiss can t be trusted. his committee expects him to testify. before this, he gave jordan a a
biden was doing but what the biden family was doing, the american people deserve answers and i welcome. okay. so that s kind of what you d expect okay, hold on. except for this trump-appointed special counsel, tim scott, who s running for president. this special counsel can t be trusted. house oversight chairman comer, part of the justice department s efforts to attempt a biden family cover-up. jim jordan, david weiss can t be trusted, this is an attempt to white-wash the biden family s corruption. so there s a few things here. the old saying is it s not what you do, it s when you do it. there s also the old saying that it takes a lifetime to build up a reputation, only a day to destroy it. if you look at it from the broad context of saying even going back to february when jim jordan had written to merrick garland asking for a special counsel and got no response, yes, republicans have long been waiting for this day when there would be a broader bearth.