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There’s another one attacking President Trump,” Committee Chairmen Jim Jordan of Ohio said in his opening statement. “The Justice Department’s got both sides of the equation covered.”Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana alleged that the public no longer trusts the Justice Department. The Justice Department works for the American people.”The hearing comes shortly after the Justice Department indicted Hunter Biden on federal firearms charges. Republicans have alleged that the Justice Department interfered with the Hunter Biden investigation. The topic is sure to stick around as Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Biden will put a particular focus on how the Justice Department handled Hunter Biden’s case.

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☆ DOJ 'will not be intimidated' by partisan attacks, Attorney General Garland tells House panel
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Christina Wilkie | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on oversight of the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2023. WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a full-throated defense of federal law enforcement officers and the Department of Justice in testimony Wednesday before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee. Even the official announcement of the oversight hearing underscored Jordan's political agenda, explaining that lawmakers intended to "examine how the Justice Department has become politicized and weaponized under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland." Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate," the attorney general said. Garland said, "All of us at the Justice Department recognize that with this work comes public scrutiny, criticism, and legitimate oversight."

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☆ US attorney general to tell House Republicans: 'I am not Congress's prosecutor'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

This will be Garland's first testimony before Congress since two historic firsts: the department's criminal charges against a former U.S. president, Trump, and against a sitting president's adult child. Republicans have also been critical of the department's handling of a five-year-long tax investigation into Hunter Biden, 53. Weiss' office this month charged Hunter Biden with three counts related to purchase and possession of a firearm while he was using illegal drugs. Hunter Biden intends to plead not guilty. "Singling out individual career public servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous," Garland plans to say.

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☆ Biden’s Israel-Saudi gambit and Russia's ceasefire deal in backyard conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh agree to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire, 24 hours after a military offensive by Azerbaijan. Joe Biden’s speech before the UN General Assembly focused on China and Ukraine, but on the sidelines, he’s working on a deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Plus, Spain’s World Cup winning squad ends its boycott and how the auto worker strike could impact the race for the White House. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. Further ReadingKarabakh Armenians agree to ceasefire after Azerbaijan military operationHunter Biden will plead not guilty to gun chargesSpain's women players to end boycott after federation commit to changeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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The lawsuit against the IRS is only the latest in a series of counterpunches by the president's son. Now, Hunter Biden could be heading to trial in the midst of his father’s reelection effort. Hunter Biden, according to his memoir, tumbled into drug addiction after the death of his older brother, Beau, in 2015. Earlier this year Hunter Biden hired high-profile attorney Abbe Lowell, a legal heavyweight known for also representing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. “And it is not even touching on the issue of whether people think that he is being prosecuted because he’s Hunter Biden," she said.

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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, will plead not guilty to federal gun charges, his attorney said in a court filing on Tuesday. Hunter Biden and prosecutors earlier had reached a plea deal over tax and gun charges, but it collapsed. CONTEXT* An indictment was filed on Thursday in the court with three criminal counts related to gun possession. * Hunter Biden has worked as a lobbyist, lawyer, investment banker and artist and has publicly detailed his struggles with substance abuse.

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☆ Hunter Biden tells court he plans to plead not guilty to gun charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, plans to plead not guilty to federal gun charges, he said in a court filing Tuesday. He is also asking for his initial court appearance to be held remotely. In a letter to Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke, attorney Abbe Lowell said Hunter Biden will plead not guilty to the three felony gun charges relating his possession of a revolver in 2018 whether the appearance is held over video or in person. Hunter Biden was previously fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken when he was in court in July when his plea deal collapsed. Because it was in federal court, the photo was not made public.

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☆ US House panel sets first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden walks to the White House from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold its first committee hearing on Sept. 28 on its long-shot impeachment inquiry against Democratic President Joe Biden launched by Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week. White House spokesperson Ian Sams on Tuesday accused Republicans of trying to "distract from their own chaotic inability to govern" by "staging a political stunt." Sams said they had not requested any information from the White House. The House can approve formal charges - articles of impeachment - by a simple majority.

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The new testimony comes as House Republicans begin an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his family, potentially undercutting one element of that effort. At issue is an October 2022 meeting between prosecutors and case agents working on the Hunter Biden investigation. But the deal fell apart amid scrutiny from a judge, and Weiss subsequently requested special counsel status. Shapley, a 14-year IRS veteran who oversaw parts of the Hunter Biden probe, alleged in testimony to Congress there was political interference in the investigation. Last week, CNN and others reported on Sobocinski’s testimony, which prompted Shapley’s attorneys to dispute his recollection of the October 2022 meeting.

