Unlawfully using illegal substances. This is the same gun case for which prosecutors elected not to charge hunter biden as part of a now defunct plea deal several weeks ago. Bidens attorney still contends that agreement is binding. We have complete coverage tonight. We begin, though, with Correspondent David Spunt at the Justice Department with the latest. Good evening, david. Bret, good evening to you. After week intense pressure. Special counsel david weiss gave the green light to go ahead on charges and ultimately a grand jury approved charges against the son of the sitting president of the United States. Tonight, hunter biden facing two false statement counts, which are felonies, also a third count of possessing and owning a gun, another felony. According to the special counsels office, back in 2018, hunter biden lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in delaware when he said that he was not addicted to any Stimulant Narcotic Drug and any other controlled substance when, in fact,
Up to 25 years in the slammer, and prosecutors hint there could be more charges on the way. Its a real head scratcher if you take joes word that his son has done nothing wrong. First of all, my sons done nothing wrong. I trust him, i have faith in him, and impacts my presidency by making me feel proud about him. This thing about a gun, i didnt know anything about it. I love my son, hes on the straight and narrow and has been for a couple years now, and im so proud of him. Greg democrats are relieve that had hunters gun charges dont have anything to do with joe biden, yet. Syst we shouldnt take delighn other peoples misfortune but we have to have a rule of law and when people commit crimes, the consequences follow. The Justice Department charges have nothing to do with the president. Hunter biden is a private citizen and not the president of the United States. It sounds like a prosecutor appointed by donald trump kept by joe biden to investigate his own son has found that theres no wron
honoring the heroes of the past. but they call to arms for the future president biden talks about the sacrifices at normandy and parallels to ukraine s fight against russia, as he promises president zelenskyy, we re not going to walk away from you and defying the united states a new cia assessment suggests is israeli prime minister for benjamin netanyahu may ignore pressure from washington to set a post-war plan for gaza, even as his own grip on power may be in jeopardy. plus liquidating an empire built on lies, right? bring conspiracy theorist alex jones may be forced to sell info wars in order to pay off that one-and-a-half billion plus dollars he owes to sandy hook families we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here cnn news central we begin this hour with a high-stakes speech from president biden in france as he makes the case for freedom and the future of democracy, making that case at pointe-du-hoc in normandy were 225 us a
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judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and dana perino. the five. the white house attacking republicans after the wall street journal dropped a bomb on the crazy old coot in chief. behind closed doors, biden shows signs of slipping. it s got 45 sources, both democrat and republican, who were in the room for biden s private meetings with congressional leaders. joe needs no cards to make obvious points, pauses for extended periods, and closes his eyes for so long that people think he s checked out. but you don t have to be behind closed doors to see the obvious. [overlapping reporter questions] playing politics with the w war? greg: oh, boy. the time magazine interview also chock-full of senior moments, bumbling biden was forgetting facts from the leaders of china and russia and then challenging the reporter to a fight when asked if he is too old. brawler biden saying i can do it better than anybody you know. you are looking at me, i can take you, t