did they violate the law? all the facts point to that. dana: andy mccarthy has legal analysis and david spunt is live outside federal court in virginia. hi, david. this is an interesting case because on paper it is about lying to the f.b.i. but in the actual courtroom special counsel john durham is going far beyond this case and trying to expose or uncover some riffs and problems within the f.b.i. leading up to the 2016 election and shortly there after, after donald trump became president in the early days. the man on trial is a russian national named danchenko charged with five counts of lying to the f.b.i. primarily about his work with ex british spy christopher steele on the steele dossier full of allegations about donald trump leading up to the election. long time democrat strategist charles dough lon was on the stand yesterday. he emailed danchenko information about problems within the trump campaign. danchenko took that information and put it in the steele dossier
top concerns. president biden speaking last night in california, 150 miles from the border with mexico, by the way, which he has visited exactly we re counting 0 times. no mention of the crisis there. he also ignored the reality of surging crime rates and resorted to his familiar blame game on gas prices, which are on the rise yet again. biden also touted economic progress despite yesterday s brutal inflation report. the last one before the vote. ouch. prices up 8.2% still at a 40-year high. and the president seems to be keenly aware that it is a very big problem for his party. president biden: we ve got an election in a month. voters have to decide, democrats are working to bring down the cost of things and let s talk about around the kitchen table from prescription drugs to health insurance and energy bills and more. republicans win the inflation will get worse. working folks are losing big time. their wages are rising but inflation is rising more. this continues to be