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in the case as it refer to the law. what is your take? >> you are spot on about that as he said. the prosecutor in his opening statement. addiction is not a choice. but buying a gun illegally is a choice and lying is a choice. and both of those things he is alleging that hunter biden did. and look, when you mention the laptop, today it was a momentous occasion in the whole saga the laptop that the new york post has been living for the last three years and eight months since we first broke the story from the laptop showing that joe biden was involved in his family's influence peddling scheme around the world. and there is on that laptop. and we were, introduced, censored by big tech, twitter said that we published, materials and we have 51 former intelligence officials calling
involving the justice department and the attorney general's job and with the attorney general is responsible for. >> i will tell you where i would not start. i would not start with the claim that the justice department is weaponized. i know that republicans love their guns, but the word weaponization doesn't even belong in the same sentence as department of justice under merrick garland. if we want to talk about weaponization of the justice department, the house needs to look at bill barr. to me the most important point is how in the world can these people be saying that the justice department is politicized when literally today, right now, it is prosecuting the only living son of president biden, hunter biden. so if i were to ask a question it would be about merrick garland. in a way he represents the cautious best of our judicial system. before he was there he was
justice department is weaponized. i know republicans love their guns, but the word, weaponization, does not even belong in the same sentence as department of justice under merrick garland. if we want to talk about weaponization of the justice department, the only attorney general the house needs to look at is bill barr and to me, the most important point here is how in the world can these people be saying that the justice department is politicized when literally today right now it is prosecuting the only living son of president biden, hunter biden , you know, so if i were to ask a question it would be about merrick garland. in a way, he represents the cautious best of our judicial system. before he was there he was chief justice of our nation's
comments after the verdict and alvin bragg, they are embodying the two americas. this is a stark contrast. the other thing we saw today in terms of two different americas is that the current president, who is seeing his son stand trial in a federal case where the current president has the power to tell the doj to get rid of the case. he has the power to issue a pardon. he's not doing either because when you think about this, this is his only living son and he's not doing it because of what it means to be in this country. same kind of principles you were talking about with thurgood marshall and alvin bragg. it is such a contrast.
violent. if there has been any political prosecution compared to manhattan, it is this one. >> this sounds incredibly naove. given what charles laid out, it is a trump appointed prosecutor. president biden allowed this to happen. shouldn't this put in and to the argument that trump and allies are pushing the president biden has his thumb on the justice system. if it was, he would not allow his only living son to be sitting for the trial. shouldn't this in theory and the argument? >> or even when the justice department prosecuted menendez. a democrat in congress and in senate. there are so many examples of this justice department, making objective decisions all the way through. frankly, in the chump cases, the evidence is so overwhelming it would be egregious not to
biden's trial gotten underway this morning, jury selection wrapped up late today. >> opening statements or tomorrow, cnn's paula reid has it all first lady jill biden, arriving at court to show support for her stepson i love hunter and all support him in any way i can even in the middle of a close presidential race, president biden has been unwavering in his support for his only living son. i'm very proud of my son, the two seen at a state dinner last month at church together last week, and riding bicycles in rehoboth beach over the weekend. >> in a statement today, he said, i am the president, but i am also a dad, jill and i love our sun and we are so proud of the man he is today. hunter has been charged in part with lying on this atf form when he purchased a firearm, prosecutors alleged he failed to reveal he was a drug addict
contrast. the other thing we saw today in terms of two americas is the current president who is seeing his son stand trial in a federal case where the current president has the power to tell them the department of justice to get rid of the case. he has the power to issue a pardon. he's not doing either. when you think about what it is, this is his only living son. he's not going it because of what it means to be in this country with alvin bragg, constant baker, and thurgood marshall. it is such a contrast. there is such a clear distinct view of what america is and should be in looking at the sort of current president in
but given what charles laid out, it's a trump-appointed prosecutor, president biden allowedec this to happen. shouldn't this put an end to the argument the trump and his allies are pushing president biden has his thumb on the justice system. everything is super political. if it was, he would not be allowing his only living son to be sitting for this trial. shouldn't this, in theory, end d that argument? >> even when the biden justice department went and prosecuted bob menendez. a democrat in the senate. there's a 50-50 senate. there are so many examples of this justice department making objective prosecuting decisions all the way through. frankly,th in the trump cases t evidence is so overwhelming that it would be egregious not to prosecute them. in this instance, to your point, for the biden justice department to go after the president's son in a criminal -- it's not the only case. s we also have the tax case. ve
and i in any way i can, even in the middle of a close presidential race i didn't biden has been unwavering in his support for his only living son. >> i'm very proud of my son. >> the two seen at a state dinner last month at church together last week? and riding bicycles in rehoboth beach over the weekend. in a statement today, he said, i am the president, but i am also a dad, jill and i love our sun and we are so proud of the man he is today. hunter has been charged in part with flying on this atf form when he purchased a firearm, prosecutors alleged he failed to reveal he was a drug addict and using at the time, hunter has entered a plea of not guilty, although he has been open about his struggles with addiction i went one time for 13 days without sleeping and smoking crack in, drinking vodka exclusively throughout that entire time. >> potential jurors were asked
anticipated moment of this election and the stakes couldn't be higher, biden democracy is on the ballot. >> your freedom is on the ballot trump, there is nothing we cannot do. >> we will make america powerful again, the president and the former president, one day, two, very different visions for america's future. the weight only good man can bring it to you moderated by jake tapper and dana bash, the cnn presidential debate thursday, june 27th, bit nine live on cnn and streaming on max hunter biden's trial gotten underway this morning. jury selection wrapped up late today. opening statements are tomorrow, cnn's paula reid has it all first lady jill biden, arriving at court to show support for her stepson i love hunter, and i'll support him and i in any way i can, even in the middle of a close presidential race, president biden has been unwavering in his support for his only living son.