election, throw innocent people in jail for decades potentially. you can prosecute and incarcerate republican attorneys for the crime, the thought crime , of providing legal counsel with which the prosecutor disagrees there s no limiting principle here. it will be open legal season on republicans and the only way this ends and i hate to say it but it s true is if republicans return law in kind. that is the only way you could ever create the political conditions for a cease-fire. otherwise one size keeps getting pulverized. maria: you think house republicans should start making criminal referrals to the department of justice is that right? yes, i think you have to take a hard look at both the russia hoax conspiracy, all of these things, the open borders criminal and cartel conspiracy, the suppression of first amendment speech conspiracy, the deprivation of civil rights by the biden
him, possibly, with things like deprivation of civil rights, conspiracy and witness tampering. but those target letters do not always lead to an indictment, so the waiting game continues as we get this new news from jack smith s special counsel, that this third individual has been indicted in the florida case. it s fast-moving. we are keeping a watch. let you know and get back on and bring them to you as soon as we get it, john. john: our griff jenkins in the heat in front of the federal courthouse. great work today. thank you. the white house says president biden would not pardon son hunter if he encounters more legal problems from the ongoing investigations into his tax, personal and business affairs. this follows yesterday s stunning rejection of a plea deal by a federal judge. correspondent mark meredith tells us where things stand tonight from the white house. good evening, mark. john, good evening to you. the white house insists the criminal case against first son hunter bide
about what charges might be warranted based on this evidence. the committee, obviously, spent a lot of time hearing from witnesses, examining documents so they were familiar with the rec record. for that reason i think the special counsel s team thought it, considered it, gave it weight but at the end of the day it s the special counsel s decision what charges the evidence will support. i m curious to get your perspective on the three potential charges outlined, conspiracy to defraud the government, deprivation of civil rights and tampering with a witness. which stands out most to you? the one that stands out the potential charge that the president engaged in had a conspiracy to deprive people of their constitutional rights, particularly the right to vote. there was talk that they may consider a charge under the insurrection act. but under the civil rights