Charges. Lucas tomlinson kicks it off for us. Reporter devon archer, Hunter Bidens former Business Partner, friend and fellow board member on burisma, testified to congress that that company would have gone out of business if it was not for the help of thenVice President joe biden. Now, in the last hour you had congressmen from both sides of the aisle who see this matter very differently. Theres no question that that joe biden is helping his sons business, including getting a prosecutor fired to help his sons business. Theres been no evidence whatsoever that joe biden is in any way implicated in the mistakes that hinter biden had made. Hunter biden had made griff wait a minute, hold on one second. Reporter now, one of the revelations to come out of this devon Archer Testimony is that he met with the head of Burisma In Moscow on the same day putin invaded crimea in 2014, a month later president obama made joe biden in the west wing and the year after that allegedly dined at a popular re
Bret former President Donald Trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing hes facing following this weeks indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The trial judge making that ruling today. This comes amid growing questions about the Justice System in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of President Biden. Congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a twotiered application of the law. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. The g. O. P. Says there are two sets of rules. One for the bidens, another for former President Trump. The right intends to level the playing field. You cant beat them, you persecute them. Republicans believe there is something nefarious going on. It seems as though every time trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new
the devon archer transcript, i think, tells a lot about the corruption in the biden crime family. reporter: most democrats try to ignore gop accusations. it s unclear if the president faces a blind spot. the only thing that the biden administration could try to do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. reporter: some republicans demand impeachment. when we get back in september, if there s not a clear path and a clear timeline for impeachment, i m going to pull the trigger on that. reporter: democrats accuse republicans of a diversion. they have to change the subject, and they have nothing to offer the american people in terms of jobs. reporter: republicans want information from delaware u.s. attorney david weiss about hunter biden s plea agreement. weiss says he s in control of the investigation, but the gop suspects there was pressure from above. which is it, many weiss? do you have full authority to bring where, when and whether, or just in your
they have to change the subject and they have nothing to offer the american people in terms of jobs. republicans want information from delaware u.s. attorney david weiss about hunter biden s plea agreement. weiss says he s in control of the investigation but the g.o.p. suspects there was pressure from above. which is it, mr. weiss? you have full authority to bring them when, where and whether or just in your u.s. attorney s district? so he has changed his story but the whistleblowers haven t. the g.o.p. wants to cut money for the doj and trump prosecutor jack smith. that could be a major issue as congress tries to avoid a government shutdown in september. bret? bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, thanks. tonight we are hearing from a former big city law enforcement official who was given prison time for tax crimes similar to those hunter biden is facing. lucas tomlinson is following president biden in wilmington, delaware tonight with that part of the story. pr
court this plea agreement. you look at the other charges that whistleblowers haven t made that no one has refuted. for example no one has refuted what was said by david weiss in these meetings and this october 7 meeting at d.o.j. you look at these of funky things that have happened and you say what i say is the wow. this corroborates the credibility of the whistleblowers everything is up up and up why do you have had these stinky things? jon: i know you have said the attorney general american garlin and david weiss theo s attorney. attorney in dell or should i should be hauled before congress and made to testify under oath about all of this. it would be good to see. we appreciate your time, thank you. a place to be for 2024 republican presidential contender we will bring you up to the speed on the comings and goings of the candidates there