merrick garland said he had given the authority to mr.weiss to press charges in other jurisdictions. >> well, according to the whistleblowers, took contemporaneous notes. >> they said david weiss said just the opposite. so why would he be appointed unless somehow they're looking to protect the bidens? >> well, that's why we need to have a special prosecutor who's above reproach. my suggestion has been that a group of very distinguished people recommend five people to garland and tell him to pick from those five people. nobody from inside the justice department, nobody involved in politics, people of the stature of archibald cox, who was the special prosecutor appointed in the next few days. everybody believe that what we need to do is for credibility, criminal justice system, not make our criminal justice system into a weaponized prosecutor. >> can you explain, professor, you're so you're such a smart man and you're an honest man. >> can you explain to this country tonight how it's possible that somebody that is admittedly addicted to dru

this was announced by us attorney general merrick garland at a briefing today. this one the case is the first time that the united states has prosecuted those who have committed war crimes against american citizens abroad. my colleague oleksiy kovalenko is following the development of this case. hello, oleksiy. congratulations. please tell me about the details of this case. what is the point, why are they accusing the russian military and. is this charge important? yes, actually, maria, you brought up a very important point that this is a historic case in a sense, it is the first time that american jurisdiction has been used to open a case like this to investigate crimes of russian servicemen that were committed on the territory of ukraine, and american legislation is used for this, this is the statute of the united states of america on war crimes, which was adopted in congress almost 30 years ago, and it is this statute that allows the investigation of crimes committed on the territory of not of the united states against american citizens. as for the substance

we have merrick garland who is contradicted by davis weiss and david weiss contradicted by merrick garlandy the whistleblower testimony. originally we know that mr. weiss planned on bringing no charges. that evolved into that sweetheart deal with no time spent in jail. that fell apart in front of the judge that you rightly praise who said to the prosecutors, you've never seen a deal like this before. okay. prosecutors had to admit they never did. now we are back at the drawing board. merrick garland than appoints the guy that allowed the statute of limitations on the very important tax years of the burisma money to expire. why would he who also contradicted what he himself, merrick garland, said. he said he had given the authority to mr. weiss to press charges in other jurisdictions. according to the whistleblowers it took contemporaneous notes. david weiss said just the opposite. why would he be appointed unless somehow they are looking to protect the bidens? >> that is why we need to have a special prosecutor who is above reproach. my suggestion has been that a group of very distinguishe

well-placed anonymous sources strike the president as fuming at merrick garland and his having appointed special counsel in august. biden even compared garland to james comey for supposedly being obsessed with the appearance of having integrity rather than just drying to make the right decision. aokay first of all having the words comey and integrity in the same sentence now that's funny. bidens are like the sopranos without any humor. they protect each other in the family business at all cost. joe biden doesn't care because of what he has allowed his son to do every foreign leader and i mean everyone thinks that the white house under biden sells influence. and the president uses his own family to collect. so i say ask not what your president did for his country. ask who paid his family millions during his time in office. if you think hunter was paid millions of dollars by sophisticated foreign interest? and all he clifford to them all he gave them in return was a few minutes on the phone with his dad? maybe a few holes of golf? then i have a timeshare in gaza to share you. i have no ide

at that point what's merrick garland going do?prosecuted members of the january 6 and what will merrick garland do if we hold hunter biden in contempt of congress for refuges to testify. all this business about i'll do it in public but not behind closed doors? donald trump sat behind closed doors and jared kushner in and the democrats have been following precedents for mind collesed doors depositions and that's all we're doing and we'll give him his day in the public hearing and it's not up to hunter biden to deck indicate how we perform -- dictate how we perform congressional oversight by the constitution. will: many wonder why behind closed doors and have it open for the public much the reason to do it behind closed doors is follow ago property columbia of a -- following a protocol of a deposition and done in a committee room, it's a circus and show. >> i get five minutes to talk and democrats get five minutes. will: it's a circus and there's a useful purpose to have it behind closed doors and to your point it's been done over a

