Im Charles Payne in for neil cavuto. This is your world. First to david spunt at the Justice Department with the very latest. David . Karine jeanpierre answered question after question. She didnt say much but added a little more here. Watch. I will say this. Youve heard this from the president. He loves his son. And he is proud of him overcoming his addiction and how hes continuing to build his life. I dont have Anything Else to add to that. So today david weiss begins his first full week as Special Counsel, the same david weiss that saturday in a courtroom with hunter biden and prepared to enter a plea teal with him. The case will move toward trial in washington d. C. Or california where hunter biden lives or possibly both. If the now Special Counsel decides not to go by the deal, it will money that he or they decided that something other than the facts and the law are coming in to play. Hours ago, republicans released a transcript of an interview from july 17 with former fbi agent un
Cannot continue his work as Special Counsel and asked to be so appointed. Upon considering his request despite the extraordinary circumstances related to this matter, i have concluded it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss just in the last five years squelching the investigation is still in charge. He tipped off the Hunter Biden Search Warrants and ran out the clock for the statute of limitations never followed up on the bride allegations or the laptop. The same man is now tapped to conduct an investigation that he never did in the first place. The same prosecutor, the judge caught cooking up a sleazy plea deal is not the right man for the job. Ag garland will have him on a short niche looking at the parameters of the investigation because i doubt that he is allowed to pursue those leads will bidens Family Piggyback with the Trust Account or look into Bank Accounts . We just spent five years waiting for this investigation to wrap up. The irs whistle
We begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment for donald trump in georgia. Two witnesses say that they will appear tuesday before the fulton grand jury. Journalist george chidi and former Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan both announcing their pending testimonies on twitter. Duncan writing i look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election. Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. The Fulton County georgia courthouse already on high alert. The barricades blocking the building from traffic. The bomb sniffing dogs inspecting vehicles. Trump, meanwhile, is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. Heres what he told nbcs Vaughn Hillyard when he was asked about a possible plea deal in georgia. Any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . Yes, sir. Its a wise guy question. We dont take plea deals. Trumps commentary on the criminal cases are under review for the d. C. Judge. Friday, they restricted how the judge can handle evid
Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
Counsel to look into the investigation against the president s son, hunter biden. Lucas tom lynnson has the latest on this story. Reporter it was just a few weeks ago that hunter biden thought he was minutes away from freedom are from any further charges. Of course, that thats not what happened. The plea if deal fell apart, and now it could be going to trial, according to federal prosecutors in a filing yesterday. A Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently are. Based only on a facts and the law. Reporter that Special Counsel, david weiss, of course, has been investigating hunter biden for the past five years now and negotiated with what many republicans call a, quote, sweetheart plea deal. President biden left the white house yesterday for the beach, he did not take any questions before Boarding Marine Wunsch the president one. The president has long main