Appoint him as Special Counsel. Charles a Special Counsel named in the hunter biden case, but its the same prosecutor, david weiss, who was already heading it up, and that has republicans calling it a coverup. Were going to get the latest from Lucas Tomlinson on what the white house is saying. Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on what weiss is now doing, and gop president ial candidate tim scott on how voters are responding. Plus, the death toll now at 80 in maui, and the word the Attorney General this hawaii will be lawn a. Ing a probe into the official response to those catastrophic wildfires. Welcome, everyone. Im Charles Payne in for neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. We bin at the white house where President Biden so far is staying quiet on the Special Counsel appointment in his sons case. Lucas tomlinson is there though. Reporter charles, it was just a few weeks ago in that Delaware Courtroom where hunter biden and his family thought his legal issues would soon b
whistleblower gary shapley testified in may that david weiss wanted potential counsel status because he felt limited in his powers to fully investigate and charge hunter biden. weiss then denied that to be true. here s one of shapley s attorneys. to use that very same person to go ahead and elevate them to special counsel status when he has been claiming to congress all along that he didn t need it seems like an odd choice. reporter: critics also argue appointing a sitting u.s. attorney goes against doj regulations which state that a special counsel should come from the outside the justice department. charles? charles: thank you very much. so what is the impact of the special counsel appointment on hunter biden in this probe? former acting u.s. attorney general matthew whitaker joins me now. the initial reaction was, okay, this was all done to sort of create, delay this to run the clock out, to postpone think sort of real sort of any sort of real sort of conclusion until after
house oversight committee chair james comer has long felt that the move would take away investigative power from the committee as it continues to probe the biden family. here s the congressman last night. i don t think we need any more evidence to show that the department of justice has tried to obstruct the our investigation. i think merrick garland made that argument for us today. reporter: house speaker kevin marc car think state concern mccarthy said, quote, this action cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigation or whitewash the biden family corruption. if weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn t get approved, how can he be trusted as a special counsel? some republicans are not against the appointment of a special counsel which could indicate that a case against the president s son could go to trial. for senator chuck grassley, it s weiss that is cause for concern. i was one of those that sent a letter saying we should have a special counsel. on the othe
he also insisted he never spoke to his son about his overseas business dealings. but after the testimony from those the two irs whistleblowers and that unsubstantiated fbi informant document alleging he and the president pocketed $5 million, some speculate it will be joe biden on trial in addition to his son after that plea deal fell aa part. here s some sound from your panel yesterday, charles, with john yoo and some others. it almost comes two years too late because as we get more information from the hill, it looks more and more like president joe biden is at least a witness if not more in an ongoing federal investigation. reporter: now, the justice department is not commenting on whether president biden would be part of this future investigation, charles. charles: lucas, thank you very much. meanwhile, top republicans slamming david weiss being named as special counsel. alexandria hoff is tracking the gop reaction down in washington. alexandria. reporter: hi, charles. some re
rick: thank you! will: i think it s fair to the say [inaudible conversations] joey: good job, rick. rick: i can t wait until next year. will: go bowling.com, download the free bowling coupon today. rachel: kevin [inaudible] i m here today to announce the appointment of david weiss as a special counsel. on tuesday of this week, mr. weiss advised me that in his judgment his investigation had that reach a stage at which he could, should continue his work as a special counsel, and heed asked to be so appointed. upon considering his request as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the public interest to