committee? you know in the next few weeks you ll hear the public hearings of the committee. i m surprised that he s not a part of that, but that tells me they actually wanted to get answers and not have the greatest show on earth that would happen in front fortof th cameras. the fact that he entered into a subpoena, answered it and answered questions. he is a person that was actively trying to ask legislators to overturn an election, to overturn the will of the people. so they have rudy giuliani testify for a nine-hour period? i bet they have a lot of information from him. i m sure there s more to come from that. laura, you have yourself a fantastic weekend. thank you, you, too. thank you. i ll see you later. this is don lemon tonight. here s the breaking news tonight. first, in person rudy giuliani meeting with the january 6 committee for nine hours. rudy giuliani, personal attorney to then-president and the number one promoter of the big lie of election fraud was
biden lie about the gun? he pleaded guilty. they re different cases, they re different facts. it s about equal justice. reporter: so mccarthy s indicating that he expects the justice department now to provide documents and records to the house oversight committee, which has begun this hunter biden investigation really since the beginning of the this congress. and now that this investigation at least this part of the investigation appears to be have concluded, once those records and that s going to be the pressure point going forward whether they get those and whether they subpoena for those and whether the justice department complies, as you can hear from the speaker if they re not satisfied with the results of this plea deal and comparing to the situation involving donald trump, which of course is much different. and presumably carry that congressional investigation into the election cycle. ron brownstein, there s another fact here. the president s son has pleaded guilty to
paid back its money and that by all appearances he be done. and those needs for the united states to satisfy the fact the government was the victim in the case if they met. michael moore, great to have you for your analysis. thank you so much. jim? let s speak now to white house correspondent jeremy diamond, chief congressional correspondent manu raju, and cnn political analyst ron br brownstein. what has been the reaction to this deal and has there been any indication they were encouraging hunter biden to seek a deal with prosecutors? well, we haven t heard very much from the white house other than one comment from white house spokesman ian sams. and in that statement sams says, quote, the president and first ladylove their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. he says we will have no further comment. and look, that is just a continuation of the strategy and frankly just the posture we have
be giving a speech. i spoke with analyst ron br brownstein, and jessica levinson about the trump case. and i talked about the legal ramification of the charges he is facing and when the trial might start. this is real. some of the counts carry decades in federal prison. if the department of justice is able to convict on half of the obstruction charges here, the former president is facing serious time in federal prison. i m avoiding your question of exactly when this trial will happen because that is up to a judge s discretion on how quickly or slowly this process will move.
pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office. trump responded to being mocked by desantis in his truth social post, saying ron will probably find out about false accusations and fake stories some time in the future as he gets older, wiser and better known, when he is unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman, everyone classmates, that are underage or possibly a man. i spoke last hour with cnn political analyst ron br brownstein, how he would hold up in the blistering attacks. he plans on offering republican voters trumpism without trump. he will fight all of the cultural wars that trump does but not trail that baggage. he goes after what republicans