Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, the issue of President Bidens memory and Mental Fitness on full display in front of a House Committee today. The now former Special Counsel who wrote controversial remarks concerning the subject was grilled today in a hearing about his decision not to charge the president over his retention of classified documents. Correspondent david spunt has all the highlights tonight from a contentious hearing. Good evening, david. David good evening. Robert hur took questions for almost five hours and it became clear right out of the gate that this was a proxy fight over who could possibly win the white house in november. I did not sanitize my explanation, nor did i disparage the president unfairly. Former Special Counsel robert hur defending his report and his credibility. The report critical of President Bidens handling of classified documents found piled up in tattered boxes in his Delaware Garage and personal offices. We identified evidence that the president w
During his arraignment not to influence a jury or try to intimidate witnesses or anyone else involved in the case in any way. With this third indictment, donald trump now stands accused of numerous Crimes Involving his conduct from before, during, and after his presidency. Theres been a lot of legal activity surrounding the former president over the past few months. But, the historic nature of this moment should not be lost in any of us. We are seeing the rails of justice turning as they should to address the attempted coup that many of us watched unfold in realtime back on january 6th. The former president s coconspirators to move the sticks to this to the port. Hard to deceive and convince many people for many different walks of life to go along with their plan. The fake electors had to convince fake documents. Members of congress had to persuade to stand up and object to the certification of certain states votes. The supporters they called to gathering, washington d. C. , on january
President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th
Next. Harris georgia District Attorney fani willis is back under the microscope. Look at this. This is live right now. The Georgia State Senate Special committee is investigating fani willis and is holding a hearing right now. This is what we are watching. Their star witness, you recognize. That is the attorney who exposed the Extramarital Affair that fani willis was having with her favorite prosecutor, nathan wade. They were working together on the Election Interference Case against former President Trump. Ashleigh merchant represents one of former President Trumps codefendants. And she again got this story. She accused willis and wade of Conflict Of Interest and ra trove Ofquestionable Cast Pas between the two. That to Senate Committee is digging deep. Fani claimed she hired wade before their relationship began. Witnesses have gone before a judge and contradicted what the two lovers have testified under oath about when they met, what they were doing, all of the money. We have watched
And mississippi the former chair of the historic january Six Committee about the second indictment of donald trump. A second or a velshi begins right now. Good morning, and Sunday August the 6th, im ali velshi. Donald trumps legal team has until five pm tomorrow to respond to the governments request for a protective order before it agrees to turn over evidence in the Election Interference Case. The ruling came after a series of motions filed on saturday afternoon and quick succession. Trumps team asked to push the deadline back by three days and to hold a hearing on the matter, which is a sign of how the former president s attorneys are going to try to slow things down, much like the president s past attorneys have done in various other legal matters. Special counsels legal team quickly argued against it, calling that motion unnecessary. Ultimately, judge tanya, the judge appointed to oversee the Election Interference Case denied the trump teams motion for a delay. Her order came less