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☆ What Michael Cohen said about his testimony and why it matters in the Trump fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —An apparent backtrack by Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen threw the New York civil fraud trial into more chaos Wednesday afternoon. But after lunch, Cliff Robert, another Trump attorney, pressed Cohen further on his congressional testimony, and Cohen had a different response, saying that the testimony was not false. “The witness just admitted that we won the trial,” Trump told reporters in the hallway. “And the judge should end this trial immediately.”The New York attorney general’s lawyers asked Cohen in follow up questions to clarify his response. New York Attorney General Letitia James downplayed Cohen’s significance to her case against Trump in comments to reporters at the conclusion of Cohen’s two-day testimony.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Trump, Alina Habba, “, Allen Weisselberg, Cliff Robert, ” Robert, ” Cohen, Judge Arthur Engoron, ” Trump, ”, Robert, ” “, ” Engoron, Engoron, didn’t, Letitia James, Cohen’s, ” James, “ It’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump, Trump Organization, CNN, New York Locations: New York

☆ Inside the courtroom as Donald Trump is forced to take the stand, is fined and then storms out
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jeremy Herb | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Engoron asked Trump if he would like to be on the witness stand. Trump didn’t hesitate, pushing back his seat at the defense table instantly to stand and walk into the witness box. Once Trump was on the stand, Engoron put on his lawyer hat and launched into a calm interrogation of the former president, reading back what Trump had told reporters outside the courtroom only hours earlier. “You and Cohen,” Trump said. “We won this trial,” Trump said before leaving the hallway.

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump, –, Engoron, Donald J, Trump, ” Trump, Michael Cohen, Trump’s, “, ” Engoron, Cohen, ”, Chuck Schumer, Cohen “, fining, Honig, couldn’t, Alina Habba, ” Habba, “ I’ve, Cliff Robert, Habba, Robert, would’ve, ” CNN’s Sabrina Souza Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump, White House, CNN, New York Democrat, fining Trump Locations: New York, York, Trump, trier

With Trump sitting feet away, Trump’s one-time lawyer and fixer described how he manipulated Trump’s financial statements – “reverse-engineering” them to hit an arbitrary net worth. We’re not worried at all about his testimony,” Trump said during a lunch break. The tense questioning is going to continue into Wednesday, as Habba hadn’t even started on the substance of Cohen’s testimony in the civil fraud trial. In the July 2014 letter submitting a bid to buy the Bills, Trump claimed his net worth was $8 billion. Before Engoron’s ruling, the state attorneys and Trump’s lawyers clashed over Michael Cohen’s testimony about the letter.

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Tuesday, Trump and Cohen are expected to be face to face in a New York courtroom as Cohen delivers testimony as part of the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case against the former president. When Cohen takes the stand, he will face down a very angry Donald Trump. Cohen is expected to testify about meetings with former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg and Trump regarding Trump’s financial statements and net worth. Cohen has claimed there were meetings with Weisselberg and Trump about Trump’s net worth before the financial statements were filed. Eric Trump said in a deposition for the case that he didn’t remember being involved in any appraisals for Trump properties.

Persons: CNN — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s, Cohen, Trump’s, ”, Trump, Donald Trump, ” Cohen, Letitia James, Michael Cohen, Eric Trump, CNN Trump, Judge Arthur Engoron –, –, Engoron, Allen Weisselberg, Weisselberg, “, Colleen Faherty, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels, Bill Kelly, Mazars, Jeff McConney, Cushman & Wakefield, Ivanka Trump Organizations: CNN, Trump, New, New York, Trump Organization, Weisselberg, Trump ., Manhattan, Attorney, Playboy, Cushman &, Seven, Trump National Golf Locations: New York, Briarcliff Manor , New York

☆ Between 100 and 300 believed killed in Gaza hospital blast, according to preliminary US intelligence assessment
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Israel Probably Did Not Bomb Gaza Strip Hospital: We judge that Israel was not responsible for an explosion that killed hundreds of civilians yesterday [17 October] at the Al Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip,” the assessment states. The intelligence community “observed only light structural damage at the hospital,” with no observable damage to the main hospital building and no impact craters, according to the assessment. “We see only light damage to the roofs of two structures near the main hospital building, but both structures remained intact,” the assessment states. “We continue to work to corroborate whether the explosion resulted from a failed PIJ rocket,” the ODNI assessment states. “We are still assessing the likely casualty figures and our assessment may evolve, but this death toll still reflects a staggering loss of life,” the assessment states.

