hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden s sole surviving son hunter biden was convicted today on three felony counts related to possession of a gun while using narcotics. a delaware jury of his peers found hunter biden guilty of lying on a federal form while applying for a handgun, lying to a gun dealer and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in the year 2018. today s verdict marks the end of a painful chapter for the biden family with witness after witness detailing an incredibly troubled period in hunter biden s life, a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine, a time when he was in and out of rehab with a mountain of financial problems. several members of the biden family have attended court in support of hunter, including his sister, his wife and his mom, first lady dr. jill biden seen her walking out of court today with hunter after the verdict was read. hunter biden s defense had denied that hunter had deliberately lied about his drug use when
lawyer for this question. i think i heard it raised by n sensen benner. what happens to all the legal challenges, the fight to get don mcgahn to come forward? does that all continue to boil? absolutely. those court cases are not tied to any of the decision-making in congress on impeachment. remember that congress has the constitutional oversight authority on all kinds of questions. the articles of impeachment are not related directly to the mueller probe and the obstruction of justice issues that mueller raised. the tax returns, remember, because we got that case percolating, remember those? that once again, although that is not a case about congress. that was a district attorney here in manhattan trying to get them for a criminal investigation. but all those become really
defended by the justice department and its lawyers. quote, stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years recorded in american history is that presidents are not kings. so that s one avenue. also tonight the supreme court stepped in and issued a stay on a subpoena from congress for eight years of the president s financial records. this comes amid another case percolating through the supreme court where trump s lawyers are asking the court to look at a ruling in which the president has been directed to hand over his tax returns to the manhattan district attorney cy vance. to talk through these i want to bring in mimi rocah and nick akerman. let s start with judge jackson s ruling in this district court. it s a long ruling and it s quite goes right to the point. she writes however busy or essential a presidential aide might be and whatever their proximity to sensitive domestic the president doesn t have the power to excuse him or her from taking action that the law