on may 15th 2023, david weiss office was offering the defendant and on prosecution agreement. of course that morphed into the sweetheart plea deal that fell apart. ultimately for this defendant to be charged with a gun charge and tax charge, the same tax charge rode up in the special agent report were charged or it goes to show the doj is proving what they did initially he was wrong and shouldn't have taken two of us to ruin our careers to bring this forward to the american people. >> martha: and now you've testified that u.s. attorney david weiss who was, you know, the top person on this basically went to him and he said but this is an up to me. this goes above my head. he claimed that he never said that to you, is he lying? >> even as testimony to congress he admitted that after president biden biked in united states attorney in washington grace declined to bring charges and d.c. key requested that special charging authority and he wouldn't say in his testimony that was denied but when you answer something in and not given it, your denied. ultimately he had to go to californ

certainly david weiss would be incredibly involved. but, again, doj -- i've said this for weeks now -- they were looking at this tax case, i think, as a way to rehabilitate the reputation after the disgrace of last summer with the plea deal. so as judge jeanine pointed out, they dumped a lot of information in a filing related to pay for play schemes, that the judge in this case admonish them for her and, hey, that's not what this is about. it's about not paying taxes. but the reason they did that, as judge jeanine pointed out, show the american people what was going on. which obviously was very different than how they were approaching this case for years. >> john: leo, why do you think he walked this game right up to the judge's bench as opposed to weeks ago, saving the doj and the american taxpayer a lot of money and effort? by doing this, you just kind of ticked everybody off. >> you ticked everyone off, but this is politics. i just can't get that out of my head. let me talk about rehabilitating the department of justice, this is the

andy said a little while ago he thinks that is why garland appointed david weiss, because david weissould have the authority to sign off on this alford plea. what you think about that? >> i think that's the right analysis. the justice department in this case has gone kind of the extra mile to at least create the appearance that merrick garland has nothing to do with this. that is why weiss has the job he has. so i think, in this case, if the government needs to sign off on this, i do think they would go all the way up to garland. weiss would probably make the call himself, maybe his supervisor. >> john: given that, and as andy said, the fact that david weiss was about to say don't tell anybody about this plea deal, but i'm okay with it, do you think he'll give him a pass on this? >> he's going to be torn. i think it has heart of hearts he wants to give him a pass. on the other hand, look where they are now. they have hundreds of people assembling in this courtroom to serve on the jury. the spotlight of the world is on him, and for him to say yeah, we are good with this alford plea, i

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hunter biden pleading guilty to all nine federal tax charges brought against him by special counsel david weiss as a federal judge announces there will be no trial held for former president trump's january 6 case until after the november fit the election, we have all the details all morning long, former president trump addressing the academy here in new york, he is bowing to make america richer and stronger and says he will create government efficiency commission led by elon musk, we are more on that, taking a look at futures this morning and on your friday as you can see we have read across the board, the dow was number 122 points, the nasdaq down by 200 points, that is a 1% decline, the s&p is down by 33, all of these numbers ahead of the august jobs report they could change, we get that report 8:30 a.m. eastern time. economists expecting 160,000 nonfarm payrolls added to the economy and unemployment rate to come in at 4.2%, we have all hands on deck to break out the numbers when they cross, this is the report of the year, let's take a look at the european markets, everything is about for the

attorney david weiss, look, i don't get to make this decision. this decision is above me, which he denied. gary shapley will be on my show later today and we will get his reaction to his all of what has happened and just one snippet of this. hunter biden wrote in his book about his antics in a hotel room, right? then he told the irs those dates and that hotel visit were work-related and that's why he deducted them from his taxes. so he's gotten himself into this mess and we will see exactly what kind of punishment is leveled at him. >> harris: that's a lot. obviously we are going to tune into "the story" with martha mccallum. once the first thing you want to ask him? >> martha: how did you feel? after all of this, you hear the hunter biden is finally decided to plead guilty when basically he had nowhere else to turn at this point. he's deep into a corner. he has made it difficult for the doj, for his own attorneys, all the people who spent hours and time preparing for this, then he marches in there today. as you have pointed out, this story is no

