treatment. earlier this week we learned the president s son struck a deal with prosecutors that lets him avoid jail time. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. jacqui, good evening. good evening, trace. white house officials say hunter biden, who just accepted a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, was invited to last night s state dinner with the attorney general you because he is the president s son and white house members attend events. officials were very rye sis tant giving answers how the case was handled and the president s role in it. let me say let me save you some breath. if you are going to ask about this, i am not addressing. kirby wouldn t answer james question though. are you going to answer the question? it s not unreasonable question to ask. after a lot of pushback the white house now says this comment still holds true. i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. despite a text message whist
whistleblower saying. this they have the screenshot of the actual message. this wasn t from the laptop this was from a search warrant that they got saying my father is right here. if you don t give us $15 million, he is going to make your life miserable. he says my father is right here. and it s important to note the guy he is talking to, henry zoo is not just a chinese businessman. is he high contact with the chinese intelligence. he gave hunter biden $15 million out of this account before this message put out he schard shah with the daughter of former state security chinese intelligence service responsible for both domestic and international espionage. he had already given him 5 million and hunter shaking him down for another 15. this is a national security issue. if this is accurate than joe biden and hunter biden were shaking down a guy connected to chinese intelligence. juan: mark, this was in 2017. i repeat myself and joe biden