partisan divide over whether it has been served or severed. yesterday, doj revealed that hunter biden struck a plea deal . today, that deal is at the center of a big fight over justice department fairness and what should happen now. mr. biden s attorney calls the end result five years of diligent, fair work. this morning, the attorney general waiting for the first time saying, he left the biden matter entirely in the hands of the trump appointed u.s. attorney in delaware. as i said it from the moment of my appointment as attorney general, i would leave this matter in the hands of the united states attorney who was appointed by the previous president, and assigned to this matter by the previous administration, that he would be given full authority to decide the matter as he decided it was appropriate. that is what he has done. let s get straight to capitol hill for more on the
an investigation to fair violations, which is how you register to work with a foreign government. money laundering. what they came up with is two misdemeanor tax counts. zpl that s the resolution we have is that mr. biden s going to take responsibility for failing to timely pay his taxes for those two years and there s goin to be a diversion with regard to this ten-day period. you heard speaker mccarthy saying this is proof that there are two versions of justice and that this is a slap on the wrist and president biden is being politically persecuted. what s your response? again, this was a five year diligent investigation pursued by professional prosecutors some of whom have been career prosecutors. one of whom at least was appointed by president trump. no one has ever said they re not confident, good, or diligent.
president s son and his foreign business dealings. but prosecutors haven t charged him on those claims. on tuesday, house speaker kevin mccarthy criticized hunter s deal. it continues to show the two-tiered system in america. if you are the president s leading political opponent, doj tries to literally put you in jail, give you prison time. if you are the president s son, you get a sweetheart deal. reporter: the hunter biden investigation has been overseen by trump-appointed u.s. attorney david wise. in an interview tuesday, biden s lawyer, chris clark, call ed th investigating dogged but fair. this was a five-year, very diligent investigation pursued by incredibly professional prosecutors, some of whom have been career prosecutors, one of whom at least was appointed by president trump. no one has ever said they re not competent, good, or diligent. reporter: we re waiting for a date to be set for hunt tore head to court for his
understudy. wouldn t of cast a vote that way had you been a deciding factor, so that s understood as well. let s go to nbc news this exclusive reporting that the federal grand jury, in the class of five documents case is expected to meet this week. this comes days after a source told nbc that the special counsel s office has obtained a recording of donald trump discussing a classified documents about iran. this is after leaving office. how serious do you think this could be for donald trump? i think it s very serious. the special counsel that has been appointed by the attorney general is a very serious, diligent, fearless prosecutor. he is not going to be deterred by politics. he s going to look at the merits of the case. i think of donald trump s own mouth, he has incriminated himself. i think he has deepened his legal peril. i think that there, this week, they are really worth watching in terms of what might happen