and merrick garland and the white house. but also note the 82,000 emails, right? involving a pseudonym that we believe the president was using when he was vice president that businesses. that indicates some problems. we have only gotten 14 of those. we are getting stonewalled and obstruction, which is something we have to pursue. to them i would say look, the only reason this indictment is sound is because a judge stood in front of the department of justice which tried to cut a sweetheart deal. they are ignoring it on purpose. i want to say a shout-out to mike johnson, our speaker, for proceeding with this and moving it to the floor. i hope we pass it today. every republican should support this on the floor of the house. mike johnson should be commended to doing that. we disagree on some things but this is an important things and standing up yesterday and ukraine and saying we need to secure our border first was also really important. >> martha: where the impeachment inquiry might lead an the implications of it. thank you very much. let me bring in matt whitaker f

that's according to a criminal complaint unsealed on monday, and it was attorney general merrick garland who announced the arrest of the former u.s. ambassador to bolivia, victor manuel rocha is his name. that's taken place during a press conference yesterday. here is a bit from it. >> the complaint alleges that rocha sought out and used his positions within the united states government to support cuba's clandestine intelligence gathering mission against the united states. after the fbi received information that rocha was a covert agent of cuba's intelligence service, an fbi undercover proceeded to engage with rocha on several occasions. as detailed in the complaint, rocha repeatedly referred to the united states as, quote, the enemy. during the undercover -- he told the undercover that his efforts to infiltrate the united states government were, quote, meticulous and, quote, es very disciplined. and he repeatedly bragged about the significance of his efforts, saying that, quote, what has been done has strengthened the revolution immensely. the fbi arrested rocha on friday in miami. he i

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merrick garland a u.s. national in the war with ukraine, they vow these four russians will be brought to justice. how you find and arrest them remains to be seen but we'll follow the story. >> dana: that was happening while there is a lot of pressure on capitol hill to try to approve aid for ukraine. they run out of aid money by the end of this year. all right. let's bring you this as well. >> my family is originally from germany and survived and know exactly how the holocaust happened. it happened with words. that's how it first started and we're seeing that those words, that violent rhetoric, jewish people are sick and tired of being pushed aside, of being thought of as less than. >> bill: words are weapons in one jewish student at harvard how genocide starts. >> dana: lawmakers today holding a closed door meeting with the mayor of washington as crime spirals out of control in our nation's capital. are there any solutions in sight? >> do you believe the crime levels in d.c. are acceptable right now? do yo

take a listen to attorney general merrick garland. >> these charges against four russia affiliated military personnel, the justice department's first criminal charges under the u.s. war crimes statute. they are also an important step toward accountability for the russia regime's illegal war in ukraine. our work is far from done. >> the work is far from done. that was significant because they made clear they continue to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine and also the attorney general said in response to a question, alleged war crimes by hamas on october 7th. and, you know, what was described in this indictment is horrific on the one hand. and, two, russian commanders are identified by name in this indictment and charged and then two soldiers identified only by first names. and they allegedly tortured and detained and threatened mock execution against this american who was simply a bystander, living in a village in southern ukraine. at the same time, we all know from our consuming many news accounts about this, far from unique, one of many horrific crimes that russian soldiers allegedl

at a press conference this morning, attorney general merrick garland described how the victim who wasures, even threatened with a mock execution by those soldiers, all in violation of the geneva convention. the charges filed today are the first ever brought under the u.s. war crimes statute, which was enacted during the clinton administration. nbc's ken dilanian is following the case. glenn kirschner is still with us. ken, what more can you tell us about these charges and the investigation that led to them? >> chris, this ground breaking indictment accuses four soldiers acting on behalf of russia in ukraine, two officers and two enlisted soldiers of brutally abusing an american civilian in a village in southern ukraine in april 2022. it says they took him from his home and unlawfully confined him for at least ten days. and it says that during that time they allegedly tortured him with beatings and mock executions. now, u.s. officials interviewed the american after he left ukraine and then the fbi and the department of homeland security said about trying to corroborate his account, and

