trump-appointed u.s. attorney in delaware. feds appeared to be closing and after a 4-year investigation, which started over hunter biden s foreign business dealings. hunter biden s lawyers not denying the story, and instead, taking issue on the leak, saying this, it is a federal felony for a federal agent to leak information about a grand jury investigation such as this one. any agent you cite as a source in your article has a fairly committed such felony. we expect that affirmative justice will diligently investigate and prosecute such bad actors. judge, take us through it, what is going on? jeanine: oh, i love it, they want the department of justice to diligently investigate that leak, gee, what happened to the leak of the supreme court decision, the dobbs decision? i ve not heard a word about that. okay, let s get back to what we re doing here with hunter biden. they started this investigation in 2018. it has been for years. the grand jury concluded in the middle of the
many, many months. the question is does this late afternoon story in the post signal a major movement in the case? correspondent david spunt has the latest information from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a source with knowledge of the investigation tells fox news it has reached a significant and critical phase also federal investigators are no longer collecting evidence. it s moved past that point and is now in the hands of the united states attorney in delaware. the washington post reported that agents believe prosecutors have enough evidence to charge biden, hunter biden with tax crimes, plural s there. and a false statement related to a gun charge. the investigation moved over the summer from the fbi to the u.s. attorney in delaware. justice department policy is not to file politically sensitive charges in the two months or so before a federal election since biden is not on the ballot. this rule may not apply. we previously re
come on for another month. son was born on september 18th in illinois. what a first name. congratulations. so sweet. i like got a shock. maybe makes the labor go faster. great one more thing. that s it for us. special report is up next. hey, bret. thanks, i love those stories. does jesse have amelia earhart on his show? [laughter] jesse: got to do something to go against conway. bret: bret baier coming down the hall from the the five fox news world headquarters in new york. breaking tonight, a dramatic development in the hunter biden scandal. federal agents say they believe there is now enough evidence to charge the president s son with crimes related to a gun purchase and tax issues. that s according to the washington post tonight. the hunter biden investigation we know has been going on for