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Not only is the Biden Justice department prosecuting former President Donald Trump in two separate cases, it is now also prosecuting the sitting president s son, indicting hunter biden on three criminal charges, all in connection with a gun that he purchased in 2018. The charges include two counts of lying on an atf form to buy that gun, and possessing a firearm as a drug user. He allegedly lied about his drug use to buy a revolver in delaware, as he was struggling with Drug Addiction and alcohol abuse, and in and out of rehab, which he wrote about openly in his book. Hunter biden, his legal team, and really the whole white house had hoped this would be in the Rearview Mirror by now, but his plea deal collapsed over the summer in stunning fashion. And now tonight, his legal team is vowing to fight these new charges. This charge, brought today, violates the agreement the government made with hunter biden. That was a standalone agreement, different than his plea. Second, the constitutionality of these charges are very much in doubt. And third, if it got past those two, and we dont think it would, then if there were ever a trial on the facts, we dont think the facts are as your expert today thought them to be. There will be a defense. Hunter owned an unloaded gun for 11 days. There will never have been a charge like this brought in the United States. We will see how those arguments end up. And, if it works out in court. But what all of this means is that we could be in a pretty remarkable place, where hunter biden could be on trial, as as his father is running for reelection, against the former president , who could also potentially be on trial for or, really, maybe trials, next year. To bring all this into perspective maybe, if they can do that, its a tall order former federal prosecutor jennifer rodgers, former Deputy Assistant to President Biden Jamal Simmons are here with me. And jennifer, can we just put in perspective how often, you heard abbe lowell there. How often is a case that is brought against somebody who is a firsttime offender . Virtually never. I mean, i think that the paperwork offense, the lying on the form, thats brought occasionally. Ive never seen it, but i can see it in an instance, particularly in a dangerous offender. It could be brought if they have nothing else to bring, or maybe in conjunction with other charges. But this person possession of a firearm, an addict in possession of a firearm, we used to bring cases like this all the time, where you had a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, those are pretty common, i have never seen an addict in possession of a firearm charged anywhere. So they are saying he lied about it, when he filled out that form, you are supposed to say you are not on not on any controlled substances or whatnot. And he said he wasnt, and essentially wrote in his book that he was. With a law that is being used, what abbe lowell was mentioning there, its on shaky ground. After a judge, i believe it was in new orleans, that was elated to strike down part of it. Is that going to be a chance that abbe lowell and Hunter Bidens legal team to coy be successful in arguing . That this law is actually not something you could prosecute this on . Oh, for sure. I think he actually laid it out really well. He said, when you have a couple of legal challenges, one is the constitutional challenge. After the Supreme Courts decision bruin, the term before last, all of these Gun Possession Charges really are in question, these gun possession laws. Because now, what the court is saying is that its just much harder to charge someone with possessing a firearm, if it wasnt in place our founders, the constitution, so, hes right on that. And, the facts also, as you said, are a problem for. Them to. Joel, obviously, this is not something that a white house wants to see used to work, with this particular white house. I mean, when Something Like this happens, they thought it was going to be finished with a plea deal over the summer. That fell apart, while they were actually in court. Whats going on inside the white house now tonight . So, i think, in the best of all worlds, this would have been resolved in july, when they had the plea agreement. Obviously, thats not what happened. The question is now whether or not as abbe lowell has laid out, we are going to see this get resolved in court, or through some sort of agreement Going Forward. You know, if youre in the white house, what you are thinking about is, what is the president doing every day . Every day . Because thats what the American People care about. This has nothing to do with the president of the United States, this is a private citizen who had an addiction issue, like two thirds of American Families recognize that they have someone in their family has an addiction issue. This is a private american. So, if you are at the white house, you are thinking about, lets keep the president focused on the business at hand, bringing together that cancer cabinet. Lets talk about bidenomics horses maga economics, as the president was doing today right, whats which is how the republicans want to cut things to the american, will cut important programs. So, you are focused on the issues not being focused on this private issue for the president s family. Thats pretty difficult to do, i mean, given the fact that an Impeachment Inquiry is just been launched on capitol hill, that is substantially ostensibly related to hunter biden. And now, you saw publicans republicans responding to this today. I mean, how does this complicate his campaign, if he is running he says hes running next, year obviously. If he is running, and this is something that is going to be brought by donald trump, or whichever republicans run against him . If you are donald trump, you