the young indianapolis, indiana mom had been happily married to david weiss for seven years. >> we were parents. we were busy. you know, we were just typical people, you know, living everyday lives. >> although the birth of their two children took a little spark out of their marriage, they were still going strong. >> we still had a sex life. we never stopped. >> but mandy is baffled when she notices morning after signs of sex that she can't remember having, and that david says never happened. >> he looked at me like i was crazy. >> mandy wonders, was she just dreaming it all up? >> i was really deeply confused. >> a worried mandy confides in her best friend and neighbor, nicole davis. >> she asked me, you know, does that happen to you? do you ever just wake up and not remember going to sleep, not remember anything happening, but felt like something happened? >> but more strange signs start to appear. she starts feeling tired all day, as if she had never slept at all. >> i talked to my mom. i talked to my friends, and it would be like, well, you're a busy woman. it's only natural that yo

waiting sentencing pleading guilty to all nine federal tax charges brought begins him by special david weiss, the surprise plea before jury selection to begin, are hunter's attorney made hunter change his mind. >> ing watching prosecutors exploit his family's pain during the delaware trial realizing that there were planning to do it again here in california, hunter decided to enter his plea to protect those he love this, from unnecessary hurt, and cruel humiliation an stream unusual one for government to bring like millions of americans hunter was late filing paying taxes. unlike those millions of americans who was charged criminally for failure that occurred during the depths of his addiction to drugs and alcohol. hunter put his family first today. and it was a brave and loving thing for him to do. >> the first son releasing a statement last night on decision writing quote i went on trial in dea not resisting anguish would cause family will not put them through it again when addicted i wasn't thinking about taxes i was being thinking about surviving jury would never have heard that know i p

david weiss was signaling that, when he was signaling the kind of evidence that he would be able to get in under what they call other crimes or other acts. and so, i think that he will be pardoned. i have no inside knowledge on that, but i think he'll be pardoned and i think he'll be pardoned on january 20th or 19th. david: at this point it doesn't appear to be a concern for president biden that there would be a contradiction with his past statements on that. and great to see you, sol. appreciate it. robert f. kennedy, jr. getting his names removed from ballots on two key states. how is it going to impact the race between these two nominees? that's next. on everything with just one card. chase freedom unlimited. so, if you're off the racking... ...or crab cracking, you're cashbacking. cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. nah, i'm working on my six pack. switch to a king suite- or book a silent retreat. silent retreat? hold up - yeeerp? i can't talk right now, i'm at a silent retreat. cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee

attorney david weiss was going to let him off scott free without pleading guilty to anything after fivent about the money laundering charges that we heard from james comer in the oversight committee but we will keep a spotlight on that. always a pleasure, thank you so much. maria: marine the divine joining us. we'll be right back, stay with us. ♪ ♪ with so much great entertainment out there... wouldn't it be easier if you could find what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock included, for only $15 a month. we went as we've been reporting sean 'diddy' combs is expected to peel as he pled not guilty to sex trafficking trying under crimes. >> p diddy appearing in court for the first time yesterday, we can show you the courtroom sketches. he entered a not guilty plea, the judge denied the 50 million-dollar bill because p diddy is seen as a flight risk and accused of intimidating witnesses, his lawyer defended him saying the robberies and is it. >> he has been looking forward to this day and clearing his name and he will clear

prosecutors when heed entered guilty plea to all nine federal tax charges brought by special counsel david weissthe first son said, quote: i will not subject my family to more pain, more invasions of privacy and needless embarrassment. for all i have put them through over the years, i can spare them this. and so i have decided to plead guilty. now all eyes turn to whether -- to the white house, whether president biden will pardon hunter before he leaves to value office in january. the oval office in january. joining me with reaction is florida congresswoman anna paulina luna, a key member of the house oversight committee. congresswoman, thanks so much for joining us on "sunday morning futures." lock, this is the first case. hunter biden has other cases that are still spending. if plus the potential allegations that came out from the oversight committee. what's to your reaction to the him pleading guilty? >> look, this is something we've known allal along, and the prosecutors have really shown the american people that this is not partisan, he was, indeed, guilty. he was breaking the law. just bec