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Hunter Biden will plead not guilty during his initial court appearance for three federal felony gun charges, his attorney said Tuesday as he denied that the son of President Joe Biden is asking for "special treatment" at his first court appearance in the case. Hunter's lawyer Abbe Lowell revealed that planned plea as he asked a judge to hold the court appearance by video conference instead of in person at U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. The court appearance has not yet been scheduled. Lowell wrote in Tuesday's letter that Biden was "not seeking any special treatment" by requesting the video conference for his first appearance in court on the charges. Lowell's letter called prosecutors' opposition "puzzling," arguing that he was making a "common-sense request in seeking a video appearance.

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☆ House Oversight Committee to hold first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the Oversight Committee chair, said Tuesday that he plans to subpoena the personal bank records of Hunter Biden , the president's son, and his brother James Biden. The House Oversight Committee will hold the first hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Sept. 28, a committee spokesperson said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the oversight committee said the subpoenas could come as early as this week. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, last week directed three GOP-led committees to launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden. The impeachment inquiry is being led by Comer on the Oversight Committee, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith of Missouri.

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☆ Hunter Biden to Plead Not Guilty to Gun Charges, His Lawyer Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Glenn Thrush | More About Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden plans to plead not guilty to three federal gun charges during an initial court appearance and is requesting to hold the hearing by videoconference instead of appearing in federal court in Wilmington, Del., his lawyer said in a filing on Tuesday. Mr. Biden, 53, was indicted last week by David C. Weiss, the special counsel overseeing the case, on two charges that he lied about his drug use to purchase a handgun in 2018 and on one charge of illegally possessing the weapon, which he had for less than two weeks. The not-guilty plea was expected. The decision to file criminal charges against Mr. Biden, the president’s troubled younger son, came after the collapse of a plea deal in July that would have resolved the long-running investigation without him serving prison time. Biden also will enter a plea of not guilty, and there is no reason why he cannot utter those two words by videoconference,” Abbe Lowell, Mr. Biden’s lawyer, wrote in a two-page letter to Judge Christopher J. Burke.

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☆ Hunter Biden Sues IRS for Alleged Breach of His Privacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden's son Hunter sues IRS, alleges unlawful release of his taxes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging unlawful disclosure of his taxes by whistleblowers who work for the U.S. tax agency. Hunter Biden is the first child of a sitting U.S. president to have been criminally indicted. Hunter Biden and prosecutors earlier had reached a plea deal over tax and gun charges, but it collapsed. Shapley and Ziegler have testified in Congress as whistleblowers about alleged political interference in an IRS investigation into Biden's taxes.

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The White House is confronted by an autoworkers’ strike that Biden himself had predicted two weeks ago wouldn’t happen. White House tries to compartmentalizeAll presidents find themselves weathering tough stretches. Biden’s White House has sought to compartmentalize its response to McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry, walling it off from the ongoing work of the administration. On one side: President Biden, who is focused on delivering for the American people. “Being the son or daughter or granddaughter of a senator, a vice president, a president … everybody thinks it’s a great thing.

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☆ Hunter Biden Sues I.R.S., Saying Disclosures by Agents Violated His Privacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | More About Michael S. Schmidt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, saying that investigators for the agency violated his privacy rights by disclosing details to Congress and the public about his taxes and the investigation into his conduct. Mr. Biden, the president’s son, filed the suit days after the Justice Department indicted him on separate charges relating to his purchase of a handgun in 2018. investigators violated the agency’s rules on taxpayer privacy and “targeted and sought to embarrass Mr. Biden via public statements to the media in which they and their representatives disclosed confidential information about a private citizen’s tax matters.”It points to the public testimony and statements by two I.R.S. investigators, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who have been providing information to House committees seeking evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden and his family. Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler have told House Republicans that they believe the Justice Department inquiry into Hunter Biden’s taxes was influenced by politics.

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☆ Hunter Biden sues IRS, claims whistleblower agents 'targeted and sought to embarrass' him by discussing his tax returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Tom Porter | Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, legal records show. He said agents who were investigating him told the media about his private tax returns. The lawsuit alleges that agents 'targeted and sought to embarrass' him by discussing his tax returns. Biden is seeking $1,000 for each unauthorized disclosure, attorney's fees, and all documents relating to his tax disclosures. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has launched an impeachment investigation into President Biden over his son's business dealings in Ukraine and China on the basis of unproven allegations President Biden was improperly involved in them.

