attorney david weiss reports to the attorney general. merrick garland will probably have the same influence and same control over that investigation. he can approve or supply subpoena or a warrant. i don't know what kind of independence that would give you that you will not get with david weiss. the other issue is you are hitting the reset button. you will start this investigation from scratch when we already know it's hitting a critical stage with the investigation in delaware. we sort robert mueller go on for 2.5 years and this investigation has hit three years and there's no sign of that ending. how long will that go on for? republicans want to use this in 2024 and now we appoint a special counsel, we are not going to get an answer until 2026. i don't know how that helps republicans at all. host: joseph is a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, i have a direct question and then i have some comments i would like to submit. jeff murdock, do you believe in the rule of law? guest: i think everybody believes in the rule of law. ca

attorney david weiss reports to the attorney general. merrick garland will probably have the same influence and same control over that investigation. he can approve or supply subpoena or a warrant. i don't know what kind of independence that would give you that you will not get with david weiss. the other issue is you are hitting the reset button. you will start this investigation from scratch when we already know it's hitting a critical stage with the investigation in delaware. we sort robert mueller go on for 2.5 years and this investigation has hit three years and there's no sign of that ending. how long will that go on for? republicans want to use this in 2024 and now we appoint a special counsel, we are not going to get an answer until 2026. i don't know how that helps republicans at all. host: joseph is a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, i have a direct question and then i have some comments i would like to submit. jeff murdock, do you believe in the rule of law? guest: i think everybody believes in the rule of law. ca

when joe biden became president biden he kept on a man named david weiss. the u.s. attorney be in delaware, a trump appointee. sources say president biden did so to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest. bret, attorney general merrick garland has been asked about the hunter biden investigation for over a year now multiple times, every time he says he is staying clear. letting u.s. attorney weiss in delaware conduct the investigation. we'll continue to follow. >> bret: we will follow that meantime, david, the government rested its case in the steve bannon trial today? >> that's correct. another big one we are watching. he is on trial for contempt after refusing a subpoena by the house committee investigating the attack on the capitol january 6th 2021. today the chief counsel for that panel suggested bannon may have had advanced knowledge of that incident, meanwhile, the januarl who was appearing as a witness today, her name is kristin amer ling she confirms she in a book club with one of the prosecutors on the government's tammy. the two met some 15 years ago

the probe is being led by david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware who was appointed by president trump. a spokesman for david weiss and the lawyer representing hunter biden did not respond to the probe. another headache, president biden faces republican investigation into his family ties if they win control of the house. back to our calls. princess in orlando, florida. your inter -- your turn. caller: i am a first time caller. the other folks that just called it while ago had a very relevant point. i do not understand what is the problem with individuals that they cannot see for themselves. if you do not see the problem, at least educate yourself. we need to go back to civics for them to learn how government is run. they need to do the history properly so everybody knows who is responsible for what. as someone who was in the military, commander-in-chief is in order and you cannot step over and do something. thank god they had somebody there that was not a wimp -- somebody there to go behind him and do what he is supposed to do.

when joe biden became president, he kept on david weiss, a donald trump appointee. sources say president biden to avoid a look of conflict of interest. the delaware grand jury makes decisions about a suspect involved in a bank robbery in wilmington to the hunter biden investigation. >> sounds like we're trotting out a guilty plea, not necessarily an indictment. there's a big difference. if there's a guilty plea, you can file information that alleges the narrow fact that you're going to make the guy plead guilty to. >> just because this grand jury term is over, it does not mean there will necessarily be charges. however they are possible. a grand jury says yes or no to charges. something is coming to a head we're hearing. >> martha: david, thanks very much. so let's bring in brett coleman, a former u.s. attorney and executive director of bright on crime. good to have you with us. what is your take on what we're likely to get out of this and what you think the time frame looks like? >> martha, none of this adds up. none of it makes sense. indictments should have been

attorney in delaware's name is david weiss, is he a donald trump appointee, and he stayed on to continue the hunter biden investigation. but, looks like is he butting headsy joe biden's justice department as he appears ready to charge the president's son. let's bring in former department of justice prosecutor jim trusty. jim, do you see a big conflict here that the delaware u.s. attorney is ready to charge but main justice merrick garland says ho ho ho we don't want to make this too political before the midterms. >> there may be more collusion at work than you give credit for. i'm concerned about the story that came out because it is a low ball treatment of hunter biden. you know, 80 or 90% of federal white collar cases, jesse, include the word conspiracy. we're now -- we hearing about a tax case and rinky dink gun case which means by definition one person. they are talking about, i think, coming up with the right timing for a soft plea for hunter biden to have very little consequences and the other part of the another that i thought was very disturbing and very interesting is they quote

when joe biden became president he kept on david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware, a donald trump appointee. sources say president biden did so to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. grand juries hear multiple cases n this instance the delaware-based grand jury made up of everyday citizens may hear cases about a wide range of things from a suspect involved in a bank robberiry in wilmington up to the hunter biden investigation. just because this grand jury term is over, it doesn't mean there will be charges. a grand jury simply says yes or no to new charges. a new grand jury with new people will serve over the next few months. liz? elizabeth: thank you, david spunt. great report there, joining us heritage foundation senior legal fellow, hans von spakovsky, great to have you on. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. elizabeth: hans, if he is not charged republican lawmakers tells "the evening edit," they're assembling witnesses bank records information from lawsuits for their probes into the biden family overseas business deals. w

