![]() ![]() And prosecutors in Georgia, where Trump is likely to be indicted a fourth time in the last year, have indicated they plan to present their case to a grand jury later this week. ![]() Trump's lawyers were actually in court on Friday hashing out the details of what he is allowed to say publicly about the January 6th case to protect witnesses and sensitive documents he’s about to receive from the Justice Department in discovery. The legal calendar will continue to overshadow this political calendar. Even the language Garland used announcing his appointment Friday, emphasizing independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, are almost the exact same phrases he used when appointing Jack Smith nine months ago to oversee the Trump cases. The decision to delay the appointment of Weiss as a special counsel is also a bit hard to understand. ![]() In totally, there are now three Special Counsels actively at work involved in this presidential campaign: Jack Smith, named in November to oversee ongoing criminal investigations into Trump's handling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, Robert Hur, he was named in January to investigate the handling of classified documents found at President Biden's former office and his home and now of course David Weiss. Biden brought his son to a state dinner just two days after the plea deal that has since collapsed was announced and he has repeatedly defended him, denying wrongdoing even though Hunter Biden himself has pleaded guilty: But President Biden's handling of the case has raised questions at a time when voters already have doubts about his age and political standing. And clearly, Hunter Biden is not a candidate for president. President Biden has not been charged with any wrongdoing and, at least so far, Hunter Biden's alleged crimes are two years of not paying his taxes, which his attorneys say he has since paid and lying about his drug use at the time of a gun purchase. Donald Trump is now under federal indictment for attempting to overturn the 2020 election and for mishandling classified documents that include a U.S. Now the two cases, they are hardly comparable. Now President Biden's son could face a trial at a time when Democrats were hoping to keep the campaign's focus on Donald Trump's legal problems. Weiss reinforces for the American people the department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters. Attorney David Weiss, who's been investigating Hunter Biden for alleged tax and gun crimes for five years now, had now requested special counsel status and he’s going to get it after a plea deal collapsed in court a few weeks ago when a federal judge balked at granting Hunter Biden expansive immunity. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that Trump appointee and U.S. In case you needed another sign that the 2024 campaign will be shaped by legal dramas in courtrooms in Washington, Delaware, Miami, New York and Atlanta rather than door to door in the state of Iowa, we got a reminder again on Friday. It’s Meet the Press.įrom NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.Īnd a good Sunday morning. Will it be a motivating factor for voters in 2024? Joining me for insight and analysis are Politico "Playbook" co-author Eugene Daniels, Republican strategist Brendan Buck, Symone Sanders-Townsend, former chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris and Politico National Correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan. ![]() Support for legal access to abortion is winning inside red and blue states from Kansas to Kentucky to Michigan. ![]()
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