Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
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a good evening. three, this special counsel that has been a point, mr. weiss, has investigated this for a while. so the idea that this could go on for a longer period of time is unlikely and, if it does, bret, it gives the republicans and those who are opposed to president biden, his political opponents, an opportunity to point out things and say things that would have a lot of credibility not only with republicans but with democrats and even independents. reporter: fair enough but steph, number one issue is that david weiss was behind that original plea deal that was broken up by a judge who kind of discovered the broad immunity that was inside the plea deal. it blew up at the last gnome court. and this is certainly the concern we re hearing from a lot of republicans on the hill. i ve been on the phone all day with various people involved until this watching statements come through, and republicans who, you know, at one point wanted to see weiss named as special counsel wanted him