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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he is the reason that the oath keepers were in washington, d.c. on january 6th. that was what the judge found today. and he also believes that stewart rhodes poses an ongoing threat to democracy. rhodes made no attempt to try and dissuade the judge of believing that. and the judge certainly did say that explicitly after stewart rhodes expressed no remorse in court today and continued to be very far right in what he said to the judge and not saying that he believed that he had done anything wrong at all. now, the other thing, with kelly meggs, that was the second defendant sentenced today, kelly meggs was much more remorseful. and judge mehta looked at him and reminded him how serious of an offense this is, seditious conspiracy. and then spoke about how he found it so astonishing that american citizens who had been upstanding average americans before january 6th then became criminals. and i want to read for you one of the last things that judge mehta said after this marathon d
our goal is to be strong in iowa. we are going to move to a two-person race when we get to new hampshire and get stronger and finish it. this is very much open race. this is something that is going to happen. trump didn t show up on the debate stage, that is unfortunate. he has a lot to answer for. to get on a debate stage and take hard questions is different. the people are excited, ready, they are making decisions, we can feel it. we will continue to do everything to fight for every i iowans vote and heading to new hampshire looking for a big night. brian: no doubt about it. elon musk seem to have called you out on this. he said this on x or twitter, do you want to fly in an airplane where they prioritize dei hiring
time. the american people deserve to know what hunter biden and the biden family were up to. for republicans this is welcomed news because for a long time they felt there was a two-tiered system where it seems like the justice department s only focusing on the former president. reporter: still the main focus is on these fair grounds as i iowans want them to work for every vote it could be a make or break moment. locals tell us the fair is the heartbeat of the midwest. it s small, iowa, like to say it s a flyover state. i lived here my whole life so i m proud of iowa and i wish everybody would be. i like that we get that exposure. yeah. i like getting to know the candidates, just all of them. there s just it s a great opportunity. reporter: and voters will have the opportunity to see the party s front runner tomorrow. trump will not speak with governor reynolds but will be