federal prosecutors have filed three felony charges, six misdemeanor counts against the president s 53-year-old sun hunter biden. all of this related to the alleged scheme to evade taxes on a massive amount of income. these years between 2016 and 2019. quote, rather than pay his taxes, the defendant spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle. remember hunter was previously indicted on federal gun charges in delaware. the doj s original plan, let s take you back in time, was to not charge hunter at all, with nothing. they wanted to sweep all of hunter s misdeeds if you will under the rug. the biden and family misdeeds under the rug. for a while it was all going according to plan. remember federal prosecutor david weiss had been investigating this for years. he dragged on what appeared to be a fake investigation allowing the statute of limitations, this is important tonight as we go through all of this, to actually run out on several serious tax crimes alleged that c
federal prosecutors, they have now filed three felony charges ,six misdemeanor counts against the president s 53-year-old son, hunter biden. all of this related to the alleged scheme to evade taxes on a massive of income these years between 2016 and 2019. quote, rather than pay his taxes, the defendants spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle. well, remember, hunter was previously indicted on federal gun charges in delaware. now, of course, the doj s original plan. let s take you back in time was to not charge hunter at all with nothing. they wanted to sweep all of all of hunter s misdeeds, if you will, under the rug, the biden family, misdeeds under the rug. and for a while, it was all going according to plan. remember, federal prosecutor david weiss? he d been investigating this for years. he dragged on what appeared to be a fake investigation, allowing the statute of limitations. this is very important tonight as we go through all of this, to actually r
and no mention of a shotgun. sandra: two house committees issuing new subpoenas linked to the hunter biden investigation, focuses on allegations of special treatment and political interference. lawmakers want to hear from the irs and fbi employees who they say were at an october meeting where then u.s. attorney david weiss claimed he was prevented from bringing charges against the president s son. mark meredith is live in washington on that for us. how are lawmakers trying to hold the justice department accountable, mark? in the last few minutes, three powerful republicans sent a letter to the inspector general to know what s being done from the claims from the irs whistleblowers working on the hunter biden case. chairmen want assurances that recent whistleblower testimony was not ignored and is being properly investigated. the chairmen writing based on the statement and the doj
and file members, close allies of former president trump. the majority of them saying that this is a weaponization of the department of justice. also calling on, pointing to hillary clinton probes, pointing to the classified documents case that president biden is currently the subject of. of course, though, as you guys have noted there are significant differences between those two cases, specifically the obstruction portion. kevin mccarthy has said this is weaponization of the doj and he s vowing to hold the department accountable. he said last week that he s spoken with congressman jim jordan and james comer. they are top chairmen of the house judiciary committee and house oversight committee about ways to hold this weaponization accountable. i think it s very likely that we will see action against the doj, against perhaps jack smith in the coming weeks. but there s one interesting dynamic when you talk about congressional reaction to this indictment on capitol hill from republicans,
reporter: meagan fitzgerald, nbc news protesters gathered in los angeles county today demanding accountability after the fatal shooting of a double amputee last month. new footage of the encounter is expected to be released tomorrow, which could reveal key details about the moments leading up to the shooting dana griffin has more. we want to warn you some of the footage can be disturbing. reporter: tonight, outrage in los angeles county as the city of huntington park awaits the release of new surveillance video showing the deadly police shooting of 36-year-old anthony lowe jr. we ve got to find a way to hold the police, the sheriff s department accountable. reporter: the wheelchair bound double amputee was shot roughly ten times by huntington park police during this encounter on january 26th, captured in this grainy cell phone video. it shows lowe attempting to flee from officers while holding what appears to be a large knife. another angle shows