Counsel to look into the investigation against the president s son, hunter biden. Lucas tom lynnson has the latest on this story. Reporter it was just a few weeks ago that hunter biden thought he was minutes away from freedom are from any further charges. Of course, that thats not what happened. The plea if deal fell apart, and now it could be going to trial, according to federal prosecutors in a filing yesterday. A Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently are. Based only on a facts and the law. Reporter that Special Counsel, david weiss, of course, has been investigating hunter biden for the past five years now and negotiated with what many republicans call a, quote, sweetheart plea deal. President biden left the white house yesterday for the beach, he did not take any questions before Boarding Marine Wunsch the president one. The president has long main
here. listen here. obviously, supporters for the former president, donald trump, there s also a lot of them kicking the tires on who could be the alternative to trump. and so there from desantis to ramaswamy, to nikki haley, mike pence, tim scott, the race is wide open right now. griff: pete, what do you say, what is the case ron desantis makes that a changes mindsesome. sure. i think ron desantis is doing beautifully in iowa right now. no one has a better ground game, he has 120 county cochairs, there are only 99 counties in iowa. he just had talk maker steve days endorse him the other day. you know iowa, griff, you ve got to put in the work, and right now the person putting in the most work is ron desantis, and that s why he s going to win come january. griff: now, one thing ron desantis has not yet proved he can do, and that is to rap