Closing summary
House Republicans began debate on their bill to raise the debt limit while cutting government spending, prompting a furious response from the White House and vows from Democrats that they’ll have nothing to do with the effort. In Florida, governor Ron DeSantis’s feud with Disney is heading to the courts, which GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley used to level an unexpected barb at DeSantis.
Here’s what else happened today:
Joe Biden addressed concerns about his age in a White House press conference held the day after announcing his re-election bid.
Republicans in Montana’s House of Representatives may vote to censure or expel the state’s sole transgender lawmaker.
West Virginia’s Republican governor Jim Justice is expected to announce his campaign for Senate, potentially pitting him against conservative Democrat Joe Manchin.
“Donald Trump raped me”, advice columnist E Jean Carroll said in the second day of the trial of her civil lawsuit against the former president.
Joining the presidential race today was Republican Asa Hutchinson, a rare Trump critic who also tangled with Bill Clinton once upon a time.
Attorneys for Hunter Biden met with the justice department today, amid reports that the president’s son could soon face charges over tax evasion and lying on gun purchase documentation, CNN reports.
House Republicans have fixated on the younger Biden in an attempt to paint the president as corrupt, though their investigation has yet to turn up much. However the US attorney in Delaware is said to be nearing a decision over whether to bring charges against Biden, which could add a wrinkle to Joe Biden’s re-election effort.
Here’s the latest on the case, from CNN:
Hunter Biden’s longtime attorney Chris Clark, along with several other attorneys, were spotted by CNN heading into Justice Department headquarters early Wednesday. When reached afterward, Clark declined to comment.
In attendance at the meeting were officials from the Justice Department’s tax division and the Delaware US attorney’s office, according to a person familiar with the meeting. The tax division is led by a career DOJ lawyer as there still isn’t a Senate-confirmed appointee.
David Weiss, the Trump-appointed Delaware US Attorney, has been overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden.
The Hunter Biden legal team had reached out to Justice officials in recent weeks, asking for an update on the case, according to one source familiar with the meeting.
After prosecutors narrowed down the possible charges Hunter Biden could face last year, there haven’t been any public developments. According to sources familiar with the investigation, prosecutors are still weighing whether to bring two misdemeanor charges for failure to file taxes, one count of felony tax evasion related to the overreporting of expenses, and a false statement charge regarding a gun purchase.