but david weiss is a special counsel and he was appointed by merrick garland. he's part of the department of justice, and merrick garland was appointed by president biden. it's a tough argument to make. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, fredericka. >>> several of the republican candidates hoping to take on president biden next year are in iowa today, where the first caucus is just over five weeks away. nikki haley, ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy are all holding events today after participating in a faith and family forum this morning. what will you be watching for today? >> reporter: i'm looking at how these candidates connect with voters, their ability to advance their message with them. that is because the former president still holds a significant lead here of 20 or 30 appointments. we were with nikki haley last night in sioux city, iowa. we were speaking to voter there is. no doubt her debate performance has helped elevate her national profile. voters there say they're just not convinced as of yet that she can beat the former president. they describe he

even if jack smith and merrick garland don't. i am not a lawyer, you are a lawyer.ree speech is not against the the law. >> they are stopping free speech downtown in new york they did their best, is that case that real estate valuation case everyone that has mocked for months now, you are free of those shackles. >> i am not free of gag order shackles, my first amendment rights are not still taken in some regard, and 6 amendment right, to fair trial and litigation and able to go and make objections in the courtroom i could not do it today was our last day out site of making closing arguments, letitia james' case has of concoconclude, and deutsch bank said that president and his company did nothing wrong and exper witnesses saying there was nothing wrong. and unfortunately we were dead on arrival we found fraud before we walked into the door, american people need to remember that, we spent 3 months taxpayer dollars for what i don't know, i show so letitia james could get outside and do press conferences every day, very expensive show. larry: alina habba thank you so m

merrick garland wasn't going to make david weiss special counsel. david weiss let the statute of limitations run on the burisma. career scrutiny, attacks that hunter biden is no victim, boohoo, he's a bad guy. >> kayleigh: no doubt about the whistleblowers and abbe lowell, hunter's attorney said this wouldn't happen if his name wasn't hunter biden. watch. hunter has been treated differently than others would have been treated, it is because his last night is biden. it is not like it is a distant cousin, he is the son of the president. when hunter was 11, they will reach back to taking bubblegum. abbe lowell saying they would choose hunter biden's bubblegum. shapley, a whistleblower, said the opposite, watch. >> there were definitely hindrances i've never seen before in my 14 years concerning this investigation that did not allow us to follow through investigation of any other individual to include president biden. most substantive felony charges were left off the table. >> kayleigh: was he targeted because of his last name or gotten special treatmen

even special counsel jack smith, who works for attorney general merrick garland, who works for president biden, even they have not charged trump with incitement or insurrection. so let's go back in time, and take a quick listen to what mr. trump actually said in his speech on january 6. >> i know that everyone here will soon be marching to the capitol building. to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. >> all right, peacefully and patriot economically is not insurrection. that is called free speech. and on this topic, even if mr. trump believed high won he won presidential election that is still called free speech that is the first amendment. that is not only not an insurrection, it is not a crime, now, mr. trump may be right, or he may be wrong. but in our free country, he is allowed to say so. and he is permitted to run again. here is the great alan dershowitz. >> in 60 years i have been practicing and teaching law, i have never seen a decision that is so anti-democratic and so k unc unconstitutional and jonathan turley. this could set us on a court that would be destabil

i see this as merrick garland's fault. you're absolutely right. we're now in this calendar crunch. we're about to turn the corner into 2024. they are trying to cram in these trials. it's looking increasingly like we're only going to get maybe one trial, if that. the analogy i would make is this. if you lived a half hour away from the airport and had a 4:00 flight, it's like leaving your house at 3:15 p.m. you're leaving yourself with no wiggle room if things go wrong and things always do. this is what happened with the doj. they waited two years before they got serious and appointed jack smith. he moved fairly quickly, but the fact of the matter is by the time they dropped the indictment, they wasted two and a half years leaving themselves with no wiggle wroom room. >> speaking of time crunch, i'm limited on time. say something about the merit or lack thereof of trump's immunity claim. >> i think trump has what we could call a puncher's chance to succeed. he's less than 50% likely to succeed. i thus he has more than a 10% chance to succeed. he could get lucky. this is a 6-3 conserv