Persons: Israel, “, Joe Biden, ” Biden, Biden, Jon, ”, hasn’t, Israel —, Jordan, ” Sen, Thom Tillis Organizations: CNN, Al, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Capitol, National Intelligence, Hospital, National Security Council, National, Palestine, United, Republican Locations: Ahli, Gaza, ”, “ Israel, Israel, Egypt, North Carolina

Among the evidence that’s been gathered is a blast analysis that suggests it was a ground explosion rather than an airstrike that hit the hospital, one of the sources said. That analysis is one datapoint that’s led intelligence officials to lean toward assessing that the attack on the hospital was a rocket launch gone wrong. Still, the blast analysis is just one of the things being examined by the intelligence community, which has surged intelligence collection assets to the region. US intelligence officials have not made a final assessment and are still gathering evidence, the officials said. Not long after landing in Israel on Wednesday, Biden weighed in on who was behind the strike on the hospital.

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CNN —Conservative Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is bringing the House back to the floor Tuesday to vote on whether he will succeed ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy and finally end the chamber’s prolonged paralysis amid deep GOP divisions. But it’s not clear whether Jordan can be the one who unifies the fractured House Republican conference, with some lawmakers still opposed. Jordan can now only lose three votes, instead of four, but this is a temporary drop until the Florida congressman returns. “We need to get a speaker tomorrow,” Jordan said Monday after leaving a closed-door GOP conference meeting. Several Republicans – including from districts won by President Joe Biden – declined to say Monday evening whether they would vote for Jordan on the floor.

Persons: Jim Jordan of, Kevin McCarthy, Jordan, Gus Bilirakis, Bilirakis, –, ” Jordan, “, ”, holdouts, Ann Wagner of Missouri, Nicole Malliotakis, Jordan doesn’t, McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Kevin, Steve, Don Bacon of Nebraska, That’s, Mario Diaz, Joe Biden –, Scott Perry of, Scalise, ” Perry, Jim didn’t, Jim Jordan Organizations: CNN — Conservative Republican, Ohio Republican, Republican, Capitol, CNN, GOP, House Republicans, Trump, ” Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio, Ohio, Florida, Washington, New York, Israel, Jordan

CNN —A number of House Republicans are in talks to block Rep. Jim Jordan’s path to the speakership as the Ohio Republican tries to force a floor vote on Tuesday, according to multiple GOP sources. The GOP source said that Jordan may decide to go to multiple ballots on the floor if necessary. Video Ad Feedback Republican's claim about Jim Jordan stuns Jake Tapper 01:07 - Source: CNNYet there is still sizable opposition to Jordan. Video Ad Feedback What's going on with the House GOP? That means Jordan or any other Republican nominee can only afford to lose four GOP votes on the floor if every Democrat votes for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Persons: Jim Jordan’s, Jordan, I’ve, “, Katherine Clark, Jim Jordan, Jake Tapper, Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, ”, Scalise, –, Hakeem Jeffries, Dan Crenshaw, ” Crenshaw Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Ohio Republican, Republican, GOP, Jordan’s, CNN’s, Union Locations: Ohio, Texas, CNN’s “ State

Rep. Jim Jordan is the new GOP speaker nominee following Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s exit from the race. Jordan has the weekend to continue to make his case and attempt to flip holdouts, but he faces a steep uphill battle. But it soon became clear that Jordan also faces a stiff wall of resistance. That vote, which was cast by secret ballot, was 152 to 55, laying bare the major challenge Jordan faces in his bid for the gavel. Jordan or any other Republican speaker candidate can only afford to lose four GOP votes when the full House votes for speaker if all members are voting.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise’s, Jordan, Scalise, CNN’s Manu Raju, McCarthy, “, Feedback McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Chip Somodevilla, Austin Scott of Georgia –, Mike Garcia, ”, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, ” Gaetz, CNN’s Michael Smerconish, “ Jim Jordan, ” Jordan, Patrick McHenry of Organizations: CNN, Republicans, GOP, Rep, Ohio Republican, Hamas, CNN Republicans, Capitol, GOP Rep, Republican, Democrats, Caucus Locations: Ohio, Ukraine, Washington ,, Jordan, California, Patrick McHenry of North Carolina

As House Republicans struggle to govern, the party suffered another black eye Thursday evening when Majority Leader Steve Scalise abruptly withdrew from the speaker’s race amid hardened opposition from more than a dozen holdouts. Tensions are boiling over among House Republicans frustrated at the impasse and concerned over the path forward. The problem for me though is it’s not Jim’s fault so I’m just grappling with that,” he said. House Republicans control just a razor-thin majority and a speaker candidate can only afford to lose four defections and still win. We had a group that sabotaged Speaker McCarthy and now we’ve had a group that sabotaged Steve Scalise, both of them great people,” he said.

