Democratic Senator Indicted, Ukraine Attacks Crimea, Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Drilling Restrictions | Sept. 22

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Another IRS official has come forward regarding Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ ability to bring charges against the president’s son, Hunter Biden. A federal grand jury returned an indictment against New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez today Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced this week “the establishment of the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group.” Federal judge rules on a Biden administration’s upcoming offshore oil and gas lease sale Ukraine attacked Crimea in a missile attack 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 Samantha Cheris, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, September 22nd.
0:08.0	Here are today's headlines.
0:12.0	A third IRS official has come forward regarding Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss's ability
0:27.3	to bring charges against the president's son Hunter Biden.
0:31.5	The Washington Examiner reports that IRS Director of Field Operations Michael Batdork told
0:37.4	the House Weiss and Means Committee during a closed-door interview on September 12th that
0:42.4	he felt frustrated by the Justice Department's refusal to approve tax charges that IRS
0:49.3	agents viewed as well-supported by evidence.
0:52.9	The Washington Examiner also reported that Batdork said the IRS removed agent Gary
0:58.5	Shapley, a whistleblower from the Hunter Biden case at the direction of Weiss, despite
1:04.8	Shapley having done nothing wrong.
1:07.8	Batdork said in his interview that DOJ tax would have to authorize charges prior to David
1:14.0	Weiss recommending an indictment or prosecution.
1:17.4	He also said, so I mean my understanding is that I mean he can't make that decision
1:23.2	without DOJ tax authorization.
1:26.8	Back in July, our colleague Fred Lucas reported that the House Oversight and Accountability
1:31.5	Committee heard testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who detailed what they said was
1:37.6	Justice Department's official's efforts to slow or impede an investigation into Hunter
1:43.2	Biden for unpaid taxes.
1:46.8	Our colleague's Tyler O'Neil and Tony Kinett report that a federal grand jury returned
1:52.4	an indictment against Democratic Senator Bob Menendez today, charging him with bribery
1:57.7	for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold bars and other benefits.
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