Attorne Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he will give david weiss Special Counsel status to investigate the president s son. Hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith. Gillian, great to have you back. Gillian this is America Reports. Garland says weiss told him he wanted to be given Special Counsel status to continue his probe into hunter biden. This after insisting for months that step was not necessary. Sandra the timing of this announcement is certainly being highlighted at this hour, and raising Big Questions about how the probe will intersect with a separate congressional investigation. And a Draft Plea Deal between hunters attorneys and weiss thats currently being reworked. Gillian Lindsey Graham as well as house ways and Means Committee chair jason smith are both here to react. Sandra mark meredith, live at the Justice Department at this hour for us. Why did the attorney yes decide to do this and decide to do this now, mark . Sandra, good afternoon to you. The u. S.
suspected prince harry s cross-examination should end by midday. but then his attorney wants the attorney to question him. so we know that there is at least one full day left of testimony from prince harry before this trial moves forward. back to you. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. and a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, new urgency on capitol hill today to, quote, compel answers from the gop activist and billionaire harlen crow. and the case tied to the tragic death of a mother shot by her neighbor after a years long feud. and apple unveiling its vision of the future at the developers conference with a fresh round of skepticism over the question of just how much people are willing to shell out for their newest product. also indictment speculation, heating up tied to former president trump after his lawyers met with special counsel jack smith and other department of justice officials. trump sharing th
Weekend instead and i would imagine the white house would simply defer all questions to hunter biden s legal team which they have done in the past. as i mentioned, we had a chance to ask the white house a few weeks ago what happens if the first son is convicted on any charge, would president biden then consider a pardon and the white house issued a flat no, that was not a possibility in their eyes. whether or not we are going to see additional comment from the white house is still yet to be seen. gillian: i know you are at the justice department today, we are used to seeing you more regularly at the white house. can i ask you to put that cap back on for a moment. do you think it s going to be sustainable messaging strategy for the white house communications team to continue deferring questions regarding this now special counsel investigation all to the department of justice or do you think at some point here the president, by virtue of the fact he is hunter biden s father, is going t
Hunter s form i business partner. hunter appears to have lost some loyalty from the bidens, he s wondering why he is now being charged and why he s being thrown under the bus. so we might get some truth because of that. earlier i spoke to paul morrow, he s an attorney. he said the same thing may soon be the case with 00 the tear wh with hunter, where he may fl aban dodder. mark meredith asked kjp is a pardon on the table for hunter biden. got a flat no. you re seeing where hunter is, right. in the same way you re saying archer may feel abandoned. hunter may start to feel the same thing. he thought he had a deal. you saw how he reacted in court. he gave an emphatic no. if anybody knows the inner workings of this mess, it s hunter. he s not happy. rachel: you don t want hunter unp happy. knows far too much. we talked about this before, will. i think that s why from just a