here's attorney general merrick garland earlier.ent of the united states are given an enormous amount of trust by the public we serve. to betray that trust, by falsely pledging loyalty to the united states while serving a foreign power is a crime that will be met with a full force of the department. joining me live to discuss from mexico city is will grant, our cuba correspondent. very good to see you. this really is a remarkable story. what do you make of it? i really is a remarkable story. what do you make of it? i think is absolutely — what do you make of it? i think is absolutely extraordinary. - is absolutely extraordinary. the very fact that the attorney general used this phrase that he thought it was "0ne general used this phrase that he thought it was "one of the highest rating and longest lasting infiltration of the us government by a foreign agent" does a great deal. in some of the details on that indictment are absolutely extraordinary. the idea that the former ambassador, the former us ambassador to bolivia, a man who re

the drip, drip, drip, makes me think that maybe the democrats under merrick garland is starting to saygo because joe biden's numbers anumbersare the worst in the mo. he's making jimmy carter's numbers look good. maybe it's time to get joe biden removed from the ticket so they can put someone else in because president trump is literally beating biden everywhere. this is corruption. the democrats are starting to face the reality and whether it's the daughter coming out with tax evasion, the tax evasion that was the slow walk by the irs, not letting hunter forgive some of the worst of his tax evasion and refusal as james comer described, his buddy, the wealthy lawyer who paid his taxes at the last minute in 2020 right before the election because of political reasons which was revealed in one of those e-mails where joe biden as the vice president was using a skewed nim to try to -- pseudonym to try to deflect from this, 20 shell accounts, it makes it almost impossible to pick up the web but the pieces are coming together and people are starting to see as you and i have been saying for mont

is that an awkward position for merrick garland to be in given how desperate trump is to have a through line between the biden administration, the biden justice department, and the federal investigation? >> i don't think so. because it's so relatively automatic. this is not something where, yes, you do need to have approval under something called the 2heregs. >> i knew there was going to be a garcia, some kind of reference point. >> but it is not that hard. and it is also the kind of thing merrick garland could delegate and say i'm going to give it to an apolitical, a nonpolitical member of the department to make that decision. in a case like this it would always be granted. what you're really trying to do is avoid someone being called where it's harassing or no relevance. but here could you really imagine that mike pence or jeffrey rosen, the acting attorney general, doesn't have relevant information. they've actually already testified before congress, so we know what they're going to say in large part. so, of course, they'll be given permission. so i don't think -- of course, donald t

whistleblowers said what merrick garland said was not true. in fact, the can doj put its finger on the scale in many ways trying to cover up this investigation, trying to divert it, allowing the statute of lumbarrations to run out on mort on more serious charges. i think everybody in america knows who the big guy is. this is looking very, very bad for joe biden. again, a lot of deflection going on here, but we've got a serious problem. maria: but imagine what dan patrick said earlier, i saw a sound bite of the deputy governor of texas, and he said, well, maybe we should take joe biden's name off of the ballot in texas. maybe because of all of the dereliction of duty that we're seeing from this guy by allowing 8-10 million illegals come into the country, that's what things are like going against the constitution spark, ideas from other states, brian. >> yeah. talk about the impeach impeachable offenses, the dereliction of duty at the border, to me, is on the top of that list. i get a little disspiritted though when i see our elected officials s

even special counsel jack smith who works for attorney general merrick garland, who works for president joe biden, even they have not charged trump with incitement or insurrection. so let's go back in time and take quick listen to what mr. trump said in his speech on january 6th. >> i know every one here will soon be marching over to the capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. larry: all right, peacefully and patriotically is not insurrection. that's called free speech. and on that topic, even if mr. trump believed he won the 2020 presidential election and if he says so, that us still called free speech that is the first amendment. that is not only not an insurrection, it's not a crime. now mr. trump may be right or he may be wrong but in our free country he is allowed to say so and he is permitted to run again. now here's the great alan dershowitz on this whole issue, quote, in the 60 years i've been practicing and teaching law i have never seen a decision that is so anti-democratic and so unconstitutional, end quote. and here's eminent constitutional p

