Separate the cases of Sidney Powell and ken i. Neth cheseboro. Also tonight, Breaking News. A new court filing reveals that the Special Counsel investigating hunter biden intends to indict the president s son on at least one gun charge within a matter of weeks. A Pennsylvania Prison just released video showing a killers brazen escape climbing up a wall. Were tracking the week long manhunt for a dangerous murderer. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with an early and important new ruling by the judge presiding over the Georgia Election subversion case, playing out on live television, offering clues about critical decisions ahead, including when donald trump might stand trial. We have a team of legal and political experts ready to break it down for us. First, lets go to cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reed. Tell our viewers all that we learned from this very important and historic hea
Before the 29th of september. The exact charge is unclear. This update appeared on the docket for the felony gun charge. Hunter is accused of misdemeanor lying on a gun form when checking no to a question about is you stance abuse. Leah wise wrote the following to the judge. Speedy trial act requires the government Return Indictment by the grand jury by friday september 29th. At the earliest the government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date. As part of the Plea Agreement that fell apart on july 26th in delaware, hunter would have entered into a Diversion Agreement that would have helped him avoid jail time on this gun charge in return for bidens promise not to buy another gun and to consent to entry into a background check system. Hunter bidens attorneys say the Diversion Agreement was signed and they will act like its still in effect, bret. Writing late this Afternoon Biden has and will continue to follow the agreement, which the u. S. Attorneys
About the Mask Mandates in place at the moment and Karine Jeanpierre said yes, the way this process is supposed to work. Its a different message out of the white house which is tightly controlling some of the mandates through cdc recommendations throughout the pandemic. Trace indeed. Gillian take a look at this, any moment now, Mitch Mcconnell will face reporters, it is expected to be mcconnells health, obviously, after two freezeups over the last few weeks. Welcome back, im Gillian Turner in washington. Good to be with you, trace. Trace gillian, good to be with you. Im Trace Gallagher in los angeles. Sandra and john have the day off. Breaking news in the hunter biden probe, david weiss and hunters attorneys have until the end of the day to provide an update on the battle over a Diversion Agreement that was aimed to keep hunter out of prison. Special council weiss says the agreement fell through when the plea deal collapsed in july. Hunter bidens team is arguing the opposite. David spu
Country are once again asking americans to mask up. This is due to a late summer spike in covid cases. Trace critics argue its more harm than good during the pandemic. Gillian should we expect we will all be Wearing Masks at work once again, at school . Thats what Everyone Wants to know and you are seeing more masks, covid cases are up, masks are making a return, even at the white house where the guidance seems to be a little confusing. This is what the Press Secretary yesterday had to say on the guidance. Since the president was with the first lady yesterday he will be masking while indoors and around people. In alignment with cdc guidance. Will remove his mask when sufficiently distanced from other indoors and while outside as well. Seems the president either did not understand the guidance, gillian, or was simply ignoring it. You see him starting off with the mask at the event yesterday, and then takes it off and then pinning a medal on a war hero in very close proximity maskless, t
It looks like bidens legal team is going to try to force the government to abide by the original and totally ludicrous deal. Their statement said that hunter will continue to follow the conditions of that agreement on july 20th, 20233. That the Probation Office had agreed to and had recommended put into effect. If the Court Upholds whether as called this pretrial Diversion Agreement. I think its unlikely, hunter would skate charge or any other tax evasion charges that stem out of that same time period. Here to break this all down. Other breaking news Sol Wisenberg former deputy independent counsel, Fox News Contributor and david schoen former trump impeachment lawyer. Explain to us what is going on here. I think this came as a surprise to some people today that indeed the walls may be closing in and not on trump this time. It shouldnt have been a surprise because he is under, you know, there is a criminal investigation filed against hunter on the gun charge, and so Speedy Trial Act com