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Reporting on what prigozhin might have negotiated his indictment is of the conduct of the russian military, and his critique of his leaders. do you have any indication that there any concessions from the kremlin? >> the concession appears to be the withdrawal of this criminal case that was opened by the domestic security agency, the fsb, yesterday. prigozhin, at this moment, has some leverage. hes still, at least as of a couple hours ago, seem to be in control of the southern city of rostov. the...

>> according to the whistleblower in 2017, hunter used his father as leverage in a whatsapp message. this is while negotiating is w. a chinese business associate. im sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. i will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. im sitting here waiting for the call with my father...

Were not allowed to more thoroughly investigate whatsapp messages allegedly from hunter biden where he was using his father as leverage to pressure a chinese kecompany into paying h. one reads im sitting here with my father and wed lining to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. agents say they dont know whether joe biden was actually with his son when the message was sent. president biden has repeatedly said he never discussed business dealings with hunter perez, cnn. and...

In his background, you cant. hes got a good one. hunter biden used dad, joe, as leverage in china dispute. in whapsapp there was one message thats revealing and maddening. im siting here with my father. this is to a chinese executive direct link, im siting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made is not fulfilled. tell the director that i would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand. now, means tonight and z, which is his number one contact. if i g...

You make of anyone who does that? >> well, he wanted them, right. he knew he had them. i mean, this is what this all adds up to. he knew he had them, he knew what they were, and he wanted them. i think ive said before that i dont jump into peoples motives, but what i do know is that he likes having leverage. and so, you know, the thought that our nations secrets and the advantages that we use to keep america safe are a talking point or a trophy or some other kind of leverage is a pretty difficul...

Reestablish our economic sovereignty. i think we need to produce more critical items here in the united states and i think they have a huge amount of leverage over us because of policy choices made over decades. when china was put into the world trade organization granted most favored nation status we were told by d.c. elite this would make china more free more democratic. it would make the world better. in reality it hollowed out parts of our country. it made china what -- very rich. xi has gra...

To reestablish our economic sovereignty. reestabliscriticto produce more critical items here in the united states. and al ii think they have a hugg amount of leverage over us because of really polic oyol choices that have been made over many decades. you know, when china was put intor decade the world trade organization and granted most favored nation status,th almostw 25 years ago, we were told by d.c. elites that this woulde make china more free, more democratic. it would mak more e the world ...

Seen, whether involving the former president, or in this matter that they dont get a heads up here in the official channels. certainly hunter bidens counsel has been working with the department of justice and the news that ken just brought us about the investigation being ongoing, that raises an interesting question because in the attorney for hunter bidens statement, he says the five -- it is his understanding that the five-year investigation of hunter biden is resolved. and often, and ill defe...

Firing him, threatening to withhold american financing. you know, it was sort of a second order threat anyway. that entire thing started with shokin in the first place. shokin started talking to giuliani. early 2019, everythings been downhill from there. youre absolutely right. weve already adjudicated this. any number of times. of course, the last four years. so, this entire bribery scandal itself. if you read the new york post coverage, for example, theyre like, oh, its because he wasnt vetted...

Were joining that call. it was corrupt. he wasnt investigating corruption. he was going out there and he wasnt doing his job as prosecutor general. so, the initial allegations about joe biden. firing him, threatening to withhold american financing. you know, it was sort of a second order threat anyway. that entire thing started with shokin in the first place. shokin started talking to giuliani. early 2019, everythings been downhill from there. youre absolutely right. weve already adjudicated thi...