The first debate in just two weeks. Then the calendar thereafter littered with debates and caucuses, primaries and convention. Does that mean that trump should not be tried before the election . No. The cases should proceed as they would were the candidate not a president ial candidate. They should not be postponed because of the election, in which he has chosen to run. But nor should they be expedited. I have noted here before that theres a long and Noble Tra Jigs at doj of not wanting to act in a way that might be perceived as political. Five recent attorneys general, republicans ask democrats, have all signed the same memo affirm lg the importance of keeping politics out of criminal charges. A republican in 2008, eric holder in 2012 and Loretta Lynch in 2016, bill barr in 2020 and mek garland just last year, they have all used the same language, include ing this paragr quote, simply put, politics must play no role in the decisions the federal investigators or prosecutors regarding a
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight straight from the source, the man investigating hunter biden is now a Special Counsel, and Hunter Bidens attorney will respond in his First Exclusive interview. Plus a judge lays down the law for donald trump, reminding the former president that he is now a criminal defendant whose right to free speech is not absolute. And the death toll still tragically climbing in maui, as rescuers are now entering some of the hardesthit neighborhoods for the first time, most of which have been burned to the ground. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Good evening. Tonight we start with tonights big story, which was news that we learned today regarding the Special Counsel investigating hunter biden. It is the same person who has been investigating him for several years now, david weiss, a u. S. Attorney who was appointed, i should note, by former president trump. But today we heard from Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced that david weiss
at. he told jim jordan in a letter, i have been granted ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding when, where, and whether to file charges. and he says he stands by what he wrote. are you saying that he s lying here? all i know is what he told us on october 7th. and i documented right then that i sent to a supervisor. they confirmed that that s what was said on october 7th. then you have the june 7th letter before our testimony, the house ways and means committee was released, where united states attorney weiss says he has full authority. after our testimony is released and he realizes what was released by ways and means committee, on the june 30th letter, he says, again, he has that full authority. in the next paragraph he immediately says, but my authority is geographically limited to delaware. then he says, well, he has to partner his departmental
june 7th of this year and june 30th. the june 7th letter says i have full authority. before special agents testified in front of the house ways and means committee. the june 30th letter, it s released after our testimony was voted out by that committee and made public. and it was clear that the united states attorney weiss changed his story because he says i have full authority to charge. the june 30th letter he says i have full authority charge. it s an important paragraph where he says after that, he says i don t have the authority to charge outside of delaware. i would have to partner with a u.s. attorney where a venue exists. and this announcement yesterday is unquestionable vindication of the special agent coming forward. this is the crux of the issue we forward to the committee. in that june 30 letter, he makes reference to his charging