trial. i think the special counsel s greatest enhanced power as a result of today s order is that he just has much more independence to pursue charges against hunter biden. nice to meet you. so nice to meet you. reporter: and irs whistle-blower recently told cbs news the evidence supported more serious felony tax charges. it is a matter of, are we treating everyone the same? reporter: and in this case? no, i don t think so. reporter: responded to the special counsel announcement from hunter biden s attorney said we expect a fair resolution not infected by politics. republican congressman james comer chairs the house committee investigating the bidens. it is 100% political. i mean, how can you appoint someone who less than two weeks ago tried to negotiate a sweetheart plea deal. reporter: the white house had no comment, but legal expers told cbs news this could slow the investigation, now in its fifth year, even further, possibly pushing it into the middle of the 202
what we are trying to do. i thought today s testimony gave a new light to what happen last week. remember last week they put together this deal where the judge said no deal. never seen anything like this. the deal was designed to keep marie smile out of it. they weren t going to charge. they were not going to do the felony tax charges because that is marie summa tax money. the concern derives from this action that took place in dubai where hunter biden is talking about how can the government intervene and help us in the situation. now we have more light on that deal they tried to put together an the judge asks questions and it is no longer going to happen. they put joe biden on the phone to make pleasantries with hunter s friends and not assert
they call it as joe biden s legal team, rather hunter biden s legal team is accused of misleading the court clerk s office and the judge is steamed. lawrence: my my my. lucas thomas son is live in washington with the latest. what can you tell us? good morning. lawrence, if those irs whistleblowers had their way hunter biden would be facing felony tax charges. expected to plead guilty in the gun charge as well. the judge presiding over the criminal case threatened biden s legal team with sanctions over allegations hunter s attorney lied to the clerk s office. hunter s counsel is accused of avoiding procedure to aggravatedly get information from irs whistleblowers removed. the judge said, quote: it appears that the caller misrepresented her identity and who she worked for in an attempt to properly convince the clerk s office to remove the amicus materials from the docket thereby it is ordered on or before 9:00 a.m. today counsel
the u.s. attorney and delaware, in our investigation was hamstrung, limited and marginalized by officials, as well as other attorneys. a special counsel is necessary for this investigation. sean: after a five-year investigation, they managed to charge him with two minor misdemeanor tax violations while letting the clock run out on more serious charges. his office said they signed off on felony tax charges as far as we know and there has never been a serious bribery tax investigation into joe, the big guy, hunter. why weren t they charged in the case of hunter biden? the government is prepared to throw the book at all things donald trump. he won t be in office forever. i would be surprised if he makes
were not following all the evidence we should have. arthel: that was irs special agent turned whistleblower joseph zigler speaking to fox about his testimony on the hunter biden tax probe. he claims prosecutors quote slow walk to the investigation and that not charging the first son with felony tax charges despite evidence against him was a violation of d.o.j. policy. zigler said an independent attorney is needed to fully execute the investigation. the white house maintains meanwhile the probe is being handled independently by the justice department for joining is now florida republican congresswoman kat cammack. happy to have one start the recently released form fd 10 to three and unclassified fbi document detailing unverified claims for it as you know i m setting up for the audience how hunter biden and his father joe invited allegedly coerced the