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CNN —Rep. Steve Scalise announced he was dropping out of the speaker’s race Thursday after House Republicans failed to coalesce behind him in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster. And Republicans scheduled a second members-only conference meeting for Thursday evening. But the opposition to Scalise as the next speaker only grew Thursday, with roughly 20 Republicans publicly opposing him. Scalise needs a majority of the House to be elected speaker, meaning he can only afford to lose four votes. The deadlock is leading to intensifying frustration as the House GOP looks no closer to coalescing around a speaker candidate.

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☆ Iran intelligence: Initial US intel suggests Tehran was surprised by the Hamas attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Zachary Cohen Katie Bo Lillis Natasha Bertrand Jeremy Herb | Zachary Cohen | Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The United States has collected specific intelligence that suggests senior Iranian government officials were caught by surprise by Saturday’s bloody attack on Israel by Hamas, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence. The existence of the intelligence has cast doubt on the idea that Iran was directly involved in the planning, resourcing or approving of the operation, sources said. The sources stressed that the US intelligence community is not ready to reach a full conclusion about whether Tehran was directly involved in the run-up to the attack. They continue to look for evidence of Iranian involvement, which caught both Israel and the United States by surprise. “We’re looking to acquire further intelligence,” national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

Persons: Mike McCaul, “, Tehran doesn’t, Jake Sullivan, ” Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Foreign, Texas Republican, Hamas, White Locations: United States, Israel, Iran, Tehran, Texas, Gaza

While the impetus on Republicans to pick a new speaker escalated after the terrorist attack in Israel over the weekend, the House GOP conference remains bitterly divided over how it should proceed – and who can get the 217 votes needed to lead it. Republicans are preparing for the prospect that neither House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana nor House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio can get the votes to be elected speaker, leaving the conference with no clear path forward. In some corners of the conference, there was a push to quickly settle on a speaker. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul called for a new speaker by Wednesday to avoid appearances of weakness and dysfunction amid war in Israel. Until a new speaker is selected, the House can’t pass legislation to address the crisis, McCaul noted.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, They’re, McCarthy, “, ” Scalise, Derrick Van Orden, ”, Max Miller, Steve Womack, GOP appropriator, ” Womack, Jordan, Cory Mills, who’ve, Chip Roy, Texas, –, Mike McCaul, McCaul Organizations: CNN — House Republicans, GOP, Republicans, CNN, Florida Republican, Foreign Locations: coalescing, Israel, Louisiana, Ohio, Scalise, Jordan, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Florida

CNN —A band of House Republicans made a historic move this week to punish their own leader, sending the House into chaos by ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. For Democrats, the House GOP drama puts them in a wait-and-see mode. Scalise, Jordan make their pitchesBoth Scalise and Jordan have spent the past several days making their pitches to different constituencies in the GOP conference. Democrats waiting on the sidelinesBiden jabbed at House Republicans on Friday while saying he was willing to work with whomever was ultimately elected by the House to be speaker. House Republicans, it’s time for you to do your job,” Biden said at a White House event touting the economy’s better-than-expected job numbers Friday.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, Jordan, McCarthy –, ”, Mark Amodei, Trump, Tom Emmer, Scalise, Emmer, –, there’s, ‘, Patrick McHenry, McHenry, Jordan’s, Trump’s, Still, ” Jordan, CNN’s Manu Raju, he’s, There’s, McCarthy’s, Matt Gaetz, “, we’ve, Garret Graves, Republicans –, Joe Biden, Biden jabbed, ” Biden, let’s, Hakeem Jeffries, Biden, Jeffries Organizations: CNN, House Republicans, Capitol, Fox News, Jordan, Republicans, Republican, Ukraine, Nevada Republican, Ohio Republican, GOP, Trump, Florida Republican, ”, Democratic, Conservative, Democrats, White, Biden, Washington, ’ Locations: Washington, Scalise, Nevada, Ukraine, ”, Louisiana

