moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversig
that they are sacrificing public safety. john: america reports rolls into a second hour. good to spend more time with you today. gillian: problems in portland and the plea from the mayor. but first the west coast with the energy crisis playing out from california all the way to capitol hill. this is a fox news alert. john: begin with the golden state losing more of its shine. critics say the far left vision of a progressive paradise in california is turning into a democratic dystopic for everyone else. gillian: forget about california dreaming, but california steaming. many of those with power are told to crank up the thermostats to 78 degrees sweating it out to save energy. john: and turns out electric cars don t work very well without electricity. the state that just last week set a deadline to ban gas powered cars new teeters on the brink of an energyist disaster. gillian: warning it could become the nation s problem one day. hillary vaughn. didn t californ
that the panel having accumulated a veritable treasure trove of juicy details on the trump coup plot, that trove growing by the day, as more and more witnesses testify before the committee. tomorrow investigators will hear from a prominent stop the steal conspiracy theorist with deep pockets and that would be the overstock guy in the words of former white house counsel pat cipollone and his name is patrick byrne and the former ceo of overstock.com. the former furniture industry executive joined lawyer sydney powell and rudy giuliani as well as former national security adviser in the oval on december 18, 2020, days after the electoral college certified that joe biden had won the presidential election. while many of trump s legal advisors had accepted that he had lost the election, byrne and others were pushing an idea that the president could use the national guard to seize voting machines. byrne s oval office access appeared to agitate those staffers hoping to redirect trump
indicted again. hunter biden facing nine new charges and up to 17 years in prison, three felonies and six misdemeanors for allegedly skipping out on a million and a half dollars in federal taxes. estimate living big and shelling out cash on serious debauchery. the filing details massive spending on, this is a direct quote, everything but his taxes. some call hunter indictment round two a, quote, nuclear bomb for the bidens. the president now staring down an impeachment inquiry vote and vying for re-election at the same time. fox news contributor jonathan turley says he has a bit of deja vu. remind me of clinton s sort of chest poking saying i did not have intimate relations with that woman. basically he is saying i did not have interactions with those people. it didn t work for clinton and it is even more insulting here. what the president is facing is a trap of his own making. july that in reference to this denial. i did not have sexual relations with that woman, miss le
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. They could control the Trump Presidency have completely surrendered to the Trump Presidency. They all appear completely brainwashed now. We have never seen anything like this in american politics. And Today Is The Day that the president needed them to all be brainwashed. Senator ted cruz said absolutely nothing today, not one word, when donald trump had his fifth avenue moment, when donald trump publically obstructed justice today, which he did in more than one way, which we will get into a moment. Not one word from ted cruz about that today. And here is what that same ted cruz said about the president two years ago. This man is a pathological liar. He doesnt know the difference between truth and lies. He lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. The man cannot tell the truth, but he combines it with being a
country any further. Bob mueller is totally conflicted and his 17 angry