connection beginning with the gop s non-stop attacks on our democracy. unlike when we watched the nation of a mob of trump supporters attempt to overturn a democratic election on january 6th, don t be fooled. today those efforts continue to thwart democracy. they re still happening but they re unfolding in slow motion. this time not only through violence but through policy as well. now across 14 states republicans have enacted 22 new laws this year that restrict access to the ballot. that s according to the brennan center for justice. it s not just bills. gop lawmakers from pennsylvania are calling for an audit of the state s 2020 ballots and this is inspired by the ongoing audit happening in arizona. and in texas republicans nearly passed senate bill 7 on sunday which gives judges the ability to cancel any election result based on nothing but hearsay from partisan pole watchers. it does other awful things too. democrats were able to temporarily block the passage of this bil
renegged on the deal. john: hunter has swapped out his lead attorney with abby lowell. david, appears the two sides are growing further and further apart on this. very far apart, john and gillian. it s amazing, not even three weeks ago on july 26th in wilmington, david weiss was sitting feet away from hunter biden and his attorneys, things were cordial, at least at the beginning getting ready to enter the plea deal, now things have fallen apart and growing further apart. the filing that just came in, david weiss says first the government did not reneg on the previously signed plea agreement as he asserts. hunter biden s attorney s says the gun charge, he was accused of lying on a federal form is valid, it was signed by both parties. the defendant, his attorneys say they have a binding and bilateral diversion agreement. weiss s team says it s not valid, even though it was signed as biden s attorneys suggest. and to reiterate the withdrawn agreement is not in effect. and ch
sat down with a house oversight committee. devin averager made it to capitol hill yesterday where he talked with lawmakers over four hours about his experiences with hunter biden, both men served over the board of the ukrainian energy company. archer claimed talked about building his family s global. here is what we know. archer says hunter repeatedly put his dad on speaker phone when he was out with clients, he witnessed that more than 20 times over the course of a decade. and the calls helped to sell the biden brand to clients around the world. top republicans are speaking out against president biden the, they say the evidence has started to pile up. do you think the president of the united states is compromised based on testimony. i think so. this bribery scandal becomes more credible, look what devin archer testified today, not only was joe biden on the phone over 20 times with people including the executives talking about whatever, even though the president denie
irs whistle blowers saying something coming to government treat the bidens different and informant claiming the biden family had been bribed. should you ignore that or investigate that. only way to investigate is impeach inquiry and the committee has the power to get all the documents they need. paul: let s bring in wall street journal columnist kim sto is, sle and strossle and brian mcgun. they didn t seem to agree on the terms of the agreement. it s a first for me. what why did they not think on the same page here? yeah, i mean, it s absolutely mind boggling, paul. but, look, the central issue seems to be whether or not there was a wink nod deal between the two the judge exposed specifically over the question of whether or not hunter biden was getting an immunity agreement related to other charges in the investigation. there was a paragraph in the diversion deal laying that out. hunter s team clearly viewed as completely making him immune from future charges and the
were actually kind of watching and waiting for those potential charges in the other case. and then everyone learned smith was actually busy on this front as well. breaking news. dot now faces new charges in the mar-a-lago documents case thanks to a superseding indictment from special counsel jack smith. superseding indictment. a new third defendant, mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira. the property manager who claims the boss wanted it erased. now today marks the first court appearance of that aforementioned new target of the jack smith probe, trump s co-defendant walked into court this morning, arraigned on four charges. he does not have a florida attorney yet so he couldn t formally plea. he s on bond with standard instructions not to discuss this case with his co-defendants, donald trump and walt nauta. he is bringing the charges because he thinks he has the evidence to convict on him, which is what prosecutors are supposed to do. and, two, prosecuto