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it over to josé diaz-balart to pick up on the coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. pacific, and 11:00 a.m. eastern. an attorney for hunter biden released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, quote, i know hunter believes it s important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. joining us this morning, nbc s justice and intelligence correspondent, ken delanen, and barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst, and u.s. former attorney and law professor at the university of michigan. walk us through this deal and the charges. good morning, josé. so hunter biden is agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes in 2016 and 2018. we know he paid back more than a million dollars, or paid a tax bill of more than a million dollars last year as part of the effort to resolve this case, and ....
In kind of charge come, it s because they tripped over it in the investigation. from a five-year perspective, i think hunter biden s attorney is probably right when he says he thinks with regard to his client, this is done. this is over. from my own national security perspective, which is what really we should be looking at here when we are talking about a family member of a president, i think they have fully explored the counterintelligence concerns, foreign money dealing with foreign operatives, and while it could be other people will be charged with that, it seems to me they have put this to rest. after having covered this investigation so closely, how do you think those close to hunter biden will view this agreement? i think there s going to be a mixed reaction. again, there are people close to hunter biden who already have been caught up and been indicted. there are people close to hunter biden who have not. what i think people are going to say, and this happened against ....
Account a month before he was charged. according to the washington post , attorney general william barr counseled trump that giuliani has become a liability and a problem for the administration. cnn has previously reported investigators have been looking into giuliani s business dealings in ukraine and dug i o intoen tanningments with corrupt figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of the business ties according to people briefed. he has denied any wrongdoing and trump has his back. rudy giuliani was one of the great crime fighters of all time. he s also a friend of mine. he s a great person, an iconic figure in this country. reporter: some have been written off by the president. just ask former attorney michael cohen. for now the jewgiuliani-trump b ....
Attorney in april 2018. but lately there are debates in political circles as to whether giuliani should be sidelined. two giuliani associates linked to his efforts in ukraine pleaded not guilty for allegedly funneling foreign money into u.s. elections. prosecutors accused one of them, lev parnas, of failing to disclose that he received $1 million from a russian bank account the month before he was charged. according to the washington post, in several conversations in recent months, attorney general william barr counseled trump that giuliani has become a liability and a problem for the administration. cnn has previously reported investigators have been looking into giuliani s business dealings in ukraine and have dug into everything from possible financial entanglements with alleged corrupt ukrainian figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of those business ties according to people briefed on the matter. ....
Figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of those business ties according to people briefed on the matter. giuliani has denied any wrongdoing, and trump has his back. rudy giuliani was one of the great crime fighters of all time. he s also a friend of mine. he s a great person. he s like an iconic figure in this country. reporter: there is a long list of onetime trump allies that have since been written off by the president. just ask trump s former attorney, michael cohen. for now, the giuliani/trump bond seems intact. jason carroll, cnn, new york. jason carroll, thank you so much. so why is rudy giuliani still doing all of this, and what s he really looking for? there s a whole lot to talk about. catherine rampell is here, philip bump as well. they re next. i need a ride. here hold this. follow that spud. [ tires screech ] the big idaho potato truck is touring america ....