issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer, quote, remains the same. but, in fact, the first time, instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman from real clear politics pointed out the inconsistency, but john pierr pierre insisted it was the same. i just want to clear this up once for all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with his son. so why the updated language? which statement is true? or is it semantics and they are both true? as i stated on monday, when i was asked this question multiple times, nothing has changed. nothing has changed. nothing has changed on this. and so you can ask me a million different ways on this quest
smerconish in philadelphia. in september of 2019, joe biden was asked how many$#ursqj he ha spoken to son hunter about his overseas business activities. the then candidate s answer a was this. i have never spoken to my son about that. that has remained his answer until this week. on monday white house press secretary was asked about this issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer remains the same. but in fact the first time instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman pointed out the insistent sit, but she insisted the answer was the same. i just want to clear this up once if and are all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m in washington. we begin this hour with news that the florida republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the party s eventual nominee. it is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. it is seen as a major defeat for trump s closest rival in his own state, florida governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. meanwhile, as trump s legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. they want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 percentage points in the lowest cnn polls. jeff, we re about four months from the iowa caucuses. you re at a key event tonight in des moines. what do you think we ll hear tonight? reporter: jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical v
An attorney for two IRS whistleblowers who alleged a Justice Department cover-up in the tax investigation of Hunter Biden accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of allowing conflicts of interests that have led to alleged retaliation against his clients and aiding the president’s son in criminal cases.