during a recent interview, attorney general merrick garland denied this saying "we do not have one rule for republicans and another for democrats. so who is right? is the justice system rigged, and if so what can and should be done about it? we have three excellent panelists with us, all former high ranking doj officials to discuss this. as i introduce them i will invite them to the stage. first you will hear from r je -- rhett who is the founder of a group that focuses on public policy and government reform. he advises and continues to advise the white house and members of congress on criminal justice issues. from 2006 to 2009 he served as district state attorney of utah. prior, he served as chief counsel for crime and terrorism at the senate judiciary committee. next you will hear from steve bradberry, he has a distinguished fellow here at heritage. he began his legal career by working for justice james bought -- buckley and justice clarence thomas on the supreme court. he previously served as general counsel at the u.s. department of transportation during the trump administration and

transcript is not a clue, that no. >> the transcript is not included. >> nor does it include that merrick garlandfered with your investigations, correct? >> the transcript is not say that. >> defying a subpoena for closed-door testimony, hunter biden has offered to testify publicly. he did it on the capitol steps this week, he said i'm here. but the republican-led oversight committee they are not considering. it now maybe are asking yourself, a lot of hypotheticals today, why house republicans? wood said emotions one of the grievous congressional responsibilities laid out in our constitution. talking about impeachment inquiry. with no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors. don't worry, they told us. >> going down these impeachment roads could be a problem politically. >> no, i don't. i think if we don't go down these impeachment routes a huge part of america is going to just say, we're not supporting republicans anymore. >> representatives, what are you hoping to gain from an impeachment inquiry? >> i can say, donald j trump 2024. >> it's giving political, folks. well the impeachment inquiry is

i mean, i can just imagine the phone calls between weiss and attorney general merrick garland.ook, we've got to do something here because these ir are s whistleblowers made such a strong case, and judge near yenning ca in wilmington blew up the first phony deal beyond repair, so let's protect the ultimate boss, joe, by throwing hunter under the bus. just for a little while. put him on ice for the rest of the election period. and if papa biden does beat trump, well, he'll undoubtedly pardon his son. in fact, press secretary kjp said again that the president would never pardon his son. which, of course, makes it all the more likely that that is exactly what the president would do. remember the political axiom. politicians say, no, no, no right up until the time they say yes, and that law will apply here, trust me. or if donald trump should win, then hunter will make some kind of deal but, yes, he'll spend some time in the pokey. not the worst thing in the world from the standpoint of his octogenarian father who will whisper under his breath, better him than me. so just to end thi

he's lashing out at his advisers, even accusing justice secretary merrick garland of allowing chargesgainst his son, and there's panic in the white house over the impending impeachment inquiry. watch to the end, a party in the white house, and the weather outside is just terrible, but the white house so delightful, and since we know what we need to come to, let there be an impeachment investigation, biden even feels sorry for leaving afghanistan and ukraine. employees of the white house, this video has acquired at least some meaning, because here i want to say: in the voice of our great commentator ozer, we don’t need such a nutcracker, yes, well, now i would like to move on to more serious things, now de... at the center of the discussion is the act of the head of hungary, who left at a certain moment, and this exit ensured that hungary received 10 billion dollars, 10 billion euros, a lot is intertwined here in this one fact, the most expensive coffee in history, of course, but the beauty is that no, orban paid for this coffee, and hungary received 10 billion euros for drinking coffe

vance of ohio sent a letter addressed to attorney general merrick garland and the secretary of state antony blinken, seeking an investigation into kagan, a journalist. vance, by the way, none of the names being considered as trump 's running mate has ice president, according to a recent report by axios. by the way, the journalist isn't the only one warning about the erosion of democracy in america, the former congresswoman, liz cheney, offered a lot of sharp criticisms about how america's, quote, sleepwalking into a dictatorship. but cheney is just warning about trump, she is concerned about her entire parties growing subordination. she even went as far as to say, quote, it's so important that the republicans not be in the majority in 2025. it's a pretty remarkable statement from someone who was a senior member of house republican leadership. cheney understands this firsthand, she lost her reelection primary last year to a trump backed candidate, a common story for many moderate and anti trump republicans as the gop continues its march to the right. it's part of what's fueling the dy

