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.
Two sides cant agree on how it all unraveled. Who was at fault or whether any part of the deal is still in force or what it means Going Forward . A lot of questions there. Now his primary lawyer is stepping aside while another highpowered attorney joins team hunter. Dana david spunt with the details live at the Justice Department. I need to be caught up. Go. Its remarkable how things have changed and seems to change on a daily basis. The latest news here the government weiss and Hunter Bidens legal team couldnt be further apart. Three weeks ago today on wednesday, july 26th, david weiss, the Special Counsel was sitting inside a federal courtroom in Delaware Feet away from hunter biden. Both prepared to enter into this Plea Agreement as we know it never happened. The judge chastised both parties in public. Yesterday the government writing, responding to Hunter Bidens attorneys saying the government did not quote renege on the previously agreed upon Plea Agreement as the Defendant Inaccu
Illegal. Well, technically not supposed to be here. Undocumented person. I shouldnt have used illegal. Undocumented. Dana three days and three different explanations from President Biden as he bends over backwards to apologize to a Migrant Murder Suspect for calling him an illegal. Bill is off today. Good morning to you im dana perino. Sandra im sandra smith. The man is charged with murdering Nursing Student laken riley. Republicans pressured him to mention the case during the State Of The Union address. The president mispronounced lake ens name. Dana it didnt sit well with lakens mother. It speaks to bidens misunderstanding on the border according to the republicans. What the meaning of is, is. To even argue this point in the face of this 22yearold young woman whose whole life was ahead of her, was taken allegedly by this person who crossed the border multiple times with a criminal background to argue whether its undocumented or illegal. Its illegal, mr. President and a slap in the fa
New yorked. Jilgillian turner. We have kevin oleary and jim jordan. First up, President Biden addressing the backlash from within his own party for using the word illegal last night in referring to migrants. Take a listen. Do you regret using the word illegal last night, sir . Probably technically not supposed to be here. Well have more on that with democratic senator chris coons. He co chairs President Bidens Reelection Committee and we got more from the head of the Border Patrol union. Hes responding to the president s state of the Union Address. Last night saying the union endorsed the bipartisan bill but claimed the bill was derailed by politics. Heres Brandon Judd Telling Martha Why The Union supporting the bill. President biden has put us in this situation. Hes put us in the situation that we have never thought that we would ever be in. Were apprehending seven times more people than what we normally apprehend. We have more than ten times the gotaways. We have more fentanyl coming
Decision. Very wellcrafted, and i think it will go a long way toward bringing our country together, which our country needs. You cannot take somebody out of a race. The voters can take the person out of the race very quickly. But a court shouldnt be doing that and the Supreme Court saw that very well. Sandra all right, moments ago former President Donald Trump riding high into super tuesday, both in his electoral and legal battles. Reacted to the massive win from the Supreme Court that blocks nationwide efforts to keep him off the president ial ballot. Hello, welcome everyone, im sandra smith in new york. And john, a brandnew week, here we go. John and this is a big week. So much going on this week. Im john roberts in washington and this is America Reports. Trump celebrating the unanimous ruling moments ago calling it an inspirational and unifying moment to bring the country together. Sandra fox team coverage, kerri urbahn is here, Fox News Legal Editor and former counselor to attorney