taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
unwitting mules for stolen money. the white house down played the report claiming there was nothing new in this announcement. even those two older aamounts combine mistakes over and under payments a reference to two older i.g. reports. nearly $100 billion in stolen funds is about 3% of the nearly $3.5 trillion the federal government sent out, bret. bret: rich, there is a new development on that story you told us about last night a major conviction for the u.s. government involving that professor with ties to china. that s right, brit. bret, it took a jury less than three hours of charles lieber making false statements and failing to report income. this is all in connection with his work with the chinese university. lieber once led harvard s chemistry department and received millions in grants from the pentagon. prosecutors say wuhan university of technology also paid him