Counsel to look into the investigation against the president s son, hunter biden. Lucas tom lynnson has the latest on this story. Reporter it was just a few weeks ago that hunter biden thought he was minutes away from freedom are from any further charges. Of course, that thats not what happened. The plea if deal fell apart, and now it could be going to trial, according to federal prosecutors in a filing yesterday. A Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently are. Based only on a facts and the law. Reporter that Special Counsel, david weiss, of course, has been investigating hunter biden for the past five years now and negotiated with what many republicans call a, quote, sweetheart plea deal. President biden left the white house yesterday for the beach, he did not take any questions before Boarding Marine Wunsch the president one. The president has long main
a way to resolve this without i putting the country through the, you know, what again would be really divisive for us. griff: well, it seems that there are possibly going to be trials before then. we ll have to see where it goes. as always, congressman bera, thank you for coming on and giving us your insight. thanks unfor having me on. griff: molly? molly: and from the other side of the aisle we are joined by republican congressman from pennsylvania dan meuser. thank you so much for giving us a little bit of your time on this saturday afternoon. another very interesting week in washington. we just heard from your colleague on the other side of the aisle, congressman bera, saying that this is just the judicial process taking place. gary shapley, the irs whistleblower, calling this vindication. but here we are, we re looking at the same prosecutor who took roughly five years to get to minor charges in this now-defunct plea deal, gone now. tuesday of this week he goes, mr. weiss goes an
stated we will continue to raise facts as well as weiss inconsistent statements to congress. committee member, congressman mike johnson, weighed in. re all scratching our heads here. they re not hiding the wall anymore. we have good reason not to trust mr. weiss with. remember that over the course of about five weeks this summer, he changed his story three different times. reporter: u.s. attorney weiss requested special counsel status this week despite previously stating he did not need it, and to gary shapley that sounds like vindication. this announcement yesterday is absolute, unquestionable vindication of special agent eegler and i coming forward, because this is the crux of the issue we brought forward to the house ways and means and oversight committees. reporter: critics also argue appointing a sitting u.s. attorney goes against doj regulation which states that a special counsel should come from outside of the justice department. molly? molly: much more on that ahead.
alexandria hoff, thank you. griff: and for reaction to garland s appointment of special counsel david weiss, we are joined by democratic congressman from california, tammy bear are a ami bera. you heard in alexandria s report that irs whistleblower, one of two, gary shapley saying this is vindication now of the appointment. what is your reaction? yeah, i think it s just the judicial process taking place, you know? i don t think this is good for the country, investigation of hunter biden, but let the legal process take place. if there was wrongdoing, let s see what happens. if it takes a special counsel griff: and what do you oh, go ahead. sorry. if it takes special counsel, i think that s what the attorney general s doing right now. griff: what is your reaction to your colleagues on the other side of the aisle that are so critical of the appointment of david weiss because they say it,