larry: people should understand the constitution even if jack smith and merrick garland don't.l say that i'm not a lawyer. you're a lawyer. that is the way i look at it. free speech is not against the law. they're stopping free speech downtown in new york. they did their best. is that case, this finally crazy real estate valuation case which everyone has mocked now for months, anybody in the business has mocked for months, are you free of those shackles? >> i am not free of the gag order shackles. larry: no. >> my first amendment rights are definitely not, still being taken in some regard and especially sixth amendment right, right to a fair trial in litigation and being able to go there to make objections, when i was in the courtroom, i couldn't do it. today was our last day outside of making closing arguments. letitia james's case concluded. we saw we had deutsche bank saying that the president and his company did nothing wrong. we had expert witnesses, leading accounting expert saying there was absolutely nothing wrong with what they did. that their complaint lacked merit. u

an attorney general, merrick garland, announced a nine count indictment today against four russia affiliateders, alleging they unlawfully detained and abused an american citizen living in ukraine. garland detailed the abuse of the victim that the victim endured, including death threats and a mock execution. at a news conference, us secretary alejandro mayorkas said federal agents traveled to interview the victim's family and said such horrific war crimes cannot be allowed. the evidence gathered by our agents speaks to the brutality, criminality and depravity of russia's invasion on the ukrainian people have had and must continue to have america's full support against russia's unjust est, unprovoked and unlawful war of aggression in justice department says the defendants are charged with three war crimes, including unlawful confinement, torture and inhumane treatment as well as one count of conspiracy to commit war crimes. if convicted, each defendant faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. all right. >> now to our weather. we mentioned the rain, but how about that snow up in tahoe? this i

. >>> we have some breaking news, i want to go to the attorney general merrick garland addressing somewar crimes prosecutions. >> affiliated military personnel with war crimes against an american citizen living in ukraine. the charges include conspiracy to commit war crimes, including war crimes outlawed by the international community after world war ii. unlawful confinement, torture, and inhuman treatment. like all defendants in the u.s. criminal justice system, the defendants in this case are entitled to due process of law and are presumed innocent until proven guilty. we allege that in april of 2022, two commending officers of russia-affiliated forces, as well as two lower ranking soldiers whose first names are valery and nazar committed war crimes against an american citizen who has been living in russia -- who had been living in russia since 2021. the victim was living by a small village in southern ukraine and was not papg in the armed conflict between russia and ukraine. as such, the victim was what is known as a protected person under international law. after russian forces inv

. >> so i don't see how merrick garland could do anythin g. land could do anythin prosecute hunter biden if the house approves a contempt resolution. contemptbut the interesting thig is that garland did something for biden that was invaluable. >> he refused to a special counsel to look into the corruption scandal. >> man corrupy of us have been writing for years, so we can't even imagine his rationale. joe biden's name is all over these files. there' these s of dollars going to his family and the circle is coming closer and closer to the president. and yet, merrick garland has res simply refused to appoint a special counsel. >> and s nt a speo think president biden's got to give more credit than he's giving up . >> professor jonathan turley, brilliant as alway proonathas. thank you very much. well, coming up, the nightmare at our southern border keeps getting worse. ten ieds. you heartting wod right.ght, we're just seized near tucson,t arizona, after a cartesel gunfight. plus, the threat of terror continues to grow with new calls out of michiga

