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not for me. thank god merrick garland is not on the supreme court, can you imagine. thank god republicans have control of the house and merrick garland back in march was saying david weiss had full authority to pursue charges in different jurisdictions, so why make him special counsel now? only thing that changed is the fact this sweetheart immunity deal got blown up in court and even the government and david weiss admitted it was unprecedented. they are doing this to stonewall congress. joe biden and election cycle can say it is under investigation, there is special counsel, i can't comment, department of justice can put up roadblocks and congress can do impeachment, to give them more power in court. we have seen them be successful in getting bank records, that is reason they are doing this now.
is then why? >> and he said, but the case is still under investigation. why? because he didn't want the republican house to investigate. so then merrick garland comes out and he says tuesday, why? said he wants to be a special counsel. why? why he's finished this investigation? why? said he had all the power it needed. he told jim jordan that in june. so why today, does he need a special counsel? plus, he wanted to be him in legal immunity. and it gets even better than this. the fact is that this plea deal not only prevented anyone from going forward, but the same guy who tries to pull the wool over the american people's eyes and the federal judges eyes, it's a contradiction, because now he is stopping the congressional investigation by saying that this case is under way, preventing congress again from interviewing all the players. and let me just say one more thing. this is a good news news cycle.
and instead, he magnified the problems here. i mean, i don't know anyone who could possibly look at this appointment and not be completely mystified as to his thinking. rachel: jonathan, how is this going to affect the house investigation? >> well, that's a great question, rachel. i think that there was, obviously, a blowback on congress. the most immediate impact of this appointment was to insulate the department of justice itself and weiss. the house was closing in on weiss, demanding interviews from him and his lieutenants. this will make it much, much more difficult. but it won't stop things. in fact, in a curious way, they may have tripped a wire here by not expanding the mandate it's pretty clear now that congress needs to investigate including a possible impeachment inquiry,
>> mr. weiss is the single architect over that sweetheart plea agreement deal. i am very fearful that appointing the special counsel is just an attempt to stonewall congress' investigation of the biden family. >> this was a political decision, not a legal decision. they're trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. rachel: we're back with a fox news alert. republicans raising concerns of david weiss' appointment of potential counsel in the investigation of hunter biden. will: a spokesperson for jim jordan says wise can't be trusted and this is just a new way to white whitewash the biden family corruption. joey: let's can ask george washington university law school professor jonathan turley. good morning, professor. i watched you yesterday e say in very plain words that there is a regulation on what a special
the island's alert sirens never went off. the hawaii emergency services administration confirming that the alarm it tests every month were not turned on even as the fire started to spread. will: let's bring in former hawaii congresswoman and fox news contributor full city gabbard. tulsi, aloha. i know through your military service you're deeply connected to everything going on in hawaii. the number we have is 80, from my understanding, none of the buildings though have yet been searched there in historic lahaina town, so that number threatens to go much, much higher. what can you update us on this morning? >> will, to all of my friends, people that i've worked with over years, you know, i served in congress for eight years representing hawaii's second congressional district. maui is a part of it, so countless times i've been through the community of lahaina, ka'anapali is being
special counsel. house speaker kevin mccarthy warning it better not, quote, obstruct congressional investigations, potential biden family corruption and other lawmakers agree this was a political decision, not a legal decision. they're trying to put out a fire and they just poured gasoline. it nobody in their right mind believes that making a special counsel, mr. wise, cleans up the mess that's been created. >> it's about time. on the other hand, i have some question about weiss doing it. >> this is attempt to whitewash the biden family corruption. i am very fearful that appointing the special counsel is just an attempt to stonewall congress's investigation of the biden family. >> and finally, team biden is said to be in talks with his classified doc special counsel to have joe be personally interviewed, which you may remember involves the president leaving our nation's secrets stashed the garage next to his corvette, amongst other places
counsel is, and you -- this does not abide by it. but really there's no recourse for that. only the justices department really take issue with the justice department not abiding by its own regulation, correct in. >> that's right, joey, and that's the problem with this law, is that it's not enforceable. something congress needs to look at. the law's quite clear, the purpose of a special counsel is the pick someone who is unassailable, someone who has no connections to the department of justice to assure the public that this is truly independent in the every respect. instead, merrick garland appointed someone who's under a cloud of suspicion. he's literally being investigated by congress for his conduct and handling of the prior hunter biden investigation. it flips the special counsel law on its head. now, it's true the department of justice did violate this before
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winds lower now for about the next week, maybe a week are from now beginning to tick back up -- will: one cropped up last night, it's been 100% contained there. great report, thank you so much, or rick. turning to another fox news alert, republican lawmakers are sounding off on david weiss' special counsel appointment to the hunter biden probe. >> mr. weiss is the single architect over that sweetheart plea agreement deal. i am very fearful that appointing this special counsel just an attempt to stonewall congress' investigation of the biden family. >> this was a political decision, not a legal decision. they're trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. will: another one of those lawmakers is senator ron johnson, and he joins us now. senator, great to see you this morning. how do you explain the appointment of david weiss? >> good morning. i'd explain it as a corrupt act. there's no doubt about the fact that merrick e garland has done nothing to restore integrity and
appointment of david weiss. he thanks it's part of an effort to stonewall congress. how do you see it? >> i think chairman cromer's on to something for what i would love to resent david weiss he's agreed to come and testify to the judiciary committee in september i would love to ask him several questions one of which is why do you think justice was served in a man who do not pay income tax on eight half-million dollars was able to walk? you negotiated that deal did you know about the existence of the fbi at the 23 form and if so, wwiden to ensure investigative agents had access to it? why didn't shut the agents pursue who died was who the identity of the big guy was questioning writing to let them contact under biden when they wanted to trust him questions? why didn't did leslie wolf the assistant u.s. attorney took off hunter biden's legal team when they wanted to serve a search warrant on a northern virg virginia -- met a storage unit in northern virginia.