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From yesterday, here’s the Guardian’s Maya Yang on the surprise announcement by prosecutors that they intend to seek charges in Hunter Biden’s long-running criminal investigation:

Federal prosecutors are seeking to bring a new indictment against Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of September, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.

The exact charges the president’s son would face were not immediately clear, but he has been under investigation in Delaware on gun and tax charges.

The US attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, newly named a special counsel in the case, referred to the new indictment in a status report required by Judge Maryellen Noreika.

“The Speedy Trial Act requires that the government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest. The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date,” the special counsel’s office said in a court filing.

Defense attorneys have argued that an agreement sparing Hunter Biden from prosecution on a felony gun charge remains in place. It was part of a plea deal on misdemeanor tax offenses that fell apart during a court appearance in July.

Key events

As federal prosecutors circle Hunter Biden, House Republicans have signaled they may open an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden, potentially in the weeks to come. The effort – part of a campaign of investigations against the Biden administration and Democrats elsewhere in the country that the GOP has embarked on ever since regaining the House majority earlier this year – is almost certain not to remove the president from office, and one Democratic senator made that very clear in remarks yesterday, the Guardian’s Sam Levine reports:

The Democratic Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman directly dismissed Republican moves towards impeaching Joe Biden, saying doing so could end up hurting the GOP.

“Go ahead. Do it, I dare you,” Fetterman told reporters on Capitol Hill. “If you can find the votes, go ahead, because you’re going to lose. It’s a loser.

“It would just be like a big circle jerk on the fringe right.”

As Donald Trump faces four separate criminal cases, House Republicans have floated the impeachment of Biden as they investigate his son Hunter’s business dealings. Republicans have been unable to substantiate wrongdoing by either Biden.

Kevin McCarthy, the Republican speaker, suggested last month the House would pursue impeachment if it did not obtain access to certain documents, even though Republicans had never asked for some of the documents at issue, according to the Hill.

“If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far. It is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,” McCarthy told Fox News last month.

The White House has set up a “war room” to respond to the expected impeachment inquiry.

Here’s a story to watch. CNN reports that one of the federal grand juries that indicted Donald Trump is back at work in Washington DC:

NEWS: The grand jury that handed up an indictment against former president Trump is back at the DC federal courthouse today after a four-week break, indicating the investigation into election interference is ongoing.

CNN spotted the jurors this morning.

— Casey Gannon (@caseyagannon) September 7, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith in August succeeded in indicting the former president for his attempt to stop Joe Biden from taking office following the 2020 election.

Closing arguments begin in ex-Trump aide’s contempt of Congress case

Closing arguments have started in the trial of former Donald Trump White House aide Peter Navarro, who is facing contempt of Congress charges for not complying with a subpoena from the January 6 committee.

A jury is expected to begin deliberating his case later today, Politico reports:

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Mehta is reading instructions to the jury in the NAVARRO contempt of Congress case. That will be followed by closing arguments and then deliberations. Conceivable we could have a verdict early this afternoon.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 7, 2023

AUSA Elizabeth Aloi: “Our government only works when people play by the rules and it only works when people are held accountable when they do not. When a person intentionally and deliberately chooses to defy a congressional subpoena, that is a crime.”

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 7, 2023

Navarro advised Trump on trade issues, particularly regarding China, and on Covid-19. He did not respond to two subpoenas issued last year by the bipartisan House of Representatives panel investigating the attack on the Capitol, which demanded documents and testimony from him. Here’s more on his trial, from yesterday:

The New York Times reports that Hunter Biden is likely to be indicted on charges related to lying about using drugs when he filled out a federal background check form to purchase a gun:

In a three-page update filed in federal court in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Weiss laid out plans to bring charges related to Mr. Biden’s purchase of a pistol in 2018, when prosecutors say he lied on a federal form by stating that he was not using drugs at the time. Mr. Biden had previously agreed to participate in a two-year diversion program for nonviolent gun offenders as part of the plea deal, which unraveled dramatically at the last minute this summer.

Mr. Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, signaled in a statement that he would challenge any effort to proceed with a trial, arguing that the original agreement reached over the summer “remains valid and prevents any additional charges from being filed.”

But it also sounds like he is still being investigated over his business dealings, and whether he paid taxes on all of his income:

The status report by Mr. Weiss was filed at the request of a federal judge. It makes no mention of the status of likely separate charges stemming from the five-year investigation of Mr. Biden’s business dealings, and subsequent failure to pay taxes, conducted by Mr. Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who was appointed last month as a special counsel after overseeing the investigation. Last month, prosecutors told the court they intended to file the tax charges in either California or Washington, D.C.

