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The surprising Hunter Biden special counsel.

Tangle

Isaac Saul

International News, Politics, Election, Nonpartisan, Us Politics, Local News, News Commentary, Biden, Us Senate, Independent, Us News, Congress, Trump, News, Us House Of Representatives

4.8672 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Hunter Biden's special counsel. On August 11, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he was naming David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who had already been leading the probe into Hunter Biden, as a special counsel. The appointment came after the surprising collapse of a plea deal between Hunter Biden and the Justice Department.


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0:40.7

This is Tangle.

0:59.7

Good morning, a good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take.

1:06.3

I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the Hunter Biden Special Counsel.

1:11.1

This happened on August 11th, right as we head into our vacation.

1:13.9

And a lot has happened since then. I'm actually quite glad that we waited a little bit to cover this because we've gotten a lot more information since the special council announcement happened.

1:22.8

And there's been some really good opinion writing about it.

1:25.2

So I think we have a better grasp on the story now,

1:27.9

which will make this whole episode a lot more interesting, I hope. Before we jump in, though,

1:32.8

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Second, August is a super special month for us. It is our four-year anniversary of doing Tangle, and as such, I'm always pushing folks to support our work in August. It's a really

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