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
For the prosecution shows and tells how donald trump operates like a mob boss. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, cnn puts a voice and a face to the key facts that you could read on paper in that case against donald trump. Meet brian butler. Hes also known as employee number five in the criminal indictment from special counsel jack smith. Butler is not a random person who trump can suddenly claim. He doesnt know he knows trump and it has known him for 21 years since he took a job as a seasonal valet at maralago. He has years of pictures and messages with everyone important in the trump orbit. He worked for he worked hundreds of p. Stance feet away from carlos de oliviera, the other maralago employee . He was indicted alongside trump, and they took lightly walks together. They were friends, but their paths now look very different. They oliviera is alleged to have lied to investigators. Meanwhile, butler has cooperated and he is helping pros
Committee wrapping testimony from Special Counsel robert hur. Republicans focused on the Special Counsels finding that President Biden willfully retained classified materials. Democrats insisting that because President Biden was not charged in this case that that means he was exonerated. Watch. The hur report represents the complete and total exoneration of President Biden. Is it now okay if i take home top secret documents, store them in my garage and read portions of them to friends or associates . You used your report to trash and smear President Biden. A forgetful old man that mr. Hur said did not remember when he was Vice President. Who wins with this ludicrous spectacle . Putin wins, xi wins. The tyrants of the world win. They have one more reason to celebrate donald trump and his Cult Followers. We have a former Vice President that will not suffer any consequences for all of these actions. All right. Well unravel that. Chip roy who sits on the judiciary committee. Congressman ro
Just moments ago, the key question about the politics of all of this. Watch. How can the white house assure people that the case involving the president s son is being handled fairly . Anything that has been stated or said by hunters representative, ill have to refer you to his representatives. Thats not something that i will respond to. What i can say and i said it at the top, the Department Of Justice is independent. That is what the president believes. He believes this white house will not politicize the Department Of Justice. This was done under the leadership of a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney as you know. So im not going to add anything else to that. Martha id imagine well hear more along those lines. Carl rowe and general Tom Dupree Standing by with their analysis of this. First to david spunt live at Justice Department with the new developments here. Hi, david. Hi, martha. This is david weisss first full week as Special Counsel. Hes got quite a task ahead of him. Hes had a majo