Leo Wise, a veteran prosecutor detailed to Mr. Weiss’s team in June, said in the court filing on Wednesday that the Justice Department would seek the return of an indictment on the gun charge before Sept. 29, citing a timetable set by the Speedy Trial Act.

From yesterday, here’s the Guardian’s Maya Yang on the surprise announcement by prosecutors that they intend to seek charges in Hunter Biden’s long-running criminal investigation:

Federal prosecutors are seeking to bring a new indictment against Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of September, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.

The exact charges the president’s son would face were not immediately clear, but he has been under investigation in Delaware on gun and tax charges.

The US attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, newly named a special counsel in the case, referred to the new indictment in a status report required by Judge Maryellen Noreika.

“The Speedy Trial Act requires that the government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest. The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date,” the special counsel’s office said in a court filing.

Defense attorneys have argued that an agreement sparing Hunter Biden from prosecution on a felony gun charge remains in place. It was part of a plea deal on misdemeanor tax offenses that fell apart during a court appearance in July.

Looming Hunter Biden indictment adds to president’s headaches in re-election fight

Good morning, US politics blog readers. The stage seems set for Donald Trump to be spending a lot of time in court next year, right as the presidential election campaign gets under way. He’s been indicted four times, and the trial for his federal charges related to trying to overturn the 2020 election has been set for 4 March, right before the pivotal “Super Tuesday” where several states hold the day primaries.

But now it appears that his opponent, Joe Biden, will find himself dealing with his own legal headache in the months to come, though it’s not him in peril – it’s his son. Yesterday, prosecutors said they intended to indict Hunter Biden before the end of the month, the latest development in a long-running investigation that Republicans have obsessed over in their quest to prove the president is corrupt. We don’t yet know the charges against Biden, or whether he’ll try to negotiate a plea deal and avoid a trial, but the matter could bedevil the president as he tries to convince Americans to give him another four years in the White House.

Here’s what else is happening today:

  • Biden will leave this afternoon for New Delhi, India, to participate in a summit of G20 leaders, before later visiting Vietnam.

  • Texas’s state Senate continues the impeachment trial of attorney general Ken Paxton, a rightwing Republican who has used the office to pursue conservative causes but now stands accused of corruption.

  • A Trump critic very narrowly lost the Republican primary for a soon-to-be-vacant Utah congressional seat.



