and we helped him escape russia. that was how the film star that. and then as we followed his fete, destiny yeah. then one of the victims of the poisoning with novichok went back to russia and the rest. that was what the mere karamazov, who has been in jail since since the worst arlette. and we focused on him as well. and then suddenly in the middle of filming these these destinies something happened that showed us that i m also a victim and then the director of pivoted to meet, you. well, it is an incredible film. i hope everyone will watch it. it premieres this week. and thanks so much to all of you for joining us tonight. ac30 60 starts now tonight on 360 republican lawmakers attack a criminal justice system. one friends to defund the government over the former president s criminal conviction, even as trump issues that thinly veiled warning about civil unrest, and he get jail time for keeping them honest tonight also, de hunter biden s federal trial. the jury has bee
continues next on cnn tonight on 360 republican lawmakers attack the criminal justice system. one threatens to defund the government over the former president s criminal conviction, even as trump issues that thinly veiled warning about civil unrest, and he gets jail time or keeping them honest tonight also, de hunter biden s federal trial. the jury has been selected. we look ahead to opening statements tomorrow, and later, dr. anthony fauci, the grilling house republicans gave him over the covid pandemic. and what he gave them back in return. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight, keeping them honest with what looks to be the shape of things to come as the leader of the republican party self-proclaimed rule of law party faces a july sentencing date for 34 felony convictions increasingly, that means republicans are attacking and criminal justice system. they ve longed, claimed to support, threatening to investigate and defunded, even threatening to defund the
what jeff, what do you think is expect the defense strategy to be because there was a document he signed which said he wasn t taking drugs and was according to it s a tough situation the judge yesterday ruled that an addiction specialist could not testify as an expert. i assume what abbe lowell was going to try to do is meticulously go through when the when the form was signed and whether at that precise moment hunter hunter biden was abusing drugs because it is true like a lot of attics sometimes you was sometimes you wasn t. and whether the timing matches up is something the prosecution is going to have to prove and i absolutely certainly going to make them it s going to challenge that at every point, but it s also worth remembering the vast majority of people charged in federal court wind up being convicted. so he sent a lot of trouble, geoff tube and thank you. kate benningfield as well,
was helping run the biden campaign in 2021 of the most significant moments in the debates, one of the moments that really got the most traction was the moment when joe biden stood up to donald trump just trying to make a hunter biden a line of attack and said, you know, i love my son, like many people in this country who have dealt with addiction i think families across the country can understand what we ve been through and the president was very direct about being completely unflinching, about allowing donald trump to come out. hunter biden in that no, i think what we ve seen politically is that people admire that joe biden stands by his son. they relate to it. everybody has got someone in their family has either struggled with addiction or mental illness. i mean, this is an incredibly relatable thing for people all across the country. and i think seeing joe biden s humans entity is a good thing for him politically to be quite crass. no, i don t think that a conviction is going to hav
meetings where joe biden took, stopped and took a call from one of his kids from one of his grandkids for one of his siblings thanks he is somebody who puts family first, has been very clear that he loves his son and that he s going to support him. mean, remember, it s also important to remember that he was lost. his daughter and his wife, his first wife in a car crash weeks after he was elected to the senate for his entire time in public life, he has grappled with and struggling the width challenges within his family alongside dealing with the responsibilities of public service. so this is not unfamiliar territory to him, but he is somebody who loves his family, who this family is is the beating heart of a biden, so no, people should not be surprised at all to see the bidens closely boarding their son jeff attention because the judges overseeing hunter biden s two cases are both trump appointees and yet you don t hear president biden attacking them as conflicted going after the cord,