a highly credible confidential human source with the most corroborating evidence we have said judiciary chair jim jordan last month. sounds big. and according to reporting from multiple outlets, it was big. alexander smirnov was the lynch pin, perhaps, of the entire gop impeachment inquiry into president biden. except that lynch pin now looks more like a poison pill. in a new court filing, the special counsel tasked with investigating hunter biden s business dealings said smirnov is a lay liar, that he can t be trusted on anything, not about his financial conditions, not his alleged meetings, not about his supposed insider information, and certainly not about the bribe claims. in fact, special counsel weiss says the lies smirnov is still telling are linked to russian intelligence and could, quote, impact u.s. elections. oof. so where does the house impeachment inquiry go now? hunter biden is supposed to testify next week, but first his uncle james is behind closed doors with
house republicans about a bribery scheme that s already been debunked. a mix-up too wild to make up. hunter biden s lawyers accusing the special counsel of confusing sawdust for cocaine. what might that mean for his case? plus, the american ballerina accused of treason by russia. did a simple donation to ukraine get her locked up? and are mitch mcconnell s days in leadership numbered? what donald trump is saying about that. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin on capitol hill with republicans questioning the president s brother. julie tsirkin is there. what s going on? reporter: exactly. they have been questioning him behind closed doors for the last few hours, only breaking for lunch, and little breaks here and there. for james biden, the brother of the president, he did read as part of his statement to the panel, again, behind closed doors, but we were able to get our hands on it. he pointed out four points, i know they re ki
20 minutes joined by a friend of one of those people trapped in the vessel but we have a lot of news out of d.c. this morning. let s get to this. hunter biden is set to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to his tax filings. brian: many are calling his agreement a sweetheart deal that s why we put it in bold in the prompter. drop his felony drug charge after two years of probation. house republicans say they won t stop their investigations. ainsley: lucas tomlinson joins us. good morning. the chairman of the house oversight committee says he wants to see transparency. he says he s not getting it. unfortunately, we saw a lot of redactions in these documents. i would estimate that 55 to 60% of the two documents were redacted. it s just a complete waste of my time. it s another example of the fbi stalling, stonewalling, doing everything they can to obstruct the house oversight committee s credible investigation of biden bribery. bill barr says the justice d
indeed. helene cooper, great have you on, thank you very much. great reporting. that is tonight s reidout. inside with jen psaki starts now. inside with jen psaki starts now. well, the four times indicted republican front runner is continuing to echo the language of adolf hitler, and brag about compliments from vladimir putin. so, that is pretty much where we are right now. donald trump said all of that new hampshire just over the weekend, were governor chris sununu just endorsed nikki haley. the governor is going to join me to talk about all of that later in the show. we are going to dig into some pretty wild new reporting about supreme court justice clarence thomas, and concerns that he would resign over his paycheck. we do want to start tonight with what i hope will be a bit of a sober reminder of where the american electorate sits right now. it is important for everyone to hear. this weekend, trump, once again, echoed dictators, praised autocrats, repeated racis
indicted republican front runner is continuing to echo the language of adolf hitler, and brag about compliments from vladimir putin. so, that is pretty much where we are right now. donald trump said all of that new hampshire just over the weekend, where governor chris sununu just endorsed nikki haley. the governor is going to join me to talk about all of that later in the show. we are going to dig into some pretty wild new reporting about supreme court justice clarence thomas, and concerns that he would resign over his paycheck. i do want to start tonight with what i hope will be a bit of a sober reminder of where the american electorate sits right now. it is important for everyone to hear. this weekend, trump, once again, echoed dictators, praised autocrats, repeated racist language, and was still cheered on by a arenas packed with people who will cast their ballots and just over one month. during that speech on saturday, in new hampshire, trump, once again, said immigrant