Summarize this content to 100 words From yesterday, here’s the Guardian’s Maya Yang on the surprise announcement by prosecutors that they intend to seek charges in Hunter Biden’s long-running criminal investigation:Federal prosecutors are seeking to bring a new indictment against Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of September, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.The exact charges the president’s son would face were not immediately clear, but he has been under investigation in Delaware on gun and tax charges.The US attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, newly named a special counsel in the case, referred to the new indictment in a status report required by Judge Maryellen Noreika.“The Speedy Trial Act requires that the government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest. The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date,” the special counsel’s office said in a court filing.Defense attorneys have argued that an agreement sparing Hunter Biden from prosecution on a felony gun charge remains in place. It was part of a plea deal on misdemeanor tax offenses that fell apart during a court appearance in July.Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAs federal prosecutors circle Hunter Biden, House Republicans have signaled they may open an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden, potentially in the weeks to come. The effort – part of a campaign of investigations against the Biden administration and Democrats elsewhere in the country that the GOP has embarked on ever since regaining the House majority earlier this year – is almost certain not to remove the president from office, and one Democratic senator made that very clear in remarks yesterday, the Guardian’s Sam Levine reports:The Democratic Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman directly dismissed Republican moves towards impeaching Joe Biden, saying doing so could end up hurting the GOP.“Go ahead. Do it, I dare you,” Fetterman told reporters on Capitol Hill. “If you can find the votes, go ahead, because you’re going to lose. It’s a loser.“It would just be like a big circle jerk on the fringe right.”As Donald Trump faces four separate criminal cases, House Republicans have floated the impeachment of Biden as they investigate his son Hunter’s business dealings. Republicans have been unable to substantiate wrongdoing by either Biden.Kevin McCarthy, the Republican speaker, suggested last month the House would pursue impeachment if it did not obtain access to certain documents, even though Republicans had never asked for some of the documents at issue, according to the Hill.“If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far. It is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,” McCarthy told Fox News last month.The White House has set up a “war room” to respond to the expected impeachment inquiry.Here’s a story to watch. CNN reports that one of the federal grand juries that indicted Donald Trump is back at work in Washington DC:NEWS: The grand jury that handed up an indictment against former president Trump is back at the DC federal courthouse today after a four-week break, indicating the investigation into election interference is ongoing. CNN spotted the jurors this morning.— Casey Gannon (@caseyagannon) September 7, 2023 Special counsel Jack Smith in August succeeded in indicting the former president for his attempt to stop Joe Biden from taking office following the 2020 election.Closing arguments begin in ex-Trump aide’s contempt of Congress caseClosing arguments have started in the trial of former Donald Trump White House aide Peter Navarro, who is facing contempt of Congress charges for not complying with a subpoena from the January 6 committee.A jury is expected to begin deliberating his case later today, Politico reports:HAPPENING NOW: Judge Mehta is reading instructions to the jury in the NAVARRO contempt of Congress case. That will be followed by closing arguments and then deliberations. Conceivable we could have a verdict early this afternoon.— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 7, 2023 AUSA Elizabeth Aloi: “Our government only works when people play by the rules and it only works when people are held accountable when they do not. When a person intentionally and deliberately chooses to defy a congressional subpoena, that is a crime.”— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 7, 2023 Navarro advised Trump on trade issues, particularly regarding China, and on Covid-19. He did not respond to two subpoenas issued last year by the bipartisan House of Representatives panel investigating the attack on the Capitol, which demanded documents and testimony from him. Here’s more on his trial, from yesterday:The New York Times reports that Hunter Biden is likely to be indicted on charges related to lying about using drugs when he filled out a federal background check form to purchase a gun: In a three-page update filed in federal court in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Weiss laid out plans to bring charges related to Mr. Biden’s purchase of a pistol in 2018, when prosecutors say he lied on a federal form by stating that he was not using drugs at the time. Mr. Biden had previously agreed to participate in a two-year diversion program for nonviolent gun offenders as part of the plea deal, which unraveled dramatically at the last minute this summer. Mr. Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, signaled in a statement that he would challenge any effort to proceed with a trial, arguing that the original agreement reached over the summer “remains valid and prevents any additional charges from being filed.” But it also sounds like he is still being investigated over his business dealings, and whether he paid taxes on all of his income: The status report by Mr. Weiss was filed at the request of a federal judge. It makes no mention of the status of likely separate charges stemming from the five-year investigation of Mr. Biden’s business dealings, and subsequent failure to pay taxes, conducted by Mr. Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who was appointed last month as a special counsel after overseeing the investigation. Last month, prosecutors told the court they intended to file the tax charges in either California or Washington, D.C. Leo Wise, a veteran prosecutor detailed to Mr. Weiss’s team in June, said in the court filing on Wednesday that the Justice Department would seek the return of an indictment on the gun charge before Sept. 29, citing a timetable set by the Speedy Trial Act. From yesterday, here’s the Guardian’s Maya Yang on the surprise announcement by prosecutors that they intend to seek charges in Hunter Biden’s long-running criminal investigation:Federal prosecutors are seeking to bring a new indictment against Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of September, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.The exact charges the president’s son would face were not immediately clear, but he has been under investigation in Delaware on gun and tax charges.The US attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, newly named a special counsel in the case, referred to the new indictment in a status report required by Judge Maryellen Noreika.“The Speedy Trial Act requires that the government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest. The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date,” the special counsel’s office said in a court filing.Defense attorneys have argued that an agreement sparing Hunter Biden from prosecution on a felony gun charge remains in place. It was part of a plea deal on misdemeanor tax offenses that fell apart during a court appearance in July.Looming Hunter Biden indictment adds to president’s headaches in re-election fightGood morning, US politics blog readers. The stage seems set for Donald Trump to be spending a lot of time in court next year, right as the presidential election campaign gets under way. He’s been indicted four times, and the trial for his federal charges related to trying to overturn the 2020 election has been set for 4 March, right before the pivotal “Super Tuesday” where several states hold the day primaries.But now it appears that his opponent, Joe Biden, will find himself dealing with his own legal headache in the months to come, though it’s not him in peril – it’s his son. Yesterday, prosecutors said they intended to indict Hunter Biden before the end of the month, the latest development in a long-running investigation that Republicans have obsessed over in…
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