Terms mr. Pied biden the president of the u. S. Would agree to be interviewed. And a devastating death toll rising on maui as rescue and recovery teams find more bodies and thousands of residents are homeless along with stranded tourists on an island that looks like a war zone. Good day, everyone, a busy day in washington. Im andrea. Where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan made quick decisions this morning on the size and the scope of that protective order in the criminal case surrounding Donald Trumps alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In a ruling from the bench, judge chutkan after prosecutors argued that the order was necessary to prevent pretrial publicity and the defense countered that the pregs counsels parameters were extraordinary decided that the protective order would only apply to sensitive materials and not to all of the evidence turned over to them from the Special Counsel. Judge chutkan also added a clause to the order that would limit the universe of people
By what was the u.s. attorney and now he is the special counsel? you know, is there more to look into? is this a bigger deal in terms of hunter biden s business dealings? so i think what this suggests is that the plea agreement that was previously thought to be on is now off, at least for now, and that david would have david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware, would have sought authorization to become a special counsel because he believes that there is a risk that this case will now go to trial. you will recall that as that guilty plea was falling apart, one of his prosecutors was asked by the judge, might you bring other charges? for instance, might you charge hunter biden for failure to comply with the requirements of the foreign agent registration act? and the prosecutor said in open court that that sort of an investigation was still on the table. so this decision to make weiss a special counsel is another marker that doj is renewing its independence during the biden