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Do you think democrats have not taken it seriously enough? no, they have taken it seriously, but mr. weiss has been investigating it for five years. he s investigated even those particular issues you talked about. i had a chance to look at some of this evidence in a scif as well. unfortunate for they cannot produces any evidence of wrongdoing, much as they have tried up to this point. congressman, we appreciate your time today. thank you. coming up, a dramatic hearing in d.c. today in former president trump s 2020 election interference case, which could set the tone. the judge s warning to the former president, next. ....
Counsel has now been appointed, this time it s in the hunter biden investigation. today attorney garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. he s been leading the years-long investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. the reaction in washington is pouring in, but first, paula reid has been tracking all of this. how did this map? according to the justice department, on tuesday david weiss, a trumpppointed u.s. attorney who s overseen the hunter biden investigation for years, requested this special designation. so the first question is, well, why now? th re not providing an official explanation, but the r appears that talks between hunter biden s lawyers and the ....
It also reaffirms that mr. weiss has all that he needs to conduct an appropriate investigation, based only on the facts and the law. it s unclear that this will insulate the justice department from any more questions about this, but the question is whether this will insulate weissing from having to testify before lawmakers. it will be interesting to see where he takes the case not only because the plea deal has fallen apart, but now he has special power as special counsel. let s go to the white house, arlette saenz, the white house didn t, they say, gets a heads-up about this move. have they offered a response at this point? reporter: brianna, the white house is sticking to the no comment strategy. when i reached out to them, they ....
do you have confidence that this designation is necessary? um, i don t know if it s necessary. i do know mr. weiss has requested it, in light of what happened at this hearing recently, but it appears that mr. weiss had quite a bit of latitude to pursue the investigation in a manner he saw fit. my republican colleagues somehow claims that hunter biden s actions reflect poorly on president biden, and somehow this involves wrong defend doing by president biden, but there isn t a sin till offa evidence that he did anything wrong a. i think mr. weiss hasn t surfaced any evidence, that there is none. do you think if this weren t the president s son that this move would be made here? that s a good point. ....
Justice department had broken down. they went to a hearing where they thought they would solidify, and the judge pushed back, asking for additional briefing. it appears that this case is headed to trial. that may be the impetus here, but we re still trying to figure this out. as special counsel, weiss will now be required to file a final report, and they re committed to making that report with all of his findings, public. the other question will likely come from republicans. how does this special designation impact weiss ability to answer questions. at this point it s unclear. we know previous special counsels have testified, but they have ohm testified after they submitted their final report. sources also tell me the white house was not informed of this before the attorney general s ....