Also breaking tonight in new York City, the sweeping fbi raid. Several of the mayors top aides. The deadly School Shooting. What weve just learned tonight about the alleged shooter. And this evening, the rare images of the jfk assassination. First tonight, president Bidens Son Hunter biden and his surprise guilty plea, Pleading Guilty Nine Times in Court Today to federal tax charges. Why the sudden plea, and the statement from Hunter Biden just in tonight. Could he face years in prison . In new York City, those sweeping federal raids targeting top officials across the city. The fbi taking aim at close aides to new York Citys mayor, raiding homes. The police Commissioners Cell Phone taken by The Feds. Tonight here, the new image of the alleged gunman, just 14, charged in the deadly high School Shooting outside atlanta. The fbi confirming tonight they were tipped off about him last year. As were now learning about the two students and two teachers killed, one, a Math Teacher and Football
Was set to get underway. I think Hunter Bidens legal team reached the maybe noncontroversial conclusion that there is no way he was going to win This case. Norah could Hunter Biden face time in prison . And what about a pardon from his father . The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. And we are going to begin tonight with that breaking news, after the president s only surviving Son Today pleaded guilty to nine charges of Tax Evasion and falsifying tax returns. And tonight, we are hearing from Hunter Biden about why the sudden change in his legal strategy, as This move will avoid a lengthy and embarrassing trial for the biden family. What we do know is This, that This development was not part of a plea deal, and it does set up the possibility that the president s son could spend decades behind bars and raises new questions about the chance of a pardon from President Biden. Cbss Scott Macfarlane reports the surprising move came a
How fast the judge wants to move the case, how Mike Pence may be involved going forward. Plus, a huge shock inside a different courtroom. Hunter bidens Tax Trial stopped in its tracks today. The president s Son Set to change his plea. What the reversal might mean for the case when it picks up in about an hour. And on their radar. The fbi reveals the 14yearold suspected Georgia School shooter was questioned before online threats just last year. So how did this still happen . A lot to get to. But we begin here with just 61 days until the election. Judge Tanya Chutkan, overseeing Donald Trumps election interference case, making it clear that, quote, this court is not concerned with the electoral schedule. Jack Smiths Case was up ended by the landmark supreme Court Ruling on immunity, and there are lots of questions still to be answered. When will this trial over actions involving the January 6th insurrection actually start . No Trial Date was set today. What role will Mike Pence play . Hi
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Legal basis for directing National Security agencies to take such an extreme action. As we reported on this broadcast yesterday the New York Times lays out the multipronged effort by trump and his allies to get just one federal agency to bite and join the crusade to overturn the result by seizing machines. Trump reportedly tried to get doj to seize the machines and then rejected by ag bill barr so then a plan for the Defense Department to do it. Only to get pushback from white House Counsel and Lo And Behold his own lawyer Rudy Giuliani. So then giuliani was asked if he could look into whether dhs could seize the machines. Giuliani said, sure. He tried but then he too was rebuffed by secretary Ken Cuccinelli and now another attempt by trump to get an official to agree to the plan. The New York Times Reporting This, quote, Cuccinelli Who told giuliani that the Homeland Security department didnt have the authority to impound the machines later encountered trump at a meeting on a differen