Bret former President Donald Trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing hes facing following this weeks indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The trial judge making that ruling today. This comes amid growing questions about the Justice System in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of President Biden. Congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a twotiered application of the law. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. The g. O. P. Says there are two sets of rules. One for the bidens, another for former President Trump. The right intends to level the playing field. You cant beat them, you persecute them. Republicans believe there is something nefarious going on. It seems as though every time trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new
trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new indictment. mccarthy suggests the timing is fishy. former hunter biden business partner devon archer sat for an interview with the house oversight committee on monday. the former president was indicted on tuesday. it seems to me, after you learn of the real dealings behind the bidens, the next day he gets indicted. house republicans are threatening retribution. devon archer transcript, i think, tells a lot about the corruption in the biden crime family. most democrats try to ignore g.o.p. accusations. it s unclear if the president faces a blind spot. the only thing that the biden administration can try to do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. some republicans demand impeachment. when we get back in september, if there s not a clear path and a clear timeline for impeachment, i m going to pull the trigger on that. democrats accuse republicans of a diversion.
i heard hunter pass the phone to joe biden. i heard joe biden say you got this for x. you know the quid pro quo type of thing? i m just trying to figure out what lives up to compensations in devon archer s testimony? well, remember, joe biden has consistently said i never even talked about my son s business with him. didn t know anything about it. i was clueless. which, given joe biden, is arguably credible. but, suddenly, it shifted lately and now they re saying well, he was never in business with hunter biden. because devon archer sat on the burisma board, i think this brings into play the fbi s recently revealed 1023 form. the ceo burisma chefs ski told a confidential informant the bidens coerced him into shelling out 10 million for the shokin firing, five for hunter, five