Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
Announcement that he appointed a Special Counsel to investigate hunter biden was like a really bad practical joke. Here today to announce the appointment of david weiss as a Special Counsel consistent with the Department Of Justice regulations governs such matters. In keeping with those regulations, i have today notified the designated members of each House Of Congress of the appointment. Laura yes, thats the same david weiss who tried to give hunter that Sweetheart Plea Deal before a smart judge stepped in to say not so fast. Now, droned weiss isnt even eligible to be named Special Counsel under the regulation governing his appointment according to section 600. 3, he has to have a reputation for integrity and impartial Decision Making. Now, thats obviously in question, the impartial Decision Making part after how he handled the initial phases of this investigation. And the Special Counsel shall be selected, it says, from outside the government. Okay. Garland is not a stupid man, so im
concerned, they believed hill clinton should go to jail. if i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get aat special prosecutor to lk into your situation. you know, it is just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country.r because you d be in jail. should hillary clinton be in jail? yes no. you know her. if i did what she did, i d be in jail. if i did a tenth of what she did, i d be in jail today. remember the crowds at the republican national convention just thundering over and over again, lock her up! what they were actually saying was lock her up for mishandling classified information. once donald trump did become president, he did try to put her in jail. on multiple occasions he told officials toe prosecute clinto. he ordered his white house counsel to get a justice department to prosecute her. according to a book from beater baker, trump repeatedly pressured his attorneys general to pr
suggestions. we might use one of yours. we are making these lumps of coal, polishing them into diamonds of questions for the debate. we don t know who s going to be on the stage yet but we re getting closer. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight that s it for yourr special report. fair balanced and still unafraid. the ingraham angle starts next. reporter: okay. . i m laura ingraham this is the ingraham angle thanks for joining us tonight. more signs that democrat panic is building about joe biden s political viability and that it s driving top members of his cabinet to make really dumb moves. also in the angle we ll talk about that, but moments first. just when you thought that biden s justice department couldn t be any more of a laughing stock they surprise you. merrick garland must have thought that august 11th was april 1st because his