it over to josé diaz-balart to pick up on the coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. pacific, and 11:00 a.m. eastern. an attorney for hunter biden released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, quote, i know hunter believes it s important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. joining us this morning, nbc s justice and intelligence correspondent, ken delanen, and barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst, and u.s. former attorney and law professor at the university of michigan. walk us through this deal and the charges. good morning, josé. so hunter biden is agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes in 2016 and 2018. we know he paid back more than a million dollars, or paid a tax bill of more than a million dollars last year as part of the effort to resolve this case, and those
someone could be so evil. at last, his dream had come true. new wife. new stepdaughter. a whole new start. almost an instant family for him. this scene perfect. and that s what made what happened so baffling. suddenly, he was dead on the floor. otherwise healthy 41 year old man, usually do not drop that dead. something is not adding up. could this mean murder? there were suspicions from the start, and they came from his wife. you believe there is a possibility that your husband was poisoned. ? yes, sir. poisoned? who could have wanted him dead? police zeroed in on someone at work. he was pretty angry about that. it was initially very angry about, yes. and you don t have to kill? who knows? what s his new wife in danger to? i m scared to death. brace yourselves because this killer was stone cold evil. wow! this has got me shaking. welcome to dateline. frank rodriguez was a man of faith and a navy vet who dedicated himself to helping need
anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. debunking donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. they have reached some insane levels. we re gonna help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new reporting on clarence thomas s problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move from the justice department and it s classified documents case against donald trump. in a motion filed late yesterday, special counsel jack smith requested a protective order that would bore trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive material obtained during the trial s discovery pr
ago. first of all, my son has done nothing wrong. i trust him. i have faith in him and impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him. john: well, seems as though it was something quite different than that. fox team coverage, miranda devine on what this means for the biden family influence peddling. sandra: any comment from the president, rich? no comment specifically from the president, he arrived in california yesterday, he s been talking about artificial intelligence and climate change, and raising some money for his re-election campaign, but we do have a comment from the white house. from ian sands, he says the president and first lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. we will have no further comment. the justice department says in this deal hunter biden pleads guilty to two tax misdemeanors and agrees to probation on a felony firearm charge. his attorney says it s my u understanding the five-year investigation is resolved.
warming our democratic institutions. then buckle up, new indications that the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the georgia election result is expanding. and a smear campaign falls apart in realtime. the republican party s efforts to paint president biden as corrupt are facing new skepticism, guess from who, republicans. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started donald trump s second indictment has reinforced republican devotion to the twice impeached and now twice indicted ex president. because that s what always happens when trump find himself in trouble. the opposite of what would happen for a normal politician little britain or mull person. just like the access hollywood tape, the first impeachment, the january 6th insurrection. the second impeachment and the earlier indictment trump s second indictment all were bound to bring the gop even closer to him. as msnbc columnist ruth ben-ghiat laid out for us on the indictment special for republicans, this unending loyalty