the special reports that we do sometimes around here. this one is about what we call the just comply lie from some republicans, as well as sean hannity. we re going to show you how it has been shredded by recent events. how sean hannity s standard was failed by none other than donald trump himself. how it fits in with civil rights in our country. by the end of the hour, to end the week, we have a saturday night live alum with us as well. our top story is the kind of news that sometimes comes at the end of the week about the january 6th coup. it s about our democracy. it s about the man who already got donald trump arraigned, special counsel jack smith. people are taking everything he does as seriously as possible these days. indeed, one thing that you can find agreement on from sort of doj veterans and allies of the justice department, if you want to put it that way, and donald trump s team and world, they all think jack smith means business. they are all watching everyth
our top story tonight is a brand new filing by special counsel jack smith. you can see it right here in this paperwork. you can see what they re talking about which is evidence, what lawyers call discovery material. this kind of filing reminds donald trump and his evolving team of lawyers they re on a collision course with jack smith s aggressive office, barreling towards a trial slated to start in august. that could be delight, but only by rulings. it s not a timeline that donald trump s team controls. so they re headed towards that. this filing that we just got outlines the new evidence that donald trump s team will get. that includes interviews of defendant trump conduct bid non-government entities obtained by the special counsel s office. the key word here is interviews, plural, because even in this sparse word we got new information. it means smith has at least one more recording of trump beyond the one we knew about, the one that made news, that was also featured in the
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.
hello. i m judge jeanine pirro, along with jessica tarlov, jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. the secondary president biden refusing to talk about the scandal that could have put american lives in danger. the defense secretary face and calls to resign, after keeping both biden and senior officials in the dark on his recent hospitalization. for three whole days, america s defense secretary went awol with two wars raging in ukraine and israel. that s because he was secretly in the icu after a couple occasions following elective surgery. the second in command was put in charge while she was on vacation in puerto rico, but even she didn t know her boss was in the hospital. according to politico, one official was told that the secretary was working from home for the week. the pentagon now claims it did not give an update about boston them, because his chief of staff had the flu. and, austin is no longer
times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts rights now. hi, ari. thanks so much. i m ari melber, and yes, this is another busy news night. we have one of the special reports we have been working on this is brand new, and i m going to share with you tonight. it is about how donald trump as a client has been likened to a mob boss by his own lawyers. how the lawyers who have gotten in trouble have been the biggest assistants, factual, evidentiary and otherwise to the prosecutors pursuing trump, and how there s a lawyer we ve heardless about but i m going to get into details tonight, who can be a key, a lynch pin in any federal indictment. as we come on the air as well as the news we brought you tonight. we brought you a reporter who broke it last night, and now it s everywhere, not being disputed that the doj formally targeted donald trump for indictment. i ll walk you through what that means. number one, it s the clearest signal that charges at this time are p