process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
several grounds such as prosecutorial misconduct and selective prosecution and as well as how much time has passed since the alleged crimes. we re looking at statute of limitations and a whole host of motions that are going to be levied here, and this case won t see a jury in my opinion. and turning himself in historic criminal charges, 34 felony counts brought forth by manhattan district attorney bragg, accusing him of hush money payments to stormy daniels and mcdougall. daniels says if the case goes to trial, she wants to testify. i think having them call me in and put me on the stand let legitimizes my story and and oh, she must not be a good witness, she s not credible. as for republicans, it s the credibility of prosecution that s in question. yesterday, house judiciary chairman jim jordan wrote a letter to the d.a. s office for new york county requesting documents and testimony relevant to their investigation into bragg s case. quote, if state or local prosecu
i don t believe bragg would be doing this in donald trump was not running for president. we d like to ask mr. bragg if he d be doing this if he worked for the president of the united states. if s if this is the reason you re doing it, this is a political investigation. and in an interview with fox news today, former illinois democratic governor rod doubled down like people like bragg are out of control and targeting trump and president trump excited the sentence related to the conviction of trying to sell obama s senate seat. if that prosecutor of new york, the democrat prosecutor suggests that the congress should not have oversight over his actions, he s sadly mistake and these are out of control and the weaponnized political prosecutor in new york state who s trying to prosecute president trump for things that aren t crimes and this is absolutely necessary so we can preserve our republic and democracy and freedoms. they re working at the major league level to the repu
under way, jury selection in the manhattan s district attorney s case set to begin this hour. while former president donald trump has not been personally indicted the trial could impact the future of his business empire. we re live outside the courthouse. across the u.s. rsv infections spreading in children and that is also sparking concern about what the rapid spread of this virus could mean for the weeks and the months ahead. cases now reaching a two-year peak sending more kids to the hospital, in fact, three quarters of pediatric hospital beds now in use across the country. and in the uk a possible new prime minister today. this hour the candidates to replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization
Ended up getting indicted. Newly released Court Transcripts show his outbursts earned him a stern rebuke from judge juan merchan. Judge merchan saying to trumps attorney, todd blanchethis, i understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually, and thats contemptuous and has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that. Trumps attorney, mr. Blanche, quote, i will talk to him. Judge mer shonn speaking to the court, so i am speaking at the bench because i dont want to embarrass him. Mr. Blanche, i will talk to him. The judge, you need to speak to him. I wont tolerate that. Mr. Blanche, i will talk to him. Now, one of the moments that inspired that and angered trump so much was Stormy Daniels description of part of their encounter in a hotel room in 2006. For reference heres how she described it on camera for 60 minutes in all its cringeworthy glory. It started off all about him, just talking about himself