. >> under merrick garland, the most radical activist left-wing attorney general we have ever had. also, by the way, waswa the top lawyer in the obamae to justice department. so she has had her hands in this weaponization and politicizing of the justice department and the law forand a very long time. you know, there's spin, whica h administration does, and then there is outright gaslighting and lying. is this administration has weaponized government to thee. end degree. you know, the left started this long march through the institutions decades ago. >> so it didn't start with lisao monaco and obama and biden. this has been going on a lonis l but the absolute corruption wens are now seeingtructi against alf the regimes enemies you mentioned trump and musk, they're two of the most prominent targets. well, we're talking averagetalkn americans from the nonviolent january 6 defendants to catholic churchgoers to parents showing up at schoolo board meetings. lisa monaco, merrick garland pas and joe biden are the ones directing and weaponizing lawy against the average american because they

she is the deputy attorney general right now under merrick garland, the most radical activist, left-wingttorney general we have ever had. she was the top lawyer in the obama justice department and she had her hands in this weaponization and politicalization of the law for a very long time. their spin that every administration does and there is outright gaslighting and lying. this administration weaponized government to the enth degree. the left started a long march through it decades ago. this has been going on for a long time, but the absolute construction that we're seeing now against all of the regimes enem enemies. you mentioned trump and musk. they're two of the most prominent targets, but we're talking about innocent americans from the january 6th attendees, to parents at student board meetings. they are directing and weaponizing the law against the average american because they happen to think the wrong way. this is totalnanrianism. >> if they can go after the prumtive nominee, why would they not go after anyone that is a threat to their institutional power. >> unfortunately the f

attorney general merrick garland says that the justice department is investigating and could see charges against hamas members who killed 30 americans and kidnap more on october 7th. >> u.s. authorities have indicted to russian intelligence officers accused of cyber espionage and the men are accused of a hacking scheme that reportedly included officials here in northern california. our first catherine heenan is in the newsroom with details on this international intrigue. catherine? yeah, and a big operation. this was a global hacking campaign. prosecutors say it targeted military and government officials here in the u.s. in great britain, ukraine and other countries. the justice department announced the indictments in san francisco partly because the victims reportedly include department of energy officials here in northern california. this wanted poster is being circulated worldwide. those 2 man in question are accused of leading the so-called calista group. authorities are not telling us much about exactly what they might have been after, but they were apparently really successful in t

weiss, a trump appointee kept on by attorney general merrick garland to continue the probe, has been investigating hunter biden for more than five years. through it all, the president standing squarely behind his son. >> my son's done nothing wrong. i trust him, i have faith in him. >> reporter: hunter beede siden paid all of his back taxes. today his attorney saying, if his name was anything other than biden, the charges would not have been brought, added the special counsel bowed to republican pressure. in a recently recorded podcast, hunter biden accusing republicans of attacking him to undermine his father's confidence and ability to continue the campaign. >> they're trying to destroy a presidency, and so it's not about me. in their most base way what they're trying to do is they're trying to kill me, knowing that it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle. >> reporter: some legal scholars say it's unusual for someone who's fully paid back their taxes to be prosecuted. the stakes are incredibly high for biden who faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted.

attorney general merrick garland calls it one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of a us government by a foreign agent. abc's pierre thomas reports on roach's alleged motive. >> u.s officials are trying to determine what classified information rocha may have given the cubans thus far. they make no allegations that he betrayed his country for money, but instead they say he was a true believer doing it to help the cuban communist revolution. >> john rocha also previously held a position on the us national security council. the white house says us funding for the war in ukraine will run out by the end of the year unless congress takes action. democrats want more aid, but in exchange, republicans are demanding more security in the us southern border. >> it's not every day that you hear a supreme court justice use the term nutcase, but it happened yesterday as the court considered whether a multi-billion dollar settlement for victims of the opioid epidemic is legal or not. justice. >> justice can't you see the supreme court seems divided as it reviews a landmark bankru

it is possible if this case is never heard, how then should one look upon by the decision of merrick garland waited to launch the investigation a year after the january 6th committee? >> badly. not to have the justice department perceived politicized under donald trump, but the difficulty is time is finite, and denial can be finite. i remember something chilling that peter till said that single-digit billionaires can avail themselves of the justice system, meaning that a phalanx of attorneys can avail themselves of the legal system. >> that is a quote there. and now, one who did work with president donald trump in office now has this to say about donald trump. listen. >> look, trump is not a conservative, but he is a authoritarian narcissist. he is a populist authoritarian narcissist. >> and he was on the board of fox. you don't hear that on fox so much. >> no, this is another example of a republican who is in good standing and serving alongside him, the speaker of the house, and they would freak out if someone said that, an authoritarian narcissist, and not a republican. and so this is time

