GOP releases explosive new batch of Hunter Biden text messages

>> Bret: HOUSE REPUBLICANS HIGHLIGHTING A NEW BATCH OF HUNTER BIDEN WHATSAPP MESSAGES DATING BACK TO 2017, THE PRESIDENT'S SON DEMANDING MILLIONS IN A POTENTIAL DEAL WITH A CHINESE ENERGY COMPANY CLAIMING THE BIDENS WERE BEST AT DOING WHAT THE COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN WANTS. SPECTATOR EDITOR AT LARGE AND FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, BEN, THERE'S ONE WHATSAPP MESSAGE AND WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE NOW, THIS ONE IS TO THIS CHINESE

ENERGY COMPANY'S ASSOCIATE, AND HE SAYS I'M TIRED OF THIS, KEVIN, ALLEGEDLY HUNTER, I CAN MAKE $5 MILLION IN SALARY FROM ANY LAW FIRM IN AMERICA. IF YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT MONEY, IT'S NOT, BIDENS ARE THE BEST AT DOING WHAT THE CHAIRMAN WANTS FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP. PLEASE LET'S NOT QUIBBLE OVER PEANUTS. AND WE HAVE THE IRS WHISTLEBLOWER GARY SHAPLEY ON TONIGHT THAT SAYS ALL OF THEIR INVESTIGATIVE

EFFORTS WERE THWARTED TO GO DOWN THIS PARTICULAR ROAD. >> YOU KNOW, THE PLURAL THERE IS DOING A LOT OF WORK. THE BIDENS, PLURAL, NOT JUST HUNTER HIMSELF. HE SAYS I CAN MAKE $5 MILLION FROM ANY LEGAL FIRM IN THE COUNTRY, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF THOSE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE HIRED HIM, I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAVING THAT WORK INSTEAD IF HE WAS NOT IN

THE DESPERATE SITUATION THAT HE WAS, AND I THINK THAT THAT PLURAL QUESTION REALLY IS THE ONE THAT THE FORCES -- THE POWERS THAT BE AT THE DOJ AND ELSE-WISE WERE TRYING TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY OF THESE INVESTIGATORS FROM GETTING INTO. THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM TO ASK ABOUT JOE BIDEN, THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM TO IN ANY WAY SEARCH THE GUEST HOUSE OR DO ANY OF THE

OTHER THINGS THAT THEY SAID WOULD BE EMBARRASSING FOR THE PRESIDENT OR, YOU KNOW, THEN -- OR THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AT VARIOUS POINTS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART OF THIS THAT IS SO TELLING. WE REALLY ARE MEANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS, THAT HUNTER WAS SORT OF OPERATING ON HIS OWN, THAT HE WAS TRYING TO SELL PEOPLE ON THINGS THAT HE

COULDN'T DELIVER, BUT THE REAL QUESTIONS THAT I THINK HAVE TO BE RAISED ARE DID HE DELIVER, DID HE ACTUALLY DELIVER THINGS TO THESE VARIOUS FOREIGN ENTITIES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNETHICAL AND INAPPROPRIATE TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW ANY KIND OF SON OF A VICE PRESIDENT OR A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROMISE TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF QUESTION THAT

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS NEED TO DIG INTO. >> WELL, THIS INVESTIGATOR, IRS WHISTLEBLOWER GARY SHAPLEY SAYING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ROADS TO GO DOWN HERE, THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GO DOWN, HOWEVER, THERE WERE SPECIFICS ON WHAT HUNTER BIDEN OWED THE GOVERNMENT BASED ON HIS TAXES, AND TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS. >> THERE IS STILL, YOU KNOW, OUTSTANDING TAX OWING ABOVE

THE $620,000 THAT BECAUSE OF THIS DEAL THEY'LL NEVER RECOOP. THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE FELONY CHARGES WERE LEFT OFF THE TABLE. >> WHICH WHAT WOULD BE WHAT? >> INVASION, FOR 18, AND FALSE RETURN FOR 18 AND 19. >> THERE IS A LONG LIST HERE, BUT WE OFTEN PLAY THE GAME, LOOK THROUGH THE PRISM OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FAMILY AND THESE INVESTIGATORS OR WHISTLEBLOWERS WERE

COMING FORWARD. IT'S NOT A GAME. BUT WORTH THINKING ABOUT. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND THAT ERIC TRUMP, DON, JR., IVANKA, ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS THE SON OR DAUGHTER OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THEY HAD THIS TYPE OF EVIDENCE PILE AGAINST THEM, THAT WE WOULD SEE ANYTHING LIKE THE WAY THAT THE LEGACY MEDIA HAS REALLY UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK TRIED TO SWEEP THIS STORY UNDER THE

RUG, PRETEND THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST. INSTEAD WHAT WE HAVE HERE, I THINK, IS A FACT SET THAT CLEARLY DESERVES TO BE INVESTIGATED, DESERVES TO BE LOOKED INTO, AND YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL ASPECT OF, FRANKLY, MERRICK GARLAND'S PROMISE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT HE WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY INTERFERE THAT MR. WEISS WOULD HAVE TOTAL AUTHORITY WHEN IT CAME TO WHAT WAS DONE WITH THIS CASE,

AND I THINK THAT WE NOW KNOW OR WE HAVE A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, WHETHER THEY WERE DIRECTED ON HIGH OR ACTING IN PARTISAN INTEREST, THIS IS A CASE THEY WANTED TO GO AWAY, DIDN'T WANT QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT ANY CONNECTION TO HUNTER BIDEN'S FATHER AND CERTAINLY ANY DECISIONS THAT HE MIGHT HAVE MADE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THIS MONEY. >> Bret:

BEN, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU. SANDRA, THAT INTERVIEW TONIGHT, 6:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND WE GET RIGHT TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT OVERSEEING THIS, AND THIS WHISTLEBLOWER, WHO YOU KNOW, A CAREER WORKER INSIDE, SUPERVISOR INSIDE THE IRS WHO IS BEING PRETTY BRAVE COMING OUT SAYING EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING. >> Sandra: SOUNDS LIKE A FANTASTIC INTERVIEW AND VERY NEWSY. PEOPLE HAVE MAJOR