, benghazi, benghazi. and hunter is being singled out for harsh treatment because of republican vendettas. but ilene o'connor, who headed the justice department tax division from 2001 to 2007, wrote in the "wall street journal" that he was singled out for a different reason. for favorable treatment. and that anyone else in this tuation would probable g prison. for many years, it has been e department policy to charge the most serious offense that can be proven. he chinged that policy in december of 2022, the tax division manual stilprides that prosecutors are specifically prohibited for permitting a defendant to plead to a misdemeanor with the elements of a felony can be proven. and according to the whistleblowers' accounts, that's what's happening here. i have said before that my gut tells me that any lapse of judgment on joe's part was m motivated more by a desire to save a son from addiction than an effort to line his own pocket. it was probably thrilled in having his son aboard air force two regardless

we knew it from benghazi. but then obama got elected in 2012. now, michael flynn convicted of i don't know what it was. he had great representation in a great law firm in washington. sidney comes in after he's convicted and sidney powell is a former united states attorney wasn't one of the good old boys or girls and she goes a law firm that defended michael flynn and she found evidence that was exculpatory, that they hid in that michael flynn could be convict did and she that and that's my mind i was stunned when she found that i was impressed but that's part of the game she to court and she says here's evidence she did not do what you said he did you had it in your own files and you know what the judge said. i've been a judge. if the defense attorney to me, your honor, here's the exculpatory evidence. and they didn't give it to my i mean, right away make a motion for dismissal of the charges a reversal of the conviction. do a motion whatever they do in federal system. the prosecutor was willing to do it because it was under trump. the judge. no

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we actually, by the way, saw this during the benghazi hearings, right? there were really serious questions about what went wrong in benghazi but there are also so many wild accusations that generally speaking the american people stopped paying attention. >> jake, in my 8 1/2 years ipcongress i had heard wild conspiracy theories from both sides. i think it's irresponsible of people because people assume members of congress have some kind of inside information. we're not just reading something on the internet and repeating it but actually we have some basis and fact in what we believe. i've heard conspiracy theories about donald trump, and i've heard crazy conspiracy theories about the fbi and agencies that investigate donald trump. i think it's time members of congress act more responsibly and that the american public perhaps doesn't necessarily listen to what members of congress say. if it sounds crazy it probably is crazy, and i trust law enforcement to do the right thing. >> republican congressman ken buck of colorado, thank you so much, sir. good to s

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but i would say that what's happening here is out of the playbook that the republicans used with benghaziwe lost an ambassador and a number of contractors in libya. there was hearings held at the time. kevin mccarthy was suggested -- kevin mccarthy had suggested that this was going to be used against hillary clinton. there were four that were public, some were not, $7 million expense of taxpayer funds, and in the end, what did they find out? what they find out was the security by the department of defense was not adequate. but they use that as an effort -- used it as an effort to muddy the reputation of then secretary of state clinton. it is being used now as it is in politics by the other side trying to complicate the president's reelection bid. kristen: regardless of how political some of these investigations might be, or the accusations, i wonder if you worry a little bit about the justice department, in the sense that the republicans are saying this deal was a sweetheart deal and the justice department is now tainted. do you worry about any public perception the justice department may

committee that kevin mccarthy would go on tv and boast about, hey, we launched the benghazi committee. >> i'm gonna go with her number one, that will hurt the republicans, is that good? look, exactly. here's the thing, imagine republicans are like wow, joe biden did something wrong, they can't find any facts. wait until they hear about donald trump inciting a terrorist attack on the capitol. they're really going to go into high gear there. not only do they want to impeach joe biden, they want to expunge donald trump's impeachment. so two of them together on the same track. let's be honest, impeachment is seen as a political assumption the judicial system is different. these are grand jury indictments. people sat in the room from the area for the evidence, and want to indict donald trump on 74 indictments. that is how it works right now. it is going to get the people in the media. make sure that you don't pull sides on this. please tell them that there is not two sides to every issue as everyone famously said. >> that is a very good point. i will tell you within the republicans that th

