Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,
overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested special counsel on tuesday. garland said he agreed to grant that. what this special counsel status means is david weiss, the u.s. attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u.s. that s been an issue, because hunter biden lives in california. one of the issues having to do with this investigation is his failure to fay taxes, and thinks tax preparer was in washington, d.c. so this gives him broad scope. he ll put together a report at the end of the investigation provided to garland. that report is expected to be made public, so there will be more transparency in this investigation, which has been under fire by house republicans who have presented testimony from i.r.s. whistle-blowers who have said they were stopped from pursuing certain investigative leads. this all comes about after hunter biden had reached a plea deal, appeared in federal court in delaware late last month, but