impeachment against president biden. while there are limited questions about the secrecy surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin about his health problems. some house republicans are calling for his impeachment too. it s a theme. we re joined by congressman dana goldman of new york. why so much impeachment? it seems to be en vogue. it s retribution, ari, for the fact that donald trump was impeached two times. what you see in the house, and it s different in the senate, this house republican majority is completely controlled by donald trump. they re operating at his direction with marjorie taylor greene and maga mike johnson leading the charge. they want to distract from the fact that they can t govern,
that when i don t have a victim and i have everybody playing the same game. it s a corrupt system. it can t go unpunished even if it s the game everybody plays. at the same time i think that does suggest that maybe not going as high as an appropriate formula would permit is appropriate here in the judge s discretion. interesting. lisa? reporter: you know, i think david is right. the attorney general has given that formula to the judge, that s how they get to $168 million roughly of the $370 million that they re seeking here. i also agree with david that they re not likely to get all of that $370 million. there are a number of mitigating factors the judge was interested in. one of them was whether or not donald trump jr. and eric trump had the requisite intent to result in some of the relief
it s not been rebutted. and the judge said not necessarily if i think that the witness is not credible. and the reason that s important if he makes credibility findings, because this case will definitely be appealed by one side or the other, likely donald trump because it seems like this is going to go against him, those credibility findings are extremely hard for a court of appeals to overturn. there s enormous deference to the findings. i think that s a sign of both what the judge may do and how tough it will be for donald trump to get the decision that he makes overturned. all really striking. stay with us. sue has emerged from the courtroom. what happened today? thank you. reporter: it s crazy down here on a number of levels. you have the trump case going on. i was in the hallway. i ran into wayne lapierre from
theed by a delaware court. so the discussion as it s happening right now behind me in the courthouse is making sure on the part that the lawyer for the son of the president of of the united states that neither of these trials will end up in conflict with each other. now you know, i m usually a campaign reporter and much more confidentable in a caucus than a courthouse. i look at this trial date of june 20th and think of the political calendar. we re talking about the heat of a presidential year. we re talking about a month before the republican convention, two months before the democratic cob vengs. so how much will these legal proceedings continue to affect president biden as he seeks a second term, put with know the former president is his likely opponent has husband hands full with multiple cases. it makes sense. there s a lot of collision on the call dart. i will tell you to take a brief diversion. we know you as a fair reporter.
republicans holding two committee votes that would hold them in contempt of congress over testifying in the biden impeachment inquiry. hunter biden made waves by doing a surprise counterattack where he said he would testify, but only in public to congress. not in a secret proceeding and he and his aids say risk exploitation for republican propaganda. we re joined by white house correspondent mike memoli in l.a., where hunter biden was for the arraignment. what happened? reporter: as i continue to look a at my phone, we re getting live updates from inside the courtroom where this hearing is still underway. and you mentioned this is the headline as we have it so far. that the judge in this case has set an initial trial date of june 20t for this trial on these tax charges to begin. hunter biden also faces a separate set of gun-related charges, which is being handle