government wrongdoing in gos and here st he what he told fox s john roberts about that experience. ati m curious that they opened n investigation into you on christmas eve of last year, which happened to be a saturdayt . how many folks a it home thinkth that they could ever get inro touch with anybody from the irs on christmas eve, particularly on saturday, yet they re opening an investigation intoyou. you ?e on yeah, they re opening anon investigation into me on a, on saturday, on christmas eve, on the same day that just repor released a report abouti an the ties between the fbi and other enforcement agencies and tech platforms. and itnd was a three year old mn case and i didn t know them anyy money. so o all of those factors combined to make the optics of this s really strange, you would wonder what supervisor would c be calling aaln agent on a saturday and asking him to comeo into work to open the case on that day. b whichri brings us to the fo
now i don t think there is doubt this was somehow politically motivated, at least it has the appearance of that, and i think they need to answer some questions why they made this decision. sandra: you think that s going to happen? i don t know. i mean, they gave some information when representative jordan sent the first letter to the irs, so i think that s encouraging, but the fact that they let they didn t answer some crucial questions about the context and why the decision was made particularly on december, on the day that i dropped the major story, that s a little disappointing and does not leave a whole lot of optimism they are going to resolve this. i mentioned this on the screen, but curious they opened an investigation in to you on christmas eve of last year, which happened to be a saturday. how many folks at home think that they could ever get in touch with anybody from the irs on christmas eve, particularly on a saturday?
dr. ilena from inside the town. cnn met her, and other nurses, on christmas eve. not quite happier times, but certainly less desperate ones. now, the constant artillery prevents her from leaving the basement of her hospital. the ukrainian military says civilians are now trapped. the head of the vagner mercenary group urging ukrainians nonetheless to try to leave bakhmut as his men close in. the pinsers are tightening, the ukrainian soldiers are fighting but their lives are short, a day or two. give them a chance to leave the city, it is, in fact, surrounded. reporter: ukraine dismissing those comments as a disinformation cam.designed to spread panic. for now ukrainian soldiers continue to fight. almost all the building outskirts ruined absolutely.
benjamin mendy s solicitor today said the player is delighted at being unanimously acquitted of eight out of ten charges he faced and that he looks forward to clearing his name in relation to the other two charges, so he can start rebuilding his life. danny savage, bbc news, chester. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering the beautician ellie edwards in merseyside. the 26 year old was shot in the head at a pub in wallasey, on christmas eve. connor chapman, who s 22, has been remanded in custody. police say a woman who died after being attacked by a dog in surrey yesterday was walking a number of dogs at the time. paramedics were unable to save the 28 year old after she was attacked at gravelly hill in caterham. a second woman who received treatment for dog bites has since been discharged from hospital. no arrests have been made. the economy unexpectedly grew in
we wanted to illustrate that subtly and nuanced. it really was a great conversation. i was a whole thing coming up next hour. i ve said it, before this is one of the best velshi banned book club meetings so far. you don t want to miss. this first, biden of the handful of americans who fought to uphold democracy in the aftermath of the 2020 election. michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson, great friend of our show was among. them talking to us about the continuing fight for democracy in just a few moments. even twice elected michigan trustee, with 7% of the vote. and how that vote counted. that s what she did in 2020. when she oversaw a record number of turnout to vote in the election. only to find a armed mob out of her home, on christmas eve. she and her son or decorating the christmas tree inside. but she refused to back down,