A source familiar with the matter said Jordan and Scalise talked Friday and they agreed it wouldn’t be wise, so the forum is now off. CNN reported Thursday the House GOP conference was scheduled to have an in-person meeting at 6 p.m. ET on Monday ahead of the GOP’s speaker candidates’ forum on Tuesday and their internal election on Wednesday. Fox News said in a press release Friday morning that Baier was holding an “exclusive joint interview” with Scalise, Jordan and Hern from the Capitol on Monday. The Republican conference needs a family discussion.”Multiple House Republicans told CNN they were infuriated by the decision for speaker candidates to participate in a televised interview from the Capitol on Monday before speaking to the GOP conference, and several of them have already communicated those frustrations to the speaker candidates.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy’s, Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise –, Bret Baier, Jordan, Scalise, Fox News didn’t, Carlos Gimenez, –, ” Gimenez, “ I’m, ”, – Jordan, Kevin Hern –, “ Mr, Baier, Hern, “, ” Hern, Jim Banks, that’s, Donald Trump, McCarthy, Patrick McHenry Organizations: CNN —, Fox News, Capitol, CNN, Ohio Republican, Fox, Oklahoma Rep, GOP, Republican, Republicans, ”, Indiana Republican, Moderate Republicans Locations: Florida, Ohio, Scalise, Jordan

CNN —Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Donald Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday and forbade the parties from making any future comments about his staff. Trump looked straight ahead at the judge as he issued the order. The New York attorney general is seeking to bar Trump from doing business in the state. Monday, Trump also went after the clerk in his comments outside the courtroom, though he didn’t mention her by name. The post, which Trump included as an image in his own Truth Social post, did not allege that the clerk was Schumer’s girlfriend, merely that the two were “palling around.” Trump added the baseless “girlfriend” claim.

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump, ”, Trump, ” Engoron, ” Trump, Engoron’s, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Letitia James, “, It’s, ‘, Engoron, Kevin Wallace, “ Mr, Wallace, James ’, general’s Organizations: CNN, New, New York Democrat, New York, Trump Locations: New York

The same man who has relentlessly attacked his political and legal enemies on the campaign trail, in the White House and on social media – often using violent and incendiary rhetoric – is now showing up at the courthouse. But unlike with his campaign rhetoric, Trump has faced consequences in the legal world for his verbal attacks. This week’s court appearances underscored the reality that Trump’s rhetoric will be the same whether he’s outside a courthouse or on the stage of a campaign rally. And he attacked the judge’s clerk as a “disgrace,” even before his social media post about her. And he said he would return to testify as a witness “at the appropriate time.”Trump’s incendiary rhetoric is nothing new.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Letitia James, Judge Arthur Engoron, Engoron, ” Engoron, “, Jack Smith –, –, ” Trump, James, he’s, ”, George Floyd, Mark Milley –, “ I’ll Organizations: CNN, White, New York, GOP, Trump, New, White House, Democrat, Republican, Capitol, Joint Chiefs, ” Locations: Manhattan, New York, Washington, DC, Florida, Georgia, New York City, South Carolina

In front of the cameras and on his social media site, Trump attacked New York Attorney General Letitia James for bringing the case against him. Last week, Engoron ruled that Trump and his co-defendants were liable for “persistent and repeated” fraud. Trump attorney Christopher Kise argued there was no intent to defraud and “no victims” in the case. “That is not fraud, that is real estate.”Judge spars with Trump attorneysAfter Habba finished her opening statement – which attacked James for campaigning that she would “get Trump” – Engoron pushed back against the Trump attorney. The firm resigned and said Trump’s financial statements should no longer be relied upon.

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“I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week. But now, knowing full well he’s likely to soon face a so-called motion to vacate vote, McCarthy is taking his detractors head-on – and in increasingly combative terms. If the Senate bill advanced, McCarthy would have a harder time arguing his bill was the solution. 3 Senate Republican, opposed the Senate bill, breaking with McConnell, according to a source familiar with the matter. But that wasn’t enough to convince House Democrats to oppose the funding bill with a shutdown looming.