>> benghazi?ords i do not know. >> why was trump impeached. >> they didn't want him to be president a second term. >> was in it because of the russians? >> it was because of ukraine and january 6th. >> what happened january 6? >> what is joe biden's biggest scandal? >> there is so much? >> the withdrawal from afghanistan? >> the cocaine that was found. >> probably. i hope so. he was one of the people and jeffrey epstein's house. >> do you know something we do not? >> what do you want to tell jesse watters? >> thank you for having me. >> democrats love to tell us joe biden is just a kid. the >> he is younger than i am. he is not feeling like a kid according to a new report. the president has been doing life adjustments, that includes new footwear. a person close to biden says he used to always resist wearing anything other than dress shoes. he claimed it looked on presidential, but that is changing. joe biden has been having to slip into something more comfy. he is wearing sneakers and rocking a no

guest: the gives you a reminder of the benghazi hearings in 2015 that were designed on paper to hold the then secretary of state, hillary clinton, accountable, but were really about bruising her up a little bit were the primary -- a little bit before the primary. she mentioned the different applications of the law. these are important things and oversight is important but if you are a voter who is deciding whether or not to vote for a democrat or republican based on gas, you are probably not a swing voter. host: let's talk about the senate. what are you watching? what seats could be in play? guest: the senate is just as divided as the house and it's a tossup. the map does favor republicans slightly. there are 23 democrats up for reelection, 11 republicans, and the top seats republicans are targeting our jon tester in montana, sherrod brown in ohio, and joe manchin in west virginia. of those 23 democratic held senate seats, those are the only three were trump has blown them out of the water. 39 points in montana -- in west virginia, 18 in montana and eight in ohio. those will be vulne

think that's at the root of the concern here that biden folks are wearing that this could be the new benghazi where hunter biden is investigating exhaustively despite whatever evidence might not exist. >> i imagine they are concerns with this prosecutor or administration. to your larger point, the reason the defendant would want broad immunity from other prosecutions is because in this case, if mr. trump wins the presidency, he is valid to go after what he calls the biden crime family. it is a deeply offensive and reckless statement but it has to resonate -- when a defendant pleads guilty and they're looking at immunity from crimes that the government knows about if they've investigated, they need insurance that the chapter of their life has been closed. the government wants to confirm more narrow immunity, i'll give you an example as i may, let's say we were robbing banks across the country, we've dropped ten and the government knows about all ten. you and i plead guilty to three of those, they're going to promise that they won't prosecute us for the additional seven. that is typical. maybe

that biden's folks are worried this could be the new benghazi where hunter biden is, you know, investigatedaustively despite whatever evidence may not exist? >> i imagine their concerns are not with this prosecutor or this administration, but to your larger point the reason the defendant would want broad immunity from other prosecutions is because, well, in this case if mr. trump wins the presidency, he's bound to go after what he calls the biden crime family. i think that's a deeply offensive and reckless statement, but it has to resonate with hunter biden. and so when a defendant pleads guilty they're looking from immunity from crimes that the government knows about that it has investigated. they want some assurance that this chapter in their life has closed. the government, of course, wants to conifer a more narrow immunity. let's say you and i are out robbing banks across the country and we've robbed ten and the government knows about all ten and pleaded guilty to three of those. they're going to promise us they're not going to prosecute us for the additional setting, that's typical. bu

benghazi. there were similarities with benghazi, which seems to be there was no plan to withdraw the military did not know who could do it. the facilities were insufficient, with the investigation of benghazi, what we find? we found that the facilities chosen, the facilities in which the ambassador was hunkered down, were not compliant with any state department requirements. in fact, he died because the fuel tank was right next to where he was supposed to be in a safe house. so sergeant major, i'm going to come back to you, the actual loss of an actual 60 -- 160 human beings plus, and 13 of our service members, can it be reasonably attributed to the difference in facilities chosen between bagram versus hkia? >> the offensive happened, i believe if, that would not have occurred in bagram. the defense, that bagram, held the ability to see for hundreds of meters, and the in-depth control points, i do not believe the result would have been the same. >> i'm not going to defend the work of the secret

trying to pretend the e-mails weren't a big dole and benghazi wasn't a big deal.e they pivot to the what aboutisms of donald trump. trump was impeach for essentially a phone call. so there's so much evidence here including whatsapp messages, whistle-blowers. voice mails. at some point the democrats have to face the music. there's scandals left, right and center or tell him not to run in 2024 and we can move on. if he's going to be our presidential candidate in 2024, you have to face the music, juan. >> martha: in close, there's two business partners that are expected to testify. one did and one is. that joe biden knew about these business deals. that he was in the loop on them. you've got two irs agents that say we had so much here and for some reason it all went poof. they made it disappear. you have this confidential human source. we you have five different people pointing in the same direction, juan to say there's not evidence is just -- doesn't add up with what we've learned. >> you look at the professionals. david-wise, the prosecutor in delaware, trump appoi

