Lisa Desjardins:
That's right.
Democrats see this completely differently. One thing that was unique in this hearing. Democrats did not question the credibility of these witnesses. They said these are career professionals, but they said they think they got some things wrong, that, essentially, these were investigators versus prosecutors.
And there's often a difference of opinion in how a case should be charged. Now, they pointed specifically to a letter from the U.S. attorney in this case, David Weiss, that came out in the last few weeks, where Weiss was very clear, saying: I followed the process and I was never the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction.
The whistle-blowers are saying that he told them otherwise. So there is a difference here over what he said. But, right now, that prosecutor says: No, I was never denied any authority that I needed.
Now, some other points that they make, they say that these plea deals often indicate charges that are graded down from the ideal prosecutor charges because Hunter Biden has pleaded guilty. They also said Joe Biden was neither president nor vice president for some of this investigation.
Now, Jamie Raskin, the head Democrat on this committee, said, overall, while Hunter Biden has admitted to doing wrong, and there is a lot to say about Hunter Biden, but nothing Republicans have shown has led anywhere near Joe Biden.
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