and the peace of mind you deserve. sandra: fox news alert. breaking right now, 3 house news committee have synced criminal referrals to the justice department alleging president biden son hunter and his brother james both lied to congress when they sat for a closed-door interviews just months ago. that is where we are at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. welcome, everybody. i am sandra smith in new york. john: this is brand-new breaking news. i am john roberts in washington. this is america reports. it was all a calculated effort to shield president biden from their impeachment inquiry. they are recommending the doj act on the criminal referrals and charge the 2 bidens. sandra: one day after the attorney general a 2-tiered justice system. the claims you have made today about fair and impartial pursuit of justice. they see that lady justice blindfold has slipped off. did you attempt to obstruct the criminal investigation into hunter biden s alleged crimes? absolutely not.
Case. he offered no defense. one defendant took the stand and said he prepped meals and didn t know anything about the book caving. the jury is sequestered. there is no information that other jurors were contacted. sandra: thank you. john. john: that is crazy. president biden traveling to france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day as he stares down 2 brutal wars that have placed him on politically shaky ground. the latest example, a split members of his own party of israel and hamas. john thune is the senate minority weapon joins us now. on the president s trip to france, here is what politico observed. as biden begins a month of high-stakes international stakes meeting, 2 bloody wars in ukraine and gaza have complicated the president s job and told show contributed to the shakiness of his political standing at home. former defense secretary robert gates wrote in his 2014 memoir
Specifically you say in this letter that james biden stated that he did not attend a meeting with joe biden, hunter biden. this was not a meeting at the beverly hilton hotel. these statements were contradicted not only and also hunter biden. where do you plan to get with this? it is the same situation. we have asked for a criminal referral to the department of justice. we hope the department of justice will treat james biden hunter biden the same way they would treat any other american. when you lied to congress, that is a felony. we have had numerous individuals who have lied to congress where the justice department has held accountable. if you do not allow congressional investigations to stand where people have to tell the truth, it is the great out west. sandra: we appreciate you joining us. jason smith, we will see where this goes. we will be watching it. i appreciate your time today.
Falsehoods about communications with chinese business partners. republicans say jim biden failed to tell the truth. i think that jim biden like they provided false information to congress regarding some of that china deals. with hunter biden, i think it is the money laundering stuffed with the right around the corner, impeachment doesn t have to be the only tool in the toolkit. the criminal referral attending a meeting between hunter biden business partner tony. i think that justice department needs to look at that and act accordingly. when you lie to congress, that is a serious violation of the law. it is a felony. the president s son should not be treated any differently than any other american. kevin mccarthy green-lighted an impeachment inquiry last july. that investigation yielded some of this information.
i m not sure how much confidence president biden instills in world leaders. according to president biden, it is trump that they fear. there s not a major international meeting i attend that before it is over i have attended many, more than most presidents have been 3.5 years that a world leader doesn t pull me aside as i m leaving and say, he can t win. you can t let him win. speaking about trump. trump was tough with world leaders. he held nato to account. our world leaders to concerned? i think world leaders want biden, because they know they can maneuver, manipulate, and control biden. president trump was someone who is feared on the world stage. whether it is the indo-pacific or the middle east, ukraine, our southern border. there are lots of national security threats out there.