about the former president s involvement with epstein saying in a statement on twitter that he knew absolutely nothing about the terrible crimes involving jeffrey epstein. also denying allegations of impropriety tonight famed harvard professor allen dershowitz who was named by a victim in one of documents. dershowitz says he was epstein s lawyer which explains why he flew around with him so many timesment we ve been following this story for quite some time so i want to reiterate maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for recruiting under aged girls for epstein. she s appealing her conviction but again the names that have been released from this long list, again we just want to be fair, it doesn t necessarily mean they ve done anything improper but they re there, trace. trace: they are there we are going to put them up again to show you but kevin is right no indication they have done anything wrong. kevin corke live in dc thank you. let s bring in washington examiner political and
the u.s. coast guard says it found charles gregory in his largely submerged boat 12 miles off saint augusta dehydrated but alive. he was last seen leaving a boat house in saint augusta thursday night produced taken to a hospital to be checked out. as president biden enjoys his delaware vacation, the united states credit rating takes a hit. fitchett rating downgrade the u.s. by a notch we will play with that could mean for your portfolio. plus, washington examiner political reporter sarah bedford wasted on housebound closed-door interview with a key former hunter biden business associate what devon archer calls the biden brand. running this kitchen. (vo) make the switch. it s your business. it s your verizon.
the entire debate is it whether or not donald trump shows up, we ll see what happens there. sandra: and interesting about burgum, teasing the interview coming up, they exchanged, he and donald trump endorsements back in 2016 and 2020. and he is trying to showcase his personality as a contrast to trump. so, that will make for a very interesting answer. we ll get that from him shortly. thanks to both of you. great conversation. trace. trace: explosive testimony from the former business partner of hunter biden painting a picture of influence peddling to enrich his family. but democrats are putting their own spin on what was said. washington examiner political and investigative reporter sarah bedford will join us on that, sandra. sandra: migrants forced to sleep on the streets of new york city, no more room left in the shelters. frustration against the biden administration. what are they doing about this? the mayor himself is now calling out the lack of action at the federal level. t
insight as always, thank you. now for the political side of this let s bring in washington examiner political and investigative reporter sarah bedford. this is a former president mike pence and he is talking about the investigation into hunter biden. i have a sense that while i welcome these charges and the guilty plea, i have a sense that this will do very little to allay the concerns of millions of americans that we simply don t have equal treatment under the law. trace: it s a fair point, sarah, as john was alluding to earlier, a lot of people saying five year investigations, slap on the wrist, i m not buying it. that s right. a lot of what progressional republicans interest has been concentrated on is less what hunter biden actually did with regards to his taxes and this gun violation.
as for the former agency testified thursday they were punished for questioning the fbi, the agency said it has not and will not retaliate against protected whistleblowers, jon protects alexander half, thanks. for more on this let s bring in washington examiner political reporter sarah bedford. sarah this was a blistering report about the fbi in his conduct. that is rates. i think for me, one of the biggest takeaways was not just what that report said about how the fbi handled the probe into the trump rupture collusion situation with chris odyssey pretty devastating but also the way the fbi handled pretty similar allegations involving hillary clinton s campaign. how quickly this allegations were dismissed how little credence fbi agents gave those allegations, despite the aggressive treatment that they gave to the similar charges against the trump campaign that was a key revelation that was