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☆ Hunter Biden sues IRS over tax information disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, July 26, 2023. Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit Monday accusing IRS agents of "repeatedly and intentionally" publicly sharing his private tax return information while they criminally investigate him. Those agents "have targeted and sought to embarrass Mr. Biden" by disclosing confidential information about his private tax matters to the media, the president's son alleged in the civil suit in federal court in Washington, D.C.Biden wants a court to declare that the IRS unlawfully revealed his tax information and award him $1,000 in damages for each unauthorized disclosure. The lawsuit comes days after Biden, 53, was indicted on three criminal counts related to his possession of a handgun. Less than two months earlier, Biden had neared a plea deal with prosecutors on misdemeanor charges that he failed to pay federal taxes on more than $1.5 million annually in 2017 and 2018.

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☆ Biden Impeachment, Hunter Biden and Government Shutdown: The Week in Cartoons Sept. 18-22
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Multiple crises batter Washington and set up a fateful 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The octogenarian president is increasingly coming under scrutiny over his ability to serve a full second term if he wins in November 2024. But the trauma seizing Washington will soon intrude, transfixing the nation in a tumultuous 2024 election. The turmoil in the Republican Party is creating the kind of dysfunction and extremism that could turn off general election voters next year. In more placid times, the auto strike would be a dominant national issue defining a fraught political moment. But it’s just one of many crises threatening to overwhelm a political system that appears on the verge of a serious malfunction.

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☆ Hunter Biden sues the IRS, alleging agents illegally released his tax information
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging its agents illegally released his tax information and that the agency failed to protect his private records. He is seeking, among other things, all documents involving the disclosure of the tax information, $1,000 for each unauthorized disclosure and attorneys fees. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Washington, DC, does not name the two IRS agents turned whistleblowers as defendants. The IRS agents went public with their allegations concerning the Justice Department’s handling of investigation into Hunter Biden earlier this year. After the judge would not sign off on the deal, talks broke down between US attorney David Weiss’ office and Hunter Biden’s attorneys.

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☆ September Is the Cruelest Month? It Is if You’re Joe Biden. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Gail Collins | Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gail Collins: Bret, September is one of my favorite months, and I’ve always kinda wished Congress would stay out on vacation longer. Let’s start with — oh God, the impeachment inquiry. You’re in charge of the Republicans, no matter how you feel about Donald Trump. Bret Stephens: Gail, if this impeachment inquiry were any more premature, it would be a teenage boy. And it’s no excuse to say the Trumps did worse.

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☆ Opinion: Musk, McCarthy and Romney are three kinds of leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. A vain and ambitious cigar-smoking bully who wore riding breeches, a polished helmet and boots and carried ivory-handled revolvers, he led troops on successful lightning strikes through German-held territory near the end of World War II. Musk has repeatedly been criticized for enabling and boosting antisemitic content on the platform.”“Isaacson tries to square these two Musks. During Trump’s first impeachment, Romney became the first senator in US history to vote to remove a president of his own party from office. He has been willing to do what he believes to be right — consequences be damned.”The differences between Romney and Trump were many.

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☆ Trump says he doesn't worry about going to jail: 'I don't even think about it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"I don't even think about it," Trump, who has been indicted four times this year, said when asked if he worries about prison at night. NBC News has also extended an invitation to President Joe Biden to sit down with Welker for an interview. "First of all, I had very little to do with Jan. 6," Trump said. The officer didn't say that "because of riots," Trump said, alluding to the threat to a president. Welker asked Trump to confirm he was disputing Hutchinson's account.

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☆ Trump’s indictments – and mug shot – are deepening his supporters’ anger and revving up their support
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“And I love it because he has every right to be,” the South Dakota Republican said. “Everyone makes mistakes.”Like many other Trump supporters interviewed, Scott Akers of Alabama immediately pointed to Hunter Biden when asked about Trump’s mounting legal peril. ‘This country’s a powder keg’Intertwined with their outrage over the indictments, some Trump supporters are raising the specter of heightened political violence if Trump were to be convicted. Trump supporter Amanda Hamak-Leon and her boyfriend are seen at his Rapid City, South Dakota, rally on September 8, 2023. A vendor sells T-shirts featuring Trump's mug shot outside his Rapid City, South Dakota, rally on September 8, 2023.

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