argument that the plot against trump was designed to inject the fbi in to the election , which would be a no-no if they can prove that. so it s the trial at hand of former hillary clinton campaign lawyer michael sussmann getting out of his vehicle in washington at the courthouse. now, at issue is whether he lied to the fbi when he brought them what he claimed were links between trump and a russian bank called alpha. they say, the prosecutors are saying that sussmann manipulated the bureau in to an investigation in hopes of prompting a big problem or an october surprise two months before the 2016 election. that is what they re efforting to prove here in this d.c. courtroom. who better to talk to about this than andy mccarthy here on day two of the government s case against sussmann. he just wrote a brilliant piece about this. it came out an hour ago. first to david spunt who is live outside that d.c. courtroom watching it all for us. hi, david. hi, martha. good afternoon. a
First, Special Counsel david weiss, much criticized for his handling of the Hunter Biden Case, now kind of slips in under the wire here before the time runs out accusing the president s Son Of Illegal Gun Procurement given that he was on drugs at the time. These charges could hold a hefty maximum jail time, a first time offender. The max would be 25 years in jail. Hunters lawyers claim the agreement that could have kept him out of prison, they say it should still stand and no doubt they will continue to argue that. Weve got all of this Breaking News ahead. Were going to take to bill mcgurn of the Wall Street Journal, Andy Mccarthy is here and clay travis and Matt Whitaker. First to david spunt who has been Breaking News on this all afternoon. Lets go back to him for the latest. Good afternoon, martha. We knew this indictment was coming soon because Special Counsel david weiss office said in a filing a couple weeks ago they intended to indict before september 29. We didnt know it would
information would be detrimental if it get out and went to the press, which was part of the engine that appears to have rolled out from this thing and this was separate. so we ll see how they do. andy, great piece on this today. he s written about three of them in the past few days that i recommend you look at. good to see you, sir. thanks, martha. martha: so remember this? martha: the disinformation czar does not appear to be taking on that mantel. the white house confirming that nina jankowicz has resigned and the ministry of truth that she was tapped to run now appears to be on a back burner. we heard peter doocy pressing karine jean-pierre on what has happened to this entity that is not really going to be played