Hunter Biden Indicted, Harvard President Issues Apology, Administration’s Proposed NDAA Backs Abortion Funding | Dec. 8

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Hunter Biden has been indicted in California on nine tax charges. The President of Harvard University has issued an apology after testifying before Congress earlier this week. The Biden administration’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act includes funding for abortion and sex changes as well as to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the military. Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance is calling out The Washington Post for publishing a story that he says suggested an “open rebellion” against America. Relevant Links https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/ https://thehill.com/media/4349581-jd-vance-washington-post-op-ed-rebellion/ 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 Signal Top News for Friday, December 8th.
0:08.0	Here are today's headlines. Hunter Biden has found himself in more legal hot water. News broke Thursday
0:26.2	evening that the president's son has been indicted in California on nine tax
0:31.7	charges. Hunter Biden has been accused of failing to pay 1.4 million
0:36.3	dollars in taxes. The indictment is 56 pages long and it alleges that the young Biden failed to pay taxes from 2016 to 2019.
0:49.0	The charges include failure to file and pay taxes three counts of evasion of a tax assessment and
0:55.4	filing fraudulent or false tax returns.
0:59.4	David C. Weiss began investigating Hunter Biden five years ago while Trump was president.
1:05.0	Weiss wrote in the indictment of Hunter Biden that between 2016 and October 15,
1:11.0	2020, the defendant spent his money on drugs, escorts, and
1:15.5	girlfriends, luxury hotels, and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and
1:21.0	other items of a personal nature, in short everything but his taxes.
1:26.8	Hunter Biden's defense attorney, Abe Lull, says the charges are driven by a political agenda.
1:34.0	Lull said in response that based on the facts and the law,
1:39.0	if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden,
1:42.0	the charges in Delaware and in California
1:45.2	would not have been brought. The reference to Delaware from Lowell is in
1:50.3	reference to Hunter also facing charges in the state of Delaware for purchasing a gun while using drugs.
1:57.0	In October, Hunter pled not guilty to those charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
2:04.0	If found guilty of the tax charges, Hunter could face up to a 17-year prison sentence.
2:10.0	The President of Harvard University has issued an apology after testifying before Congress earlier this week on the anti-Semitic activity on the Ivy League campus.
2:22.0	Harvard president Claudine Gay told the Harvard Crimson newspaper that she's sorry.
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