after their work is financed and information disseminated. big headline is the two parties working to get a plea deal put together between hunter biden and u.s. attorney in delaware, that deal was essentially off and they are going to go to trial at some point. yes, things could change. whether that will happen quickly, yet to be seen, especially if there is change of venue, you can imagine how long this process could drag on, think what that might mean for the white house, the president s reelection campaign, headaches will pile up, every time there is a filing or motion or hearing, it will bring in continued questions about what this has meant for hunter biden and the biden family overall. we already hearing from pretty powerful republicans just yesterday includingir chair of house oversight james comer, who is ready to subpoena members of the biden family, i imagine hunter biden, don t know
federal prosecution and departmental policies. in a july letter to congress, he said that he had not requested special counsel designation. on tuesday of this week, mr. weiss advised me that in his judgment, his investigation had reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a special counsel. and he asked to be so appointed. upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have included that it s in the public s interest to appointment him as special counsel. this appointment confirms my commitment to provide mr. weiss all the resources he requests. it also reaffirms that mr. weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems probably independently based only on the facts and the law.
interest, because he s still a member, a top official in the biden justice department, he is presidentially appointed united states attorney for district of delaware and under special counsel regulation, not qualified, not eligible to be a special counsel. this whole thing is a sham. harris: my goodness, andy mccarthy, thank you for joining us, you are saying this gives headline that says something is dismissed, you say it is smoke screen, it is running out anyway. thank you, i appreciate it. david, what is on your mind? david: three words i wrote and every one should go back and watch what andy mccarthy just said. if you want this to go away, you let it run out, the clock is running. and his point about the law and how you appoint a special
didn t go off, according to associated press. thomas leonard, a mailman from centuries old lahaina did not know about the fire until he smelled smoke. power and cell service had gone out leaving the town with no realtime information. he just sees smoke, he gets in his jeep and tries to leave, he has to flee the jeep and go to the shore because cars around him started to explode. imagine trying to get out, one highway through the area and cars are exploding. what did he do? he got into the water, held on to the sea wall for several hours during which wind was blowing hot ash and cinder over him and he was rescued. this is a 70-year-old mailman. we need to look into this, how to be better prepared, tammy s point. real loss of life and the death
counsel has now been appointed, this time it s in the hunter biden investigation. today attorney garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. he s been leading the years-long investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. the reaction in washington is pouring in, but first, paula reid has been tracking all of this. how did this map? according to the justice department, on tuesday david weiss, a trumpppointed u.s. attorney who s overseen the hunter biden investigation for years, requested this special designation. so the first question is, well, why now? th re not providing an official explanation, but the r appears that talks between hunter biden s lawyers and the