it's run by david weiss, who was appointed by former president trump, and kept on to run this investigation specifically. so those discussions are happening between those prosecutors and officials at main justice, the headquarters of the justice department in washington. they're going to have to make a decision whether to go forward with this. >> right. of course, obviously, lots of possible implications for other charges when you're looking at the other case with the former president trump. but when it comes to hunter biden, if he does face any charges, what could they be? >> we know that this was a pretty broad investigation. it looked at a lot of different things of his business activities. in the end, it's largely looking at this point, erin, like they're going to -- they're looking at bringing tax charges, as well as false statements related to a gun that hunter biden bought during a time that he has now said he was struggling with drug addiction, which would have made him essentially, you know, that he could not have been able to qualify to buy that firearm. so those are what the char

attorney david weiss. >> i, joseph robin net biden jr. do solemnly swear. >> after taking office kept weiss a trump appointee on the job to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. but multiple career prosecutors with no professional political ties, have been investigating the case from the beginning. looking at whether to charge hunter biden with various tax violations and more serious foreign lobbying violations and false statements. it's possible hunter biden may not be charged at all. >> it sounds like we are trotting out a guilty plea, not necessarily an indictment. and there's a big difference, right? if there is a guilty plea you can actually just file an information to the prosecutor that alleges the very narrow facts that you are going to make the guy plead guilty to. >> while hunter is under investigation for his overseas business dealings, there is no indication his father is a target. the president denied any involvement. >> i have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything having to do with their

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attorney david weiss, a prosecutor appointed by former president donald trump. now critics point out that another possible nexus of this probe is to what extent did the president have a hand in our knowledge of hunter'ses business dealings? now he has repeatedly denied any knowledgegehe of hunter'ss business dealings. the jury is still out. john . >> all right, kevin , thank you for that report. we know the president, in fact, did have dealings with some of his former business partners. we got we got pictures. we know those meetings took place. the laptop from with a lot of references to m how much money the big guyon was getting. also, you gotgu to look for possible gun charges, a gun that was he lied about inn the gun application thrown in a dumpsterer. we'll follow it closely. now tonight, violent crime is exploding in chicago as many big blue states and cities murders totally on unsolved. our friend john walsh will join for the full investigation tonight. and prince harry, britain's an most entitled most insufferable celebrity along with his wife, has now ch

attorney for delaware, david weiss, and the justice department officials were looking into whether to charge hunter biden with various tax violations and more seriously possible foreign lobbying violations. the source said hunter biden could face possible false statements regarding a gun. but the source has no final decision has been made on whether to charge hunter biden and stressed that the investigation is ongoing. keep in mind, there are those doj guidelines that we have heard about famously over the last couple of years where they try to avoid bringing politically sensitive cases close to an election we are about six months away from a midterm but joe biden is not on the ballot. so i don't know why that would be deemed politically sensitive to the biden family. so if there are going to be charges and sounds like the grand jury wrapped up already. if there are going to be charges, there are going to be charges. are they going to be, you know, as strict as some people are honing or are they going to give him a slap on the wrist. right now we don't know. >> ainsley: daily mail is r

attorney in delaware david weiss has shown that he sort of abides by the protocol that you don't continue with an investigation in the shadow of an election, in case it becomes politically important, and so we may not see anything until after the mid-terms, which i think be a travesty really. there's no excuse for it. legal experts like jonathan turl ey is saying this is very unusual after having convened a grand jury, not to come out with an indictment or a plea deal if one is going to be struck with hunter biden. stuart: if he is charged and tried on this violation, i'm not quite sure i understand it but it seems minor, that's when you're acting as an agent for a foreign country. if you're charged with that -- >> lobbying. stuart: as an agent of a foreign country that could be the charge okay, just suppose, i mean, if he were found guilty on that, does that mean prison time? >> well, i mean, it's a criminal offense and it was put in place in 1938 for good reason and we have china infiltrating the company and trying to corrupt everybody, so it is quite important, but it's not a charge th

. >> david, good to see you. in nine years this might be the first time we worked together. a real pleasure for me also you're going to get diversity of opinion between me and steve weiss, next to me on the screen there he and i have been opposite ends of the spectrum here i am seeing far more positive than negative. i think joe and shannon gave me a lot to work with joe mentioned crude oil prices i'm looking at gasoline futures, rbob, gasoline futures are down 25% in a month that takes some time to reach the pump, to reach the retail gasoline level in the coming weeks you should see gas prices coming down while that may not show up in june's cpi report, it eventually will should take a little heat from the fed as far as the fire they're building to raise interest rates, and to the original question, i think minutes will show they're ready to go another 75 basis points this month after that if gasoline futures come down, that's a major contributor to inflation it is also a major contributor to consumer sentiment which we know has been terrible if that comings off the mat, yo

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grassley: on may 9 of this year, senator johnson and i wrote to david wise, the u.s. attorney for the district of delaware. now, he happens to be in charge of the hunter biden criminal case. in that letter, we asked mr. weiss a series of threshold questions that attorney general garland has repeatedly failed to answer. first we asked whether nicholas mcquaid is recused from the hunter biden case. as we have said publicly many times, mcquaid is conflicted because he worked with hunter biden's criminal attorney before he was hired as a top position in president biden's justice department. second, we asked mr. weiss whether he or any of his employees have had any communications with mcquaid. third, we asked mr. weiss whether any of his employees -- not just mr. mcquaid -- are recused from the hunter biden case. we asked these questions because the biden family is from delaware and has extensive political connections. notably, hunter biden told his business partners, quote, i'll bring suit in the chancery court in delaware, which, as you know, is my home state, and i'm pr