maria: good sunday morning, everyone, welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. today republicans dig in leaving for the christmas holiday with plans to double down on their investigation if into president biden amidst brazen defiance from first son hunter blowing off a congressional subpoena and instead trying to set the rules of any deposition congressional a investigators are asking for. coming up, house ways and means committee chairman jason smith with more on the republicans investigation of president biden along with his list of depositions he s pursuing in the new year. then, targeting trump. special counsel jack smith tries to get the 45th president on trial before he can cam pawn for president as campaign for president as the amount of surveillance, propaganda and censorship spikes across merge former department of defense chief of staff kash patel along with alan dershowitz on the soft attacks on america s way of life in plain sight. then, the pr
a sunday morning, welcome to morning futures.m ma i am maria bartiromo. thank you for joining us this morning.ans leaving for the christmas holiday with plans to double down on their investigation if into president biden amidst brazen defiance from first son hunter blowing off a congressional subpoena and instead trying to set the rules of any deposition congressional a investigators are asking for. coming up, house ways and means committee chairman jason smith with more on the republicans investigation of president biden along with his list of depositions he s pursuing in the new year. then, targeting trump. special counsel jack smith tries to get the 45th president on trial before he can cam pawn for president as campaign for president as the amount of surveillance, propaganda and censorship spikes across merge former department of defense chief of staff kash patel along with alan dershowitz on the soft attacks on america s way of life in plain sight. then, the propaga
hard evidence that shows donald trump and his top advisors knew of the correct declassification process while donald trump was president which flies in the face of what trump has claimed in the past. tonight the documents could be in the hands of the special counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment we will try to get answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say there are 16 records that the national archives is handing over to jack smith. the records apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took and gets declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s dec
good to be with you. i m katy tur. george santos is once again a free man. at least for now. after being arrested this morning, the gop congressman from long island was arraigned in a suffolk county courtroom and released on a $500,000 bond. santos pleaded not guilty, and he says he ll hold a news conference to address the charges we re watching and waiting for that, and we ll go there once it begins. federal prosecutors argue he is guilty. they say santos is a liar and a cheat and that they ve got the goods to prove it. in the 13 count indictment unsealed today, the feds charged him with wire fraud and money laundering, stealing public funds and lying to the house of representatives. all told, george santos could be facing many years in prison, not to mention the loss of his congressional seat eventually. the gop speaker of the house with his four-vote margin over the democrats needs santos on the floor. so kevin mccarthy told reporters today, let him have his day in court.
counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment, we will try to get some answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. but first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say that there are 16 records of the national archives and what they are handing over to jack smith. they apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president, undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took against declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you are the president of the united states, you can declassified just by saying it is declassified, even by thinking about it. we are told the archives informed trump about its discovery yesterday in a letter. cnn has obtained a copy. it says, i am quoting, the 16 records and questionable reflect communication involving