views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
ainsley: the president s son indicted on nine tax related charges three of them felonies brought by special counsel david weiss. the defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts, girlfriend, luxury hotels and rental properties. exotic cars and clothing and other items of personal nature. everything but his taxes. brian: accused of paying $1.4 million in taxes over a four year period. latest indictment could mean big trouble for the biden campaign. it s got to be a nuclear bomb going off for the president biden family. it s got to be for a politician gearing up for re-election. brian: you would think. hunter fairs up to 17 years in prison on these charges. ainsley: bring in francey hakes a federal former prosecutor. thank you so much for waking up this early with us, francey. the president has vowed to crack down on this type of thing on people who cheat their taxes. look at his own child he is the poster child for this. what is your reaction? my first reaction,
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i m candidate crowley, and you re in the situation room. just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnn s chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think maybe a problem for mitt romney? absolutely a problem for mitt romney. as you pointed out, in january neck and neck. now president obama is up. what s mitt romney s calling card as he campaigns he electability? what do republican voters say they want in all those dpit polls we ve been taking and all those primaries? somebody who can beat president obama. he kind of loses that argument. it s early, this is good news for president obama. we should say it s february, these numbers can change. an