Brandnew hour and fox news alert. Former President Donald Trump staring down four federal charges stemming from Special Counsel jack smith investigation into january 6th. Im sandra smith in new york. A brandnew hour of America Reports starts right now and it is a treat to have you here today. Hello, rich. Rich great to be here, sandra. Thanks so much. Im rich edson, john roberts has the day off. The former president is expected to be arraigned in Federal Court In Washington tomorrow. Sandra many think the latest indictment will do that again. Rich aishah, what are lawmakers saying . Rich, congress is still on its august recess, but we are already seeing House Republicans begin to strategize on what actions they might take next in response to this latest indictment of the former president , including pulling on the purse strings, that is congresss power. Republican firebrand matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene are calling to defund Special Counsel jack smith. Some folks are eyeing the
so, republicans want to impeach a republican? why? trump republicans want to impeach a trump appointed republican. why? despite being appointed by donald trump and a registered removal republican voter, republican lawmakers have baselessly accused wray of using the fbi to target those with conservative beliefs, including the former president, himself. director wray was having none of it. there is a two tiered justice system that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs and that you ve personally been worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi and certainly, your description of my own approach. the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane, to me, given my own personal background. you presided over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the fbi s history. people trust the fbi more when hoover was running the place when you are. the reason i
illegal arms dealer and lied to authorities about all of those things and now is actually on the run after being indicted? that s who james comer and the republican party is defending? that is. this so-called whistle-blower is now facing charges on all of that. that s interesting. we ll have more on that. interesting tact for any party. republican senator tommy tubberville of alabama is backing up on comments about white nationalists serving in the military wait. i m confused here. you have the republicans in the house who are supporting a guy who like funnels illegally iranian oil to the communist chinese and is an illegal arms trafficker and illegal agent for the communist chinese and then on the senate side, you have a 57, 58-year-old guy from alabama who refuses to call white nationalists racists? is this i guess i don t know, is this their 2024 strategy? and senator tuberville had been to be dragged kicking and screaming to that position. he said i de
leaders at the white house to address the looming debt ceiling deadline as financial calamity moves one day closer to reality. in manhattan, nine jurors are deliberating in a trial against president trump brought by e. jean carroll. a 6-year-old boy wounded in a mass shooting. the only member of his family to survive. both his parents and 3-year-old brother slain while two young sisters, aging 8 and 11, are also killed. their mother in critical condition. just two of the families, some of the victims in the latest mass shooting involving an ar-15-style rifle. i will speak with gun safety advocate fred guttenberg whose daughter jamie died in 2018 in parkland. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will hold speaker mccarthy, leaders schumer and mcconnell and hakeem jeffriess for a meeting on the debt ceiling. it s not expected to produce any major breakthroughs with the nation weeks away from falling off a fiscal cliff. can they find a way
bill: he concludes many things including the investigation was largely based on faulty evidence linked to the clinton campaign and he says the f.b.i. was seemingly eager to go after trump while staying overly cautious on hillary clinton. confirming what republicans say they knew all along and they want justice. three years, all we ever heard about was russia and mueller and this investigation and collusion and coordination. none of it was true. all based on a lie. most importantly the f.b.i. knew it was a lie. there needs to be prosecutions and accountability and the f.b.i. has got to be overhauled now top to bottom. they had contrary evidence that shows that there was no purpose to open this investigation and not a single high ranking official stepped in to stop this political witch hunt. what it means, this is the weaponization of the federal government at the highest levels. dana: david spunt has more from the justice department this morning. good morning. so