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
Legal eagles john hugh, mccarthy, dupree. Concessions on the House Oversight committee and what this means for their investigation. Welcome, everyone. I am charles in for neil, this is your world. Fox Team Coverage with david spunt at the Justice Department with the fallout from all of this and peter doocy on how the white house is reacting to it. We begin with david. Charles, the plea deal is off the case in delaware is off. Right now it looks like hunter biden is heading toward trial, possibly in california or washington, d. C. , or even potentially both. I want to read a new court filing just posted on the public docket entered by the government within the last few hours. It says the parties have engaged in further plea negotiations, but are at an impasse. The government now believes the case will not result short of a trial. Remember, david weiss, the person just named a Special Counsel, was the same prosecutor who just a month ago, not even a month ago, charles, was in a courtroom
The former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence during the Trump administration expresseed concerns about "the extent to which Russian intelligence services have successfully used Republican pundits & elected officials as their assets and stooges."
The federal judge in Delaware presiding over Hunter Biden's criminal case requested his counsel and prosecutors provide an update on the status of a felony gun charge weeks after a planned plea agreement broke down.
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