here's attorney general merrick garland earlier.ng in the government of the united states are given an enormous amount of trust by the public we serve. to betray that trust, by falsely pledging loyalty to the united states while serving a foreign power is a crime that will be met with a full force of the department. our central america correspondent will grant is covering this story and spoke with us earlier. this really is a remarkable story. what do you make of it? i think it's absolutely extraordinary. the very fact that the attorney general used this phrase that he thought it was "one of the highest reaching "and longest lasting infiltrations of the us "government by a foreign agent" says a great deal. and some of the details on that indictment are absolutely extraordinary. the idea that the former ambassador, the former us ambassador to bolivia, a man who reached that kind of level in the state department was, all the time, sort of working with the cuban government, if these allegations turn out to be true, is obviously extreme

. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland about the full force of the justice department againtor manuel rocha, a former ambassador to bolivia and career diplomat. prosecutors say after receiving a tip that an undercover fbi agent posed as a foreign agent and contacted rocha on what's app, they met three times in this busy miami neighborhood. it includes images from their conversations in spanish that says that rocha caimed his involvement went back almost 40 years. that he boasted what we have done is enormous, more than a grand slam. we refer to the united states as the enemy, and said that his number one priority was protecting the castro regime. >> he would have had the ability to gain access that would have raised harm to the united states. >> reporter: john carlin is a former prosecutor. >> he had the ability to gain and share information that would thwart u.s. agency's ability to collect information on cuba, on one hand, but he also was one of the key officials charged with performing our policy positions on cuba. >> reporter: rocha appeared in federal court today, but h

. ♪ >> attorney general merrick garland i dosed charges against four military affiliated russians arear crimes against the american citizen in ukraine, . fbi director christopher wray homeland security secretary around her mayorkas and other officials joined the attorney general for the announcement. this is half an hour. >> good morning. i am trying today by homeland security secretary home tomorrow because, for i chris wray, acting assistant sick attorney general, the u.s. district's -- the u.s. attorney for the district of virginia. also 11 and bottom the head of the department war crimes accountability team, and the lead prosecutor for the war crimes are team, and the assistant director in charge of the washington field office. on february 24 2022, russia commenced its full-scale, unprovoked invasion of ukraine. in the nearly two years since, we have all seen invading russian forces, atrocities on the largest scale of any european on confidence since the second world war. we have all heard the accounts of ukrainian civilians targeted and executed, ukrainian children forcibly depor

. >> merrick garland says the case exposes one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of the u.s. government foreign agent. >> as detailed in the complaint, he referred to the united states as quote, the enemy. during the undercover, he told the undercover that his efforts to infiltrate the united states were meticulous and disciplined. he can repeatedly brag about the significance of his efforts, saying that, quote, what has been done has strengthened the revolution immensely. >> evan perez is here with more details. evan appearing in federal court in miami, what are we anticipating? >> the hearing just wrapped up in miami a few moments ago and prosecutors asked for his detention pending trial. to keep him in jail until trial. his attorney is asking for bond to be sent and they will have another hearing later this week. one of the interesting things that the prosecutors said in the hearing is that they anticipate bringing additional charges and look, the facts as laid out by prosecutors, they are backed up by recording that he made with an undercover agent, the fbi es

but if merrick garland does not pursue the same thing for hunter biden, he did for peter navarro andannon than we do have a two-tiered justice system, but we know we do, peter navarro was on staff of president. he believed and i think he is right, that the eco executive privilege that extended to him in working for president meant sep r separation of power was such he was not able to go to talk to members about congress about what conversations he may have had with the president, that is a different situation from hunter biden who had no executive privilege, he was not under the house protection. there needs to be separation of powers, it has nothing to do with hunter biden, and hunter biden should be forced and compelled to give the testimony. david: a great point. there is another aspect to this two-tiered system of justice, main to it. but the classified documents case. where you had president biden and lord knows how he got those classified documents that were stu all over the place. but how did he get them out? president trump we know how president trump got the classified docum