Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
documents found at mar-a-lago. scombridae david spunt live outside the justice department. thank you the federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case is warning there are limits of what he can publicly say about the investigation as he campaigns for a second term in the white house. correspondent mark meredith has details tonight from the federal courthouse here in washington. reporter: former president trump was in the spotlight, but not physically in court today as his attorneys told judge tanya chutkan trump should be allowed to share the evidence being brought against him in the investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. today, the judge agreed, but only to a point ruling trump did only share nonsensetive information which excludes recordings and transcripts. the judge also warning trump to tread carefully saying, i caution you and your client to take special care in your public statements about this case. prosecutors under special counsel jack s