Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
disclosed. prosecutors say they fear a jury pool could be tainted or that trump may even intimidate witnesses. but one former federal prosecutor says a full gag order would go too far. you don t want witness tampering but he s got to be able to respond. reporter: but prosecutors say they have real concerns, pointing to last week s truth social post in which trump wrote, if you go after me, i m coming after you. trump, who will campaign in iowa this weekend, continues to attack the multiple criminal cases against him. these guys, what they re doing with this election interference, and the senate has to step up and do something. the house is doing a lot of things. reporter: but chutkan says trump should not expect special treatment in her courtroom just because he s a presidential candidate. the judge telling trump s lawyers, he s going to have restrictions like any other defendant. the fact he is engaged in a campaign is not going to enable him any greater or lesser latitude. fe
caucuses. january 2nd is an astonishing trial date. as far as the order it isn t a big deal, i don t think it would affect anything trump has said publicly about this trial so far about this judge and prosecutor. it just concerns evidence that his side receives going forward. and besides some of that can come out the old fashioned way by leaking it to reporters. january 2nd just seems insanely early. the judge knows when the iowa caucuses begin and the whole process and i would be stunned if it were if they succeed in getting that date. bret: we are going to take a trip today down a place we call candidate casino. love to hear the ball around the roulette wheel. this is gop primary. it is early again, and obviously you have a hundred dollars in chips, you have to bet them. here we gofundme harold ford jr., you re first.
a good evening. three, this special counsel that has been a point, mr. weiss, has investigated this for a while. so the idea that this could go on for a longer period of time is unlikely and, if it does, bret, it gives the republicans and those who are opposed to president biden, his political opponents, an opportunity to point out things and say things that would have a lot of credibility not only with republicans but with democrats and even independents. reporter: fair enough but steph, number one issue is that david weiss was behind that original plea deal that was broken up by a judge who kind of discovered the broad immunity that was inside the plea deal. it blew up at the last gnome court. and this is certainly the concern we re hearing from a lot of republicans on the hill. i ve been on the phone all day with various people involved until this watching statements come through, and republicans who, you know, at one point wanted to see weiss named as special counsel wanted him
documents found at mar-a-lago. scombridae david spunt live outside the justice department. thank you the federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case is warning there are limits of what he can publicly say about the investigation as he campaigns for a second term in the white house. correspondent mark meredith has details tonight from the federal courthouse here in washington. reporter: former president trump was in the spotlight, but not physically in court today as his attorneys told judge tanya chutkan trump should be allowed to share the evidence being brought against him in the investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. today, the judge agreed, but only to a point ruling trump did only share nonsensetive information which excludes recordings and transcripts. the judge also warning trump to tread carefully saying, i caution you and your client to take special care in your public statements about this case. prosecutors under special counsel jack s