want to bring it up all the time, because youre like look, look at them, they are in trouble as well. But, the magnitude of what we are talking about is just so completely different. Again, two thirds of americans have a Family Member or a close person who has been involved, or had an addiction issue. This is a president who, he loves his son, he has made that very clear. And, the two big pieces of evidence they have is that hunter, whose last name is biden, told people his father was the Vice President when he without pitching business. And secondly, that the president may have talked to some of those folks on the phone from time to time, and said hello, and talk to them about the weather. Those are the two big issues here. I just dont know if those are the kind of things the American Public would equate with a president fomenting an armed insurrection against the capitol to keep himself in power. The other part of this, though, is when you look at these charges, this is related to the gun that he bought. There are also the tax charges, the misdemeanors, that he was going to plead guilty to. They could still charged with that here potentially, its unclear david weiss, the Special Counsel will, there also could potentially look at his foreign Business Dealings. This doesnt necessarily seem that this is the end of the road for Hunter Bidens legal issues. So, what happens here was that the statue of limitation was about to expire, so prosecutors, having failed to reach an agreement with him, had to either charge him or let this go. So that really was the precipitating factor here. It may be that they dont want to try this case, they are still willing to negotiate some sort of solution. But i do think that they will charge him within the tax offenses, if they cant reach some sort of agreement. I mean, he already had agreed to plead guilty to the misdemeanors. So, i think those are definitely coming. The business stuff, i dont know, we really havent seen evidence of that, despite extensive investigation. But i think the tax ones are probably coming. And hopefully, to be fair to everyone, they could just wrap it all up in a similar deal to what did manage to happen a couple months ago. The former president was asked to weigh in on this tonight, you just talk about what he is going to be saying about it on the campaign trail next year. This was his answer, when he was asked about Hunter Bidens charges. A plea deal that was the deal of the century. The art of the deal, you can write a book on it, the art of the deal. And, all of the sudden it was broken up by a judge, who was able to, a brilliant judge actually, who is able to see through what was happening. What do you make of that response . You know, the very fact that these charges are brought against hunter biden, Undercuts A Pretty Big Point the republicans have been trying to make, and the former president has been trying to make, that there is it here to two tiered Justice System. But we have, when we strip away all the wrapping paper, is that Donald Trumps Justice Department did not file any charges against joe biden or his family, the Biden Justice department did file charges against joe bidens family. So, the idea that there is a two tiered Justice System is just thrown out, on its face, when you see the Biden Justice Department Going after the president s son. Part of that soundbite that was missing from that was where trump says, no one should be happy about this. I mean, how do you think republicans are handling that . Oh, its the right thing to say. Because nobody should be happy about. But then it cuts the people, james comer saying, this is just a small, start unless they investigate everyone involved, it will be clear they are protecting. They are pushing back completely on what you are doing, that this is proof its not a two tiered Justice System. Yeah, of course going to say that, because what else do they have to say . But remember, they are the same people who went after Hillary Clinton on these issues, on quote unquote scandals, when she was secretary of state, because they wanted to have a political issue in the campaign. The former president himself, donald trump is making the case that it may have been retribution, i think he said in one of his earlier interviews. They havent come after me, well, maybe they wouldnt be going after his son. This is, this is not about politics, in this sense. This is about donald trump, fomenting an armed insurrection against the capitol the night United States, to keep himself in power. Its very different. Whats next, before we go . Well, i hope they can negotiate something. They charged because they had to, i hope they can work something out. If they cant, i mean abbe lowell laid out, theyve got a lot of good defenses, so its going to be a really good fight, and got no jury appeal. I really dont see a jury convicting anything in that stage, but we will see. Jennifer rodgers, Jamal Simmons, thank you both for joining me. Ahead, a risky bet on capitol hill, as Speaker Mccarthy is staring down a rightwing revolt, he is now daring his critics to try to i watched him, and dropping a few f bombs along the way, actually. Several of them. And a major strike could be several hours away, one that could impact much of the nation. So far, still no deal, between the United Auto Workers and the big three automakers. What could happen, if the clock strikes midnight, and no deal is in sight. S Youmissing Teeth forever. It changes how you eat, how you feel, and how you enjoy life. 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I mean, i dont know, but were going to find out today. I think president is going to address live on facebook. He is being as transparent as possible. But know this, the big three waited five weeks. They have the proposal from the uaw. Five weeks with no response and