. >> i mean listening to him about pools and investigations reminds me of what he said about the benghazi that was supposed to do. but look, i know you're not a republican, but you work with him on capitol hill. the speaker mccarthy believe what he is saying or is he just saying that to keep trump off his back and also to keep his caucus off his back so we can hold on to the speakers gavel? >> he will say and do anything. he is the weakest speaker in the history of the united states. as you have seen, congress has been able to move forward a number of times because of his caucus. how is it that you have all the power and literally you have no power because you are constantly being succumbed to whatever the radical right is doing. this is such a radical right that allegedly marjorie taylor greene may not be part of the infighting. it is bananas, it is animals instead of being the people tell us right now. >> that was good. all right now look, speaking of weaponizing, you are on the house oversight committee. >> absolutely. >> that is shared by congressman james comer. he has weaponized tha

going on in that description and speaker mccarthy, someone on tape talking about how they did the benghazi hearings to lower hillary clinton's polling numbers in 2016 when he was talking to sean hannity about that, he knows a thing or two about diversion and it is not what's going on here. >> bill: the dual system of justice is scene because they look at the laptop and think all the information is there. here is your evidence, act on it. >> the last was presented to donald trump's administration. his f.b.i. director that he hand selected after he fired jim comey, christopher wray. bill barr declined to do something about it. his a.g. this isn't some large liberal biden conspiracy. >> bill: when the whistleblowers show up today at 1:00 it will be continued then. >> i welcome any legitimate whistleblower to tell their story about what has happened. the republicans are running around like alease stefanik and others saying jack smith did this yesterday because he was scared of what gary shapley had to say. this is the result of grand juries, not unelected officials standing there saying i hate

what biden did what obama did ran away from iraq, biden in benghazi went by calendar, ignored realitiesafano thanks for joining us tonight. i'm liz macdonald thanks for watching. we're staying on all the breaking news of the day. time for other pals on "the bottom line" line take it away, yaki and liz. >> thank you, liz.

i do worry, i think it's worth pointing out that out of the very benghazi hearings which increasinglyk in the mid 20 tense, it was out of those hearings that the clinton server came up, that led to all the problems for hillary. sometimes, when you have these inquiries, these investigations, creating smoke and mirrors that do end up hitting the target. so, i think that would be the one thing to be concerned about, the democrats. but i do think they are playing it as a democrat messaging, as one party carrying more about policy, and the other party caring about, you know, performative, you know, irrational nonsense. tom fuller is what juanita called it. >> political performances, none of which actually helped the american people get better, smarter, or more secure. juanita tolliver, tim miller, and all the tom fool or we can handle for one night, thank you very much. when we come back, but by mr. bloomberg. and hello x. elon musk making the risky move to re-brand to her, and it's already going as many expect. jake ward here is here to break it all down, when the 11th hour is back. is ba

the question is, you've been on both sides of the congressional panel now you're on the benghazi investigatory committee and you appeared in front of congress many occasions dealing hostile majorities. what is your advice to the incoming republicans? the weaponization committee? mike gallagher during the china committee, the two most important ones on running productive hearings, given what you know about how agencies respond to hearings? yes, i have been both the obstinate person at state department and subject to an obstinate secretary clinton. yeah, i've seen them both. the best can do is make sure that you show with people who know answers to the questions you intend to ask. that is, don't don't bring folks who for the purpose theater bring them because they are subject matter knowledgeable whether they're in administration or experts outside. and second do your best to get the panel to be organized and disciplined because at the very least if the person on the other side of the table doesn't want to answer questions. you're not going to you're not going to cleverly goad them into it. but

