Hand wringing about where is the quid pro quo? was he in business? did they discuss this? in the meantime in the hunter biden case here you have exhibit a of how the scheme worked. you have these big bad justice department prosecutors who aren t supposed to be afraid of anything. they got this guy dead to rights on a 10-year gun felony and tax evasion charges and they are afraid to charge him. they won t charge him. the case is disappearing. the statute of limitations is running but they are scared to death to charge him because they don t want to charge joe biden s son. they are afraid to do it. they are being told it would career suicide to pull a trigger on a case like that. this is what access to joe biden is. this is why people were willing to pay millions of dollars to get it. that s what the scheme was. dana: our most recent poll for fox news when it comes to his foreign business dealings hunter biden did something illegal. well, in february that number
Delaware which we talked about being a conflict of interest. anyway, he and beau biden were beau biden was working with the u.s. attorneys office also. this and another report says david weiss did not plan to charge hunter biden until i.r.s. whistleblowers came forward about his alleged tax fraud. lawyers for gary shapley and joseph ziegler, the whistleblowers, said, quote, it appears that if it weren t for the courageous actions of these whistleblowers, hunter biden would never have been charged at all. here is former assistant u.s. attorney andy mccarthy. in the hunter biden case, here you have exhibit a of how the scheme worked. you have these big bad justice department prosecutors who aren t supposed to be afraid of anything that got this guy dead to rights on a 10-year gun felony and tax evasion charges and they are afraid to charge
griff: it s too early to tell what state the economy will be in come election day next year. but an early indication may come when fed chair jerome powell delivers a speech in wyoming in economists gather in a billionaire s playground to forecast how much pain ordinary americans may face. bret? bret: griff, thank you. bret: we have another hunter biden revelation. legal team for the president s son at one point threatened to put the elder biden, then president, in a very tough position. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has details tonight from capitol hill. a 2022 letter written by hunter biden s lawyers is revealing they were ready to put president biden on the stand. politico reporters chris clark warned justice department
Prosecutors president biden now unquestionably would be a fact witness for the defense in any criminal trial. what followed was a wide ranging plea deal shielding hunter from any future charges. you have these big bad justice department prosecutors who aren t supposed to be afraid of anything but they are scared to death to charge him because they don t want to charge joe biden s son. this is exactly what access to joe biden is. this is why people were willing to pay millions of dollars to get it. that s what the scheme was. but what republicans call a sweetheart deal fell apart after two irs whistleblowers came forward accusing the justice department of mishandling the investigation. now washington waits to see what special counsel david weiss does next. but his previous work and past working relationship with the president s late son bo is sowing deeper doubts that he can be trusted.