Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
Bret former President Donald Trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing hes facing following this weeks indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The trial judge making that ruling today. This comes amid growing questions about the Justice System in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of President Biden. Congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a twotiered application of the law. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. The g. O. P. Says there are two sets of rules. One for the bidens, another for former President Trump. The right intends to level the playing field. You cant beat them, you persecute them. Republicans believe there is something nefarious going on. It seems as though every time trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new
fighting russians as the head of the private military group wagner says the kremlin will no longer take his calls. russia filed a barrage of hypersonic missiles across the country. the new york times reporting the manhattan district attorney is signaling charges against trump are likely. and the coe of fox ko corporation breaking his silence as we go inside the relationship between rupert murdoch and donald trump. o outfront tonight, russian versus russian. putin refusing to help the private army, the wagner group, that s according to the chief of wagner tonight claiming the kremlin will not take his calls anymore. translator: to get me to stop asking for ammunition, all the hot lines to offices, to departments, et cetera, have been cut off from me. they ve also blocked agencies from making decisions. it s pretty incredible, and it could be significant because the wagner group of course is responsible for the small successes putin has notched in this war. the u.n. e
Phase of this war on ukraine. Just today, President Putin has made overt Nuclear Threats against europe. I talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. I also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. Also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in Police Custody there. What will come of the demonstrations . I will ask an expert. But first, heres my take. Lets not play down what has happened this week. The leader of the Worlds Largest Nuclear Power publicly threatened to use Nuclear Weapons. In an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all Weapons Systems available to us to defend the country. He emphasized it. This is not a bluff. It might be. Putins threat is an addon of traditional soviet doctrine. Now they contemplate scenarios which it could use Nuclear Weapons. But putin
tonight what s the bottom line you want the american people to know? there was a very sophisticated multi-part plan ovp ovoverseen ovp ovove by donald trump. you can t accept when they steal and rob. the attempt to stay in power. the longest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay president barrels towards conclusion, we put it all together. i got three men walking down the street with ar-15s. the explosive testimonies. i over heard the president saying something that i don t effin care that they have weapons, let people in. new insights from witnesses. i said you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys and oath keepers. and what may lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear danger to american democracy. not because of wha