That the judge piped up and said im not going to be a rubber stamp for this unprecedented plea deal. That fell apart as you remember. Heres the question for this afternoon did things just to get a little better or little worse for hunter biden and potentially by extension, for his father who was running for president. Theres a lot going on behind the scenes here on this friday afternoon, what it says, this means that a trial is in order but where . Would it be in d. C. , california, does it move it off his plate . Theres a jurisdictional question there about where this all goes, also the timeline, the clock is ticking on these charges. Some of these are displayed to run out while all of this plays out under the statute of limitations, heres attorney general Merrick Garland announcing all of this a short time ago, watch. Upon considering his request as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as a
Hello, everyone. Im sandra smith along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr. Is here, pete hegseth, greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. All right, some big news, process, special prosecutor nathan wade falling on his sword to protect his former flame. Fani willis. And dramatically stepping down from the trump Georgia Election case. Judge scott mcafee had given the Fulton County d. A. And explosive ultimatum. What happened earlier, that she must cut ties with wade or step aside herself. While the judge did not outright disqualify her, he did not let willis escape completely, mcafee calling the conduct a tremendous lapse of judgment. But he says they are bad choices do not constitute a direct conflict of interest. The judge also admonishing fanis various Courtroom Appearance saying shed behaved in an unprofessional manner when she testified. Right here. No, no, no, this is the truth, judge, it is a lie. It is a lie. And i dont really like wine, to be honest
Diversion program. Its the same prosecutor that took forever to navigate a Pretty Simple fact pattern, sam prosecutor who negotiated a plea deal that fell apart with just a slightest scrutiny from a federal judge. Folks on the left and the media, which may be redundant will remind you it was approved by donald trump and thats true. Its also true wise was supported by the two democrat senators from the state of delaware. I dont care in wise was appointed by martin van buren. What i do care about is a prosecutor and a process we can trust. One who gathers facts and dependent of political pressure and moves and responds fairly and quickly and most of all justly. A senate might think the Department Of Justice was trying to drag the Hunter Biden Case Out Beyond November of 2024 in the president ial race. Congress does not have the power to indict or to take a matter to court. Congress can investigate and will be joined by the chief investigator from the great state of kentucky, House Oversi
Trial. And we get more evidence of defense footdragging in the maralago documents case. Also tonight, were on the scene of the enormous destruction in maui where some of the wildfires are thankfully being contained, but the proportions of this tragedy, including now dozens of lives lost, it just keeps growing. Later, Florida Governor ron desantis adds a new adversary to disney, School Liberians and the woke. This time school prosecutors. He is firing them, only he never hired them. The voters did. Well speak to the latest official to get the ax. Good evening. John berman here for anderson. Trying to for swift justice in what could become the most significant criminal trial ever in this country. If not unprecedented in its speed, then pretty nearly so. The defense in one way or another in this federal case and the other today say not so fast. Today the Special Counsels team asked for a january 2nd trial date in the Election Subversion case which it said could take as little as four week
Special counsel jack smith against donald trump. In an interview with cnn, maralago employee brian butler painting a painting a very specific picture of trumps inner circle, and how it operated more like a mafia family than anything else. With loyalty prized above everything. A world where fealty to the boss led to criminal exposure. Now, nbc news has not independently confirmed butlers identity as trump employee number 5 and he declined nbcs request for comment. In his interview last night, butler says he helped trumps codefendants, walt nowta and carlos move those boxes containing some of our nations most Sensitive National security secrets. Watch. He followed me. He pulled out, got behind me, got to the airport, i ended up loading all the luggage i had and he had a bunch of boxes. You noticed that he had boxes. Oh, yeah, they were the boxes that were in the indictment, the white bankers boxes. Thats what i remember. Did you have any idea at the time that there was potentially u. S.