Counsel to look into the investigation against the president s son, hunter biden. Lucas tom lynnson has the latest on this story. Reporter it was just a few weeks ago that hunter biden thought he was minutes away from freedom are from any further charges. Of course, that thats not what happened. The plea if deal fell apart, and now it could be going to trial, according to federal prosecutors in a filing yesterday. A Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently are. Based only on a facts and the law. Reporter that Special Counsel, david weiss, of course, has been investigating hunter biden for the past five years now and negotiated with what many republicans call a, quote, sweetheart plea deal. President biden left the white house yesterday for the beach, he did not take any questions before Boarding Marine Wunsch the president one. The president has long main
special counsel. your thoughts on that and why now? thanks, molly. great being with you. weiss has already shown his hand. he created this plea deal which you never everyone in the legal system will tell you, you do not seek the lower conviction, a misdemeanor, when a felony is what should be brought to the courts. and he also engaged in passing by the statute of limitations for the felony over that 5-year period. he denied access to subpoenas along the way, he gave updates to attorneys, he has shown his hand to really just be on same team as team hunter and team joe. so, look, the evidence here is unbelievable, and i agreed with what much of representative bera rah said, let s let the legal process come out. but for them to continue to deny that there is a tremendous, a mountain of circumstantial evidence and, by the way, anyone