time when prosecutors for jack smith were really, really active in interviewing witnesses around trump s mindset, appeared to be trying to get at just that. they were trying to determine whether trump knowingly based his actions on a lie in claiming widespread fraud that impacted the outcome of the november 2020 election. now, as we understand it, kushner has insisted that it was his impression that trump genuinely believed the election was stolen, according to a person familiar with what took place. this is a line of questioning the prosecutors have asked several witnesses, who are trying to figure out as they try to figure out exactly what trump s intent was because one of the things necessary depending on the charges the prosecutors might bring would be to establish corrupt intent. maggie, how does this information fit into the larger investigation by jack smith, the special counsel, into the efforts of trump and others to overturn the free and fair 2020 election? a
dealings. i have never discussed with my son or brother anything having to do with their businesses, period. take a look at these new allegations from gary chapley, a long-time high ranking nonpolitical irs whistle-blower whose testimony just became public so everyone can now read it. he says hunter biden was protected and shielded from the law in ways that he has never seen in his long career. there s so much in his testimony that is shocking. but let s start here with this alleged message from hunter biden to chinese business man henry zhao who appears to have owed him money. this is a whats app text. i m sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. tell the director that i would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand and now means tonight. and z, if i get a call or tech from anyone involved in this other than you, chang or the chairman, i will make certain that my ability to hold a grudge that
continues and president zelensky is winding ukrainian forces are holding out but are outnumbered. belgian s king arrived in congo, two years after expressing regret for his families brutal colonial ruling. let s start with borisjohnson and the fallout from yesterday s confidence vote on his leadership. although he won, more than a0 per cent of his own mps voted against him. in recent months, the prime minister has faced mounting pressure following revelations of lockdown parties held at downing street. the prime minister addressed cabinet ministers today here s what he told them. thank you everybody for all your good work yesterday because it was a very important day because we were able to draw a line under the issues that our opponents want to talk about and we re able to get on talking about what i think people in this country want us to. we know that cabinet support for the prime minister still holds firm here s foreign secretary liz truss. we had a vote yesterday.
so it would only be a consolation against eintracht frankfurt. that was a win for them. a bit of a confidence boost. they are not going through in europe this season. history will be made this month when rebecca welch becomes the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match. she ll officiate at fulham v burnley on 23 december. it comes less than a year after welch became the first female to referee a championship game. then on boxing day, sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league since 2008. he ll oversee sheffield united s match against luton. onto cricket now and england are taking on the west indies in their second t20 international in grenada. and after putting the windies into bat, england restricted them to 176 7, opener brandon king top scoring on and unbeaten 82. adil rashid england s best bowler with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, captainjoss butler was out for just five. and england are looking iffy on 106 4. 100 and w
Business, but critics now suggest there has been deception. The democrats are making political mischief out of trumps russian connection. You can feel them paying them back for what they did to bill and Hillary Clinton. But the house and senate are controlled by republicans, and it is signs of nervousness among them which make todays story all the more interesting. During the day, several influential republicans had called on sessions to recuse himself from the matter. Based on what we have read, i think the Attorney General should further clarify. In fact i think hes going to need to recuse himself. The fbi has multiple lines of inquiry, drawing on intelligence from many of americas 16 other agencies. The senate and house intelligence committees also have investigations. And under the spotlight, former advisers mike flynn and pohlman effort, trumps lawyer michael coen, and even the former Business Activities of the commerce secretary. All of this, fuelled by secret information thats b