going to have to learn a little bit more about the way of local rules work in the southern district of florida. and we are going to try to do that tonight during this hour. i love that. thanks alicia. thank you. donald trump is complaining today, about president biden s 53 year old son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to the tax violation of paying his taxes late. not paying his taxes on time. hunter biden paid the taxes in full, he just didn t do it fast enough. and, hunter biden agreed, with the u.s. attorney in delaware, who was appointed by donald trump. that he did agree that he did not tell the truth when he applied for a gun permit. hunter biden signed a form saying he was not addicted to drugs, at a time when he has publicly confessed, including in his book, that he was addicted to drugs. the u.s. attorney, appointed by donald trump, has decided not to prosecute hunter biden for falsely filling out the gun license application. as long as hunter biden remain
53 year old son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to the tax violation of paying his taxes late. not paying his taxes on time. hunter biden paid the taxes in full, he just didn t do it fast enough. and, hunter biden agreed, with the u.s. attorney in delaware, who was appointed by donald trump. that he did agree that he did not tell the truth when he applied for a gun permit. hunter biden signed a form saying he was not addicted to drugs, at a time when he has publicly confessed, including in his book, that he was addicted to drugs. the u.s. attorney, appointed by donald trump, has decided not to prosecute hunter biden for falsely filling out the gun license application. as long as hunter biden remains on good behavior during the terms of the probation. he will likely receive for the tax misdemeanor, that he will plead guilty to. no court date is yet set for when hunter biden will plead guilty. many legal observers today have said that under similar circumstances, a tax
so what happens now? we have you covered with mark meredith on what exactly went down in that florida courthouse and to former president s response. law professor jonathan turley on whether key details could still leak out no matter what the judge ordered in the courthouse. and lee carter, polster, on the political fallout way beyond the courthouse. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. so much, so fast. let s get to it. mark meredith in west palm with the very latest. mark? good afternoon. today judge bruce rinehart gave the justice department a week to figure out what needs to be redacted in this criminal affidavit involving former president donald trump, this is fascinating here. legal experts didn t think there was a chance we d see any affidavit. there s a lot of public interest in this case, but he also understands the sensitive nature of the justice department arguing that if too much information is released, it can can compromise their investigation
wants pretrial motions filed by july 24th, and her written order says, quote, all hearings will be held at united states courthouse for pierce florida, with modifications to be made as necessary as this matter proceeds. that clearly means that all pretrial hearings will be held in judge cannon s courtroom, in a fort pierce florida. but it leaves open the possibility that the trial could be held in one of the other federal court houses, in the southern district of florida. including the miami federal courthouse, which might be considered the safest courthouse for security reasons. or the west palm beach courthouse, since the indictment was filed in west palm beach. last night, donald trump gave conflicting answers about why he was in possession of war
meaningful or not. tell us what s at stake in where, which courthouse this trial ends up in. and what does it mean in terms of the jury pool selected. lawrence, i m with you. i don t think it s set yet whether the trial is going to be in fort pierce or west palm. or could be elsewhere. but i think it s gotta be in the southern district of florida. i think it helps trump to have it in fort pierce. the fort pierce jury pool consists of five surrounding counties, and it doesn t include blue, palm beach county where i am. and up to five counties, four of them are red. they went for trump. the 51 is a swing county, with the largest population, st. lucie county. trump has got a like his chances. all it takes is one trump oil iced on the jury of 12. and you ve got a hung jury. i think that s his best defense. not when it comes to law, i think his goose is cooked there. but when i think it comes to jury nullification, that is his last best chance.