AG Garland Appoints Special Counsel, Trump’s Lawyers Appear in DC Court, Maui Fires Death Toll Rises | August 11

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The investigation into Hunter Biden took a sharp turn today. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the probe of Hunter Biden. Trump’s lawyers were in court in Washington, D.C. today for the first hearing in the case related to Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 Election. The judge issued a ruling that is being described as mixed. After a long first day of school Wednesday, hundreds of students in Louisville, Kentucky, were stuck on school buses until almost 10 p.m. Tony’s story: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/10/students-stuck-on-school-buses-late-at-night-as-superintendent-enjoys-75k-raise/ Suicides in the U.S. hit a new record in 2022. The death toll in Maui ticks up to 55 people Elise’s story: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/11/climate-activists-warm-up-as-wildfires-burn-in-hawaii/ Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Single Top News for Friday, August 11th.
0:07.8	Here are today's headlines.
0:21.2	The investigation into Hunter Biden took a sharp turn today.
0:25.1	Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel
0:29.8	in the probe of Hunter Biden.
0:31.9	Garland made the announcement to the press this morning saying Weiss has ultimate authority
0:37.4	over the probe.
0:39.2	Mr. Weiss has told Congress that he has been granted ultimate authority over this matter,
0:45.7	including the responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges and
0:52.2	for making decisions necessary to preserve the integrity of any prosecution, consistent
0:57.7	with federal law, the principles of federal prosecution and departmental policies.
1:03.7	Here with us to explain what this step means in the investigation into Hunter Biden is
1:09.3	Kyle Brosnan, Chief Counsel of the Oversight Project here at the Heritage Foundation.
1:14.9	Kyle, thanks for being with us.
1:16.4	Thanks for having me on.
1:18.0	So Kyle, who exactly is David Weiss and why is it significant that Attorney General Garland
1:24.2	appointed him as the special counsel in this probe in Hunter Biden?
1:28.4	Sure.
1:29.4	So David Weiss is the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.
1:33.7	So there are about 94 federal courts in the U.S. and each court has a U.S. attorney
1:38.7	that serves as the lead prosecutor on behalf of the U.S. government, for criminal matters
1:43.0	in those courts.
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