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.
Investigation goes from here. Hi, david. Hi, gillian and sandra. Safe bet this investigation is now prolonged for at least the next several months now that david weiss is Special Counsel. All that talk about whether or not david weiss requested Special Counsel Status from Attorney General garland, talk about the plea deal in delaware, throw all of that out the window now that he is Special Counsel. And saying david weiss asked for the status, the trumpappointed u. S. Attorney investigating the president s son for several years will continue. Attorney general Merrick Garland decided to give him special County Status after Plea Deal Negotiations fell through. In a new Court Filing Shows during the july 26, 2023, hearing, the defendant pled not guilty. Since that time they have engaged in further negotiations but are at impasse. The government believes it will not resolve short of a trial. I am committed to making as much of his report public as possible, consistent with legal requirement
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Slew of delegates just days after faceup at the Southern Border. This is a joe biden invasion. Cracks such as what it says join me. Both get us trying to address what many voters now call their top concern, americas Border Crisis some highprofile Violent Crimes linked to migrants like the killing of a young Nursing Student in georgia, turbocharge the issue for quick Snow Policies of been adopted by the commission that of trade century city status in athens. We will get reaction from republican senator marco rubio democrat ben cardin. Then, present by the set to deliver the final state at the Union Address of his first term. Days after Super Tuesday. This is that incredibly important opportunity not just to address congress but also to address the American People per. New poles struggling with low Approval Numbers and p Pushbackn Keand key swing states on everything from Foreign Policy and concerns about his health and age progress will talk with by pan cochair chris coons. Congressman
Kudlow. Well President Biden is facing increasing pressure to act with a stronger hand following yet another attack by iran backed Houthi Rebels in the red sea yesterday. The total number of attacks on commercial shipping vehicles continue to rise as critics are looking to the president to take more action. Grady trimble is live in d. C. With all the details. Grady. Reporter david, after pausing operations in the red sea Major Shipping Companies are starting to resume them but they still face the threat of attacks from Houthi Rebels as they do that. French shipping company, cma, is the latest to announce it will gradually increase the number of ships going through the red sea. They follow maersk but just yesterday houthi militants claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container ship bringing the total number of attacks on International Vessels to 21 and this one comes after defense secretary lloyd austin announced operation prosperity guardian, aimed at protecting commerci