this afternoon. the arrest on this a federal charge comes after local authorities released him under new york state law allowing cashless bail. alexis mcadams is live the new york newsroom, alexis p. john good evening. we are learning more about the new charges. he was a free man until just a few hours ago when he was arrested a second time. this time on a federal charge. taking into custody we are learning more about what other charges he could face. it could be up to ten years behind bars for take a look here this is our suspect we are talking about priest now been identified david from fairport new york. now federally charged with assaulting a congressman with a dangerous weapon. now just moments ago congressman lee zeldin reacting to the federal charges i m thankful federal authorities came in to do it new york state broken criminal justice system could not bear. uphold the rule of law for the state must prioritize the safety of law-abiding new yorkers over criminals p
this op-ed now. hunter biden probe delay to protect democrats in the midterms? it reads in part clearly there is no need for sensitivities here unless a politics is the motive. confirmation of that will come if hunter is only charged with a relatively innocuous gun and tax crimes with all of these selling joe s influence staff quietly dropped. and then scores a generous plea deal to the democrats and their media out bios can vary the whole scandal once again. you should explain if he does plead guilty to some minor stuff the feds can close the file audit and walk up any of that information they been looking at, right? i read that article. you re definitely on to something. they could go forward, not in the weeds on a complaint which is a preliminary charge not a
outcome. almost all members of congress know this. although many lack the courage to say it out loud. mr. trump knew it, too. those who do not wish the truth of january 6th to come out have predictably resorted to attacking the process. claiming it is tainted and political. our hearings will show this charge to be wrong. we re focused on the facts, not rhetoric, and we will present those facts without exaggeration, no matter what criticism we face. joining us now, founder of the conservative web site, charlie, and communications strategist and former aide to house speakers ryan and boehner, they re hear to talk about the lessons learned over the past week. gentlemen, so glad to see you both. charlie, let s start with liz cheney. who of course was censured by the rnc this week. we just read from her op-ed now, striking a defiant tone. talk to us about that censure, which appeared to be a bridge too far for at least some republicans. is that a sign of things to
the world, and that s an important part of being president. but mitt romney, he s going to be a rookie member of the senate, and he ll have to play rookie baseball for a little while to see if he can earn the spurs to climb the leadership ladder once he gets into the senate. i happen to respect him. i think he ll do a good job, but i do wish he d kind of waited to write this article after he had seen what happens when you re on the receiving end of the president s tweets in the senate rather than just the day before he s going to get sworn in. andy, two things here. what do you think mitt romney s incentive was in releasing this op-ed now? and secondly, a lot of people out there are criticizing the jeff flakes of the world and the bob corkers of the world that have been critical of the president as they have been outgoing. and now we see someone like mitt romney who is critical of the president in an incoming way, who hasn t even been sworn in yet and setting a precedent saying this
on this are. that op-ed was an effort to take the excuse away from them. it looks like it. remember the wall street journal editorial page is the most influential media property. most read it. take it seriously. follow what shows up there. they know the editorial writers are. when it comes to print publications you can t compete for an audience in congress on both sides. i m so sorry. i jumped in too quickly. garrett what do you think? reporter: on the everyotempe point it s a little too late. that s exactly the reason she