i do worry, i think it is worth flagging that out of the very many benghazi hearings, which increasinglyiculous back in the mid 2010s, it was out of those hearings that the clinton server came up that led to all the problems for hillary. so i think we sometimes when you have these inquiries, these investigations, that creates a smoke and mirrors they do end up hitting the target. so i think that would be the one saying that i would be concerned about if i was the democrats, though i do think they are playing into democrats hands messaging wise, as to one party carrying policies and pocket about issues, and the other party carrying about performative nonsense. tom foolery, as juanita called it. >> political performances, none of which actually helped the american people get better, smarter, or more secure. juanita tolliver, tim miller, and all of the tomfoolery we can handle for one night. thank you both very much. when we come back goodbye mister bloomberg and hello x. elon musk making the risky move to re-brand twitter and it's already going as you might expect. jake ward is here to bre

it's just political theater, that it's a 2024 mechanism, just as kevin mccarthy once said that the benghaziestigation was designed to take down hillary clinton's presidential cam pane, this is the same thing they're trying to do with hunter biden in trying to take down joe biden. it's kind of wash, rinse, repeat the republican playbook. i think it also kind of illustrates the fact that their policies, their extreme agenda, their crusade for taking away women's rights, it's so unpopular that they want to spend every minute of every day talking about anything but the things they're actually doing, the policies they're trying to force on the american people. they know it's so unpopular because they don't have the giant majority they promised us they would have in the midterm elections. now they're trying to do this misdirection and use the theater of congressional hearings to distract away from the other stuff that's wildly unpopular. >> kurt bardella and ali vitali, thank you both. we still have our eyes on that courthouse. we will bring you any updates as we get them. we have note takers ins

hopefully that's what's being benghazi done. >> reporter: hunter biden left court and did not comments as originally planned. a plea deal is still possible. the parties have 30 days to answer the judge's question before she makes a decision. the white house said hunter biden's tax case is a personal matter. >> catherine herridge in delaware, thank you very much. >>> now a carry incident high above new york city this morning. parts of a large construction crane atop a high-rise building came crashing down on to the streets during the morning commute. cbs' lilia luciano reports a dozen people, including two firefighters suffered minor injuries. >> reporter: a massive construction crane carrying 16 tons of concrete came crashing down 45 stories on to one of midtown manhattan's busiest streets during the morning rush. >> i hear boom, boom, boom. now i'm yo, get out of the building right now. >> reporter: the video shows flames bursting from the crane high above. mayor eric adams said the situation could have been far worse. >> not only the boom falling to the street, but all of that concr

i was on the benghazi committee. it was the first time i met hillary clinton.ish it had been the last. [laughter] she had classified information on her server and she did it knowingly and intentionally. that is just wrong for a senior leader to do that, and she walked away largely scot-free. that is equally wrong. what happened, it is not that anything on there created an enormous amount of risk, but it creates risk in your trust in these institutions. and this is the central risk for over classification not just in the intelligence, but more broadly, you have to have confidence that the decisions are being made in a way that is not political. small "p" politico. you have to have confidence people were making these decisions about the things we do and how we do them in a way that is aimed at making america better. and when you lose that, my predecessor a fellow named john brennan, he deeply politicized that institution. in my mission set was not -- and might mission set was to not make the cia conservative and respond in kind. it was to make the ci excellent at

guest: the gives you a reminder of the benghazi hearings in 2015 that were designed on paper to hold then secretary of state, hillary clinton, accountable, but were really about bruising her up a little bit were the primary -- a little bit before the primary. she mentioned the different applications of the law. these are important things and oversight is important but if you are a voter who is deciding whether or not to vote for a democrat or republican based on gas, you are probably not a swing voter. host: let's talk about the senate. what are you watching? what seats could be in play? guest: the senate is just as divided as the house and it's a tossup. the map does favor republicans slightly. there are 23 democrats up for reelection, 11 republicans, and the top seats republicans are targeting our jon tester in montana, sherrod brown in ohio, and joe manchin in west virginia. of those 23 democratic held senate seats, those are the only three were trump has blown them out of the water. 39 points in montana -- in west virginia, 18 in montana and eight in ohio. those will be vulnerabl