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Here’s takeaways from Thursday’s first impeachment inquiry hearing:Rep.Jamie Raskin and Oversight Chairman James Comer speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Thursday. Conservative law professor Jonathan Turley also said that the House does not yet have evidence to support articles of impeachment against Joe Biden, but argued that House Republicans were justified in opening an impeachment inquiry. Picking witnesses that refute House Republicans arguments for impeachment is mind blowing,” one senior GOP aide told CNN. There’s a shutdown looming.”Rep Jim Jordan delivers remarks during the House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Oversight Committee ranking Democratic member Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2023.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson: Trump is the 'most grave threat' to American democracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“I think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history,” Hutchinson told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview Tuesday. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson speaks to CNN's Jake Tapper in New York on Tuesday, September 26. Laura Oliverio/CNN“The counts that Donald Trump is currently facing – he is facing counts of obstructing the Constitution – to me that is disqualifying. Donald Trump should be disqualified from being the president of the United States – to me that’s not a question,” Hutchinson said. “But I’m not confident he’s a good leader for the Republican Party because he’s a talking head for Donald Trump.

Persons: CNN — Cassidy Hutchinson, Donald Trump, “, ” Hutchinson, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Hutchinson’s, Trump, Mark Meadows, . Hutchinson, Tapper, Cassidy Hutchinson, Jake Tapper, Laura Oliverio, that’s, Trump’s, Cassidy Hutchinson's, Simon, Schuster Hutchinson, Meadows, he’s, ’ Meadows, Hutchinson, ”, Kevin McCarthy, Kevin, I’m, Kevin hasn’t, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence –, Mike Pence, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Farah Griffin, I’ve, Liz Cheney, Cheney, ‘, ’ ” Farah Griffin, CNN’s, Adam Kinzinger, hadn’t, ’ Hutchinson Organizations: CNN, White House, ., United, Trump, Trump White House, Republican, White, Republican Party, Fox News, Capitol Locations: New York, United States, ” Meadows, Meadows, Fulton County, Georgia, “, New Jersey, Arkansas, Florida, Mar

Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland said he was not instructed to charge Donald Trump with federal crimes, pushing back against comments made by the former president over the weekend. Trump told NBC that the charges he’s facing as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents and election interference probes are “Biden political indictments,” and that Biden “said to the attorney general ‘indict him.’”Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California asked Garland to respond to the allegation, “Was [Trump] telling the truth or was he lying when he said the president told you to indict him?”“No one has told me to indict,” Garland said, “and in this case the decision to indict was made by the special counsel.”“So that statement the president made on Sunday was false,” Schiff asked. Garland again repeated that “no one has told me who should be indicted in any matter like this, and the decision about indictment was made by Mr. Smith,” referring to special counsel Jack Smith.

Persons: Merrick Garland, Donald Trump, Trump, Jack Smith’s, Biden “, ‘, ’, Adam Schiff of, Garland, “, ”, ” Garland, ” Schiff, Smith, Jack Smith Organizations: NBC, Biden, Democratic, Adam Schiff of California

☆ Takeaways from the combative House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland clashed Wednesday at a testy hearing that offered a preview of the coming Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden focused on allegations surrounding his son, Hunter Biden. He also didn’t engage in GOP attacks against special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into former President Donald Trump. Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, one of the three committee chairs spearheading the impeachment inquiry, accused the Justice Department of not prosecuting Hunter Biden over the tax years when Hunter Biden was on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma. “I’m going to say again, and again, if necessary, I did not interfere with, did not investigate, did not make determinations” on the Hunter Biden case, the attorney general said. I made him special counsel,” Garland said.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Garland, David Weiss, Weiss, Jack Smith’s, Donald Trump, Hunter, –, Jim Jordan, Jordan, Burisma, Biden, ” Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Devon Archer, ‘, ’ Garland, “ I’m, “, Garland didn’t, ” Garland, Trump –, Mr, Adam Schiff, Smith, “ Biden, Biden “, ’ ” “, Trump, ” Schiff, defunded, Jeff Van Drew, ”, ” Van Drew, Van Drew Organizations: CNN — House Republicans, Justice Department, Florida Republican, IRS, Trump, Republicans, Dems, Press, Supreme, House Republicans, New, New Jersey Republican, FBI, Southern Poverty Law Center, DOJ Locations: Ukraine, ”, Florida, Delaware, Eastern Europe, New Jersey

CNN —Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias as he opened a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday. Even with the face-saving indictment last week of Hunter Biden, everyone knows the fix is in,” House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said in his opening statement. The House Judiciary Committee has also been probing allegations from an IRS whistleblower that the Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden was politically tainted. “House Republicans will use their time today to talk about long-discredited conspiracy theories and Hunter Biden’s laptop. Several House Republicans – including McCarthy – have floated an impeachment of the attorney general, although those calls have quieted down as House Republicans have turned their impeachment lens on President Joe Biden himself.

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