federal taxes for 2017 and at least $100,000 for 2018. but did not pay the irs by the deadline. his lawyers say he eventually paid the tax bill, along with fees and penalties. as part of this deal, the justice department has agreed to recommend a sentence of probation for the tax charges. according to sources, the final punishment will be up to the judge. on the gun charge, prosecutors allege he possessed a gun despite his addiction, in violation of federal law. biden s lawyers met with the justice department in april and sources tell cnn that negotiations to resolve the case have ramped up in recent weeks. the deal comes after a broad years-long investigation that also looked at hunter biden s foreign deals and possible money laundering. on capitol hill, republicans have been focused on the
to respect the defendant s speedy trial rules or speedy trial rights. but it s not uncommon for judges to set that date and then push it forward once the motions and complicated things come up. this is going to be a complicated case in terms of how you get classified information in front of a jury. that s going to take months to resolve. the parties know that, the judge knew that. they could have worked out some arrangements to set a trial date further in the future. i m not sure why they didn t. but it s not nothing in august. the judge is keen on not being the season as the fern holding this up, i think. one of the questions is is to what extent republican voters will respond to this indictment. we have a new cnn poll showing that support for trump has dipped since this indictment. of course, he is still the front-runner by quite a large margin, by double digits. so what does that say about the president, the former president s staying power? i do think he has quite a lot of st
continueheir investigations of hunter biden as they blast his plea deal. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju has been getting republican reaction. reporter: they re planning to press ahead with their own investigation into the bidens. in the words of speaker mccarthy, it enhances the investigation that the house oversight committee has launched into the bidens. the question will be exactly what information they can get. one of the questions that has been raised by the house oversight committee chairman is the fact that the justice department indicated this investigation is still ongoing. what does that mean, and will that prevent them from getting future records? republicans have downplayed the fact that this is a trump-appointed u.s. attorney that launched this investigation. speaker of the house himself has tried to equate what happened here with the fact that the justice department pursued prosecution against former president donald trump, even though the two situati
this as the former in the indicted former president has a new tentative trial date. cnn s jessica schneider is covering new developments. reporter: in his first tv interview since being indicted on federal charges, former president trump said he retained classified documents even after being subpoenaed by the justice department, offering a new explanation why. why not just hand them over then? because i had boxes, i want to go through the boxes and get all my personal things out. i don t want to hand that over. i was very busy. as you ve sort of seen. i have every right to have those boxes. this is purely a presidential records act. this is not a criminal thing. reporter: his claims are untrue, and trump is being charged criminally. he s facing 37 counts including conspiracy and retaining national defense information. trump also continuing to insist he declassified everything in his possession while president. as far as the levels, everything was declassified. because i had
and many more all coming in right here to see in a new central. i witnessed people being murdered a manager with old national bank in louisville, describing the moment she watched a gunman on video begins shooting her coworkers during a virtual meeting. this morning. at least five people are dead. several others remain hospitalized after a 25 year old opened fire inside a bank conference room. this was the nation s 146th, mass shooting this year. we are now learning new details about the gunman, including that he recently found out he was going to be fired and that he streamed video of the shooting live on the internet overnight. cnn also learned more about the victims, including a 26 year old rookie officer who was hospitalized after being shot in the head. we re gonna have much more on that in just a