Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,
Hide millions of dollars received from foreign sources. Now, that information could become public as g. O. P. Lawmakers look to turn the tables on the bidens. California republican congressman daryl issa will join us in a moment. We have fox news coverage. A case that critics say is an evidence of Double Standard at the d. O. J. We begin with chad live with us on capitol hill. Chad, what will republicans do now . Trace, good afternoon. Republicans want to strike back. They view the prosecution of the former president as political. They believe there are two tiers of justice. One for the bidens and one for former president trump. House Judiciary Committee chairman jim jordan has questions for delaware u. S. Attorney david weiss. Weiss handled the hunter biden case. This Plea Agreement that was put together, that the judge said no to a week ago, i mean, i think that is hugely significant because they tried to hide information in the diversion part of the Plea Agreement instead of putting
next hour to tomorrow s blockbuster trial in delaware. fox news defending itself against extensive evidence it told viewers a story of conspiracy and fraud in the 2020 election it knew wasn t true. on the panel to discuss is brian lanza, who was a member of donald trump s transition team, and the former labour leader kesia dugdale, now director of thejohn smith centre in glasgow. in other trump related news, senior republicans have been in manhattan today to investigate the district attorney alvin bragg s performance on violent crime. that would be the same alvin bragg who two weeks ago indicted donald trump. we will get the thoughts of our panel on that, and maybe we will test them on their maths. rishi sunak announced today he is setting up a review to tackle the anti maths mindset. notjust a uk problem us schools have experienced a recent fall in standards, too. but let s begin in delaware. in his summaryjudgment issued before this trial gets under way tomorrow, the judg
ex-president very clear publicly known efforts and plot to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. a series of court battles over the last few weeks have largely gone in special counsel jack smith s favor, resulted if a whole slew of new trump officials and allies now being ordered to testify. some big names, none of them bigger than the one, vice president mike pence, news broke on tuesday that a federal judge had ordered him to answer questions under oath regarding conversations that may involve illegality on donald trump s part. here s what mike pence told nbc news about all of that this morning. i ll be in washington, d.c., later the week. i ll be meeting with my counsel that week and we ll determine the best way forward. again, i have nothing to hide. i believe we did our duty under the constitution on january 6th. nothing to hide, but that response begs the question, if that s the case, and frankly the fact that he wrote the book about it, why hasn t he testified
we re honored to have you take us off the air tonight and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow this was the line to ge into the delaware courthouse with fox news was set to go on trial this morning the company was accused of defamation by the dominion voting systems corporation even the sheer number of lawyers showing up for thi trial today was impressive both the top side in the dominion, side looks like they had enough lawyers to form a soccer team in suits behind the courtroom a s mysterious walkway thing presumably for allowing jurors and high-profile witnesses t enter and exit the courtroom without being spotted, because there were going to be a lot o high-profile witnesses, an inside the court the lawyers and spectators were reportedly packed in like sardines. demean s legal team submitte more than 7000 exhibits, including vid