david weiss, the special counsel in all of this, has spoken out about the delaware way in the past saying it's a bad thing, it's true and that's why it was also especially upsetting when they weren't doing anything on hunter for so long. here we are, pled guilty to it all. it is seemingly over but -- >> harris: and he reserves the right if they take that alfred plea. he is not really guilty. he can cop to it but it doesn't taint him at all. that's the part of the deal the government can offer you that. most people aren't brazen enough to say i'll plead but i won't say i did it. >> the reason we can pretty much assume that joe biden is going to either pardon or commute his sentence. no effort to work out a plea deal. that's crazy. normally you go in with all these charges and say what can we work out here so i don't go to prison for 17 years? the fact you show up when the trial starts and say i will plead guilty to everything means that you have something in your back pocket or you wouldn't feel so confident. >> harris: it has been there all along. not even the back pocket. probably a head

assuming that it goes to trial, and it's also not going to speak well to the prosecutors, particularly david weissunsel, who sat on his hands and let the statute of limitations run on a number of the most serious criminal events that happened while joe biden was vice president in the obama administration. so i'm really surprised it's going to trial. i thought just because of the embarrassment potential on both sides that they would see their way clear to get a plea done. >> dana: instead we have a trial, so jury selection starts tomorrow. no doubt we will be in touch with you, and thank you for being on the show today. >> thanks, dana. >> announcer: dana reed's sports. >> dana: two americans will face off in the u.s. open men's semifinal for the first time in nearly 20 years. and frances tiafoe was leading when his opponent was forced to retire due to a leg injury. on friday you'll face to fit in the first all-american semifinal since 2005. that means an american will play an immense grand slam final for the first time since 2009. >> bill: love that. can't even remember who it was. >> dana: i have

under those regulations, we've seen robert muller, jack smith, robert hurr, david weiss, as kara noted, who has prosecuting hunter biden right now. and the challenges will regulations, the legal challenge is regulations are enough there has to be a specific law, but as karen said, every judge to consider this so far, except for judge cannon has said no, it's okay. the regulations are justified. they are supported by the general powers of the attorney general. so this is a heavy longshot argument that trump is making. he made it successfully to judge cannon i think she's going to get reversed. i think that classified documents case is going to get reinstated because of this. and as judge chutkan notes, the heavyweight of the legal authority is against trump on this, legally speaking, the independent counsel and the special counsel, they're basically the same thing. the difference is the independent counsel had a very specific law that said there is this job called the independent counsel. congress has not passed a law, but the regulations now do that. >> yes, judge. chutkan says that th

. >> and evan, we know that on that alford plea prosecutors on david weiss's team, so that they would not under any circumstance, except one or agreed on one do you think that they're more likely to now if hunter her biden is saying that he's willing to accept a guilty plea effectively. work with the defense team on a deal like how but this move forward right? >> i mean, that's now what the hunter biden team has essentially doing is calling the bluff of prosecutors who well, as you pointed out earlier today, said, no way we're never going to accept this. this is against justice department policy in general to accept these, alfred, please wear you still pretend that still proclaimed that you're innocent. and so what they've decided to do now is it's throw a new twist into this. now, it is possible that this could set that is why prosecutors in the end, because in the end, what they want is for hunter biden to admit that he committed these crimes by the way, he was ready to plead guilty to this last year before the plea deal fell apart at that courthouse in wilmington last year. so it i

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jimmy carter spent about a quarter of his presidency in camp david for it perhaps present by the similar trip to delaware that is weissome instead of going to camp david. i digress hundred biden pleading guilty in a los angeles ataxia charge is likely saving himself in the country some embarrassing details about hookers, hard drugs, hundred biden releasing a statement which he did not address a foreign influence but here it is from hunter. he says quote i will not subject to my family to more pain, or invasion of privacy needless embarrassment for all i put them through over the years i can spare them this so i have decided to plead guilty. earlier on "sunday morning futures" congresswoman said she wants to pass new legislation to curb foreign influence in politics. >> the prosecutors have shown the american people this is not partisan he was indeed guilty he was breaking the law. i want to remind people just because he's pleading guilty doesn't mean our job stops ultimately this whole thing was hundred biden was the keystone in regard to the influence of paddling that was benefiting the now sitting president joe bide