Before the 29th of september. The exact charge is unclear. This update appeared on the docket for the felony gun charge. Hunter is accused of misdemeanor lying on a gun form when checking no to a question about is you stance abuse. Leah wise wrote the following to the judge. Speedy trial act requires the government Return Indictment by the grand jury by friday september 29th. At the earliest the government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date. As part of the Plea Agreement that fell apart on july 26th in delaware, hunter would have entered into a Diversion Agreement that would have helped him avoid jail time on this gun charge in return for bidens promise not to buy another gun and to consent to entry into a background check system. Hunter bidens attorneys say the Diversion Agreement was signed and they will act like its still in effect, bret. Writing late this Afternoon Biden has and will continue to follow the agreement, which the u. S. Attorneys
Demands despite getting the inquiry many of them pushed for. Also ahead what many are learning this morning about russian president Vladimir Putins meeting with north korean dictator kim jongun. All right, good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 14th. Im sam stein in for jonathan lemire. We begin this morning with the president s comments on House Republicans Impeachment Inquiry. On tuesday speaker Kevin Mccarthy announced hes directing three committees to conduct the inquiry and claims joe biden used his position as Vice President to further his son hunters foreign Business Dealings. Mccarthy made the move without holding a floor vote. Yesterday the president addressed the inquiry for the first time at a democratic fundraiser in virginia. Biden brushed the republican move off saying, quote, not a joke, not focused on impeachment, ive got a job to do. Ive got to deal with the issues that affect the American People every single solitary day. The president also
Ordering House Committees to open a formal Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Hes accusing the white house of A Culture Of Corruption. Even members of his own seem to be divided on this decision. Plus, 19 defendants in one courtroom on trial all at once. How can you make that work . Fulton countys District Attorney facing a deadline of today to explain to a judge how she plans to make it happen. At the same time, lawyers for former President Donald Trump are fighting the case trying to get most of the charges against him thrown out. And armed and dangerous. In pennsylvania, police hope theyre closing in on a missing killer, but after a sighting overnight and a standoff with a homeowner, they now know he has a rifle with a scope. Theyre warning people to stay inside as they mobilize some 500 officers to hunt him down. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another bitter chapter has kicked off in washington. House
former president trump and 18 of his allies, they recommended charging against two dozen other people including former georgia senators david purdue and kelly lefler and south carolina senator lindsey graham. they ultimately were not indicted. they were not charged with anything. not quite sure why we have this list to begin with given that. here s lindsey graham a short time ago. we re opening up pandora s box here. fulton is one of the most liberal jurisdictions in the country. i fear this will spread that the next election, democrats may be on the other side of this. former republican congressman doug collins led trump s recount effort in georgia back in 2020. he now hosts the collins podcast. doug, great to have you here. thanks for joining us today. let s started there. i mean, it feels like the antithesis of the american justice system. they say we re not going to charge number but we re going to release the names of those we could have charged. it s unfair. anybo
this issue will destroy new york city. destroy new york city. and an nbc news exclusive, what secretary of state antony blinken told our very own richard engel about a possible meeting between putin and kim jong-un. and we begin the hour with the latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. the judge overseeing the georgia election interference case says he remains very skeptical of a plan by prosecutors to put all 19 defendants, including trump, on trial next month. prosecutors told a judge a trial for all the defendants would take about four months and feature 150 witnesses. two of trump s co-defendants in the georgia election interference case kenneth chesebro and sidney powell will go on trial together on the 23rd of october. they hope to be tried separately, but the judge denied their motions. meantime, the former president told radio host hugh hewitt he would be willing to testify in his own defense, but it was unclear which case he was tal