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1 Special Counsel David Weiss' Office Pushes Back On President's Claim That Prosecutions Of Hunter Biden Were Politically Motivated
The fallout ramped into high gear yesterday from President Joe Biden’s decision to grant his son Hunter a full and unconditional pardon on Sunday, and it came from all directions. With the president flying to Africa for a three-day visit, reporters had a chance to talk with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on board Air Force One about the repeated denials by both the president and herself over the last few months that Biden would pardon his son. Jean-Pierre told them that President Biden made the decision over the weekend, adding “he believes in the justice systems, but he also believes that the raw politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice.” First lady Jill Biden answered a reporter’s question at an event and said “Of course I support the pardon of my son,” but there were criticisms of the move from both sides of the political aisle. One major development came from Special counsel David Weiss, whose office and its prosecution of Hunter was singled out by name in the pardon. In a California court filing seeking to dismiss the indictment against him there, Weiss pushed back and said that multiple judges have previously ruled against the claims of vindictive prosecution. Weiss argued yesterday that courts “do not dismiss indictments when pardons are granted.”
2 Snow Expected To Keep Falling Today In Parts Of New York, Pennsylvania, And Ohio
Snow continued to fall in parts of the Great Lakes region yesterday and is expected to continue today. More than five feet of snow had fallen east of Lake Ontario by yesterday, with more expected today. The village of Geneva-on-the-Lake in Ohio has had over four feet of snowfall over the last several days, and is forecast to have snow continue to fall through the rest of the week. A 17-vehicle pileup temporarily shut down I-94 near Hartford, Michigan yesterday during whiteout conditions. Officials say the crash, which involved 14 passenger vehicles and three semi-trucks, was most likely caused by people driving too fast in the conditions.
3 Over 3-Million Travelers Were Screened At US Airports On Sunday
As expected, it was a record travel weekend in the US, with over 3-million travelers screened at US airports on Sunday alone. The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that the 3.09-million people screened Sunday broke the previous record, set on July 7th, by around 74,000. Airlines canceled around 120 flights over the weekend, and more than 6,800 flights were delayed, with the largest number of those happening at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.