Chuck Todd does his job

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Mon, 16/01/2023 - 04:44
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Mon, 16/01/2023 - 04:44
Say hallelujah: Chuck Todd and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) have had some heated confrontations before. But the pair’s latest clash might be their most contentious yet. In a fiery interview on Meet the Press Sunday, the NBC News political director clashed with the Wisconsin Senator about Hunter Biden — a collision which kicked off in earnest when Todd put a crucial question to Johnson point-blank. “Senator, do you have a crime that you think Hunter Biden committed?” Todd asked. “Because I’ve yet to see anybody explain. It is not a crime to make money off of your last name.” “Chuck, you ought to read the Marco Polo report, where they detail all kinds of potential crimes,” Johnson replied — referring to a 634 page report on the controversy surrounding the president’s son, which was published by a right wing group called Marco Polo. Todd immediately cut Johnson off when he heard the word “potential.” “Let me stop you there,” Todd said. He added, “Potential is innuendo. That’s why you do investigation!” The two men talked over each other — as they did for much of the interview — while trying to land their points. “Chuck, is it a crime to be soliciting and purchasing prostitution in potentially European sex trafficking operations?” Johnson said. “Is that a crime? Because Chuck Grassley and I laid out about $30,000 paid by Hunter Biden to those types of individuals over December of 2018, 2019, about $30,000. That’s about the same time that President Biden offered to pay about $100,000 of Hunter…