Hunter Biden expected to plead not guilty on gun charges: The Morning Rundown, Sept. 20, 2023

LAWYERS FOR HUNTER BIDEN HAVE REVEALED HIS PLANS FOLLOWING AN INDICTMENT ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGES

AND —

IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED A SURPRISE MOVE — THE FDA  REJECTS THE FIRST NASAL SPRAY ALTERNATIVE TO EPIPENS

THE MORNING RUNDOWN STARTS NOW.

THIS IS STRAIGHT-ARROW NEWS. 

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TODAY IS WEDNESDAY — SEPTEMBER 20TH

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HUNTER BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD **NOT GUILTY TO THREE FEDERAL GUN CHARGES — ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYERS.

THIS IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE INDICTMENT THAT CAME DOWN LAST WEEK ON CHARGES THAT THE PRESIDENT’S SON LIED ABOUT HIS DRUG USE WHILE PURCHASING A GUN IN 2018 AND THEN ILLEGALLY POSSESSING IT.

HUNTER BIDEN IS  ALSO REQUESTING THE COURT TO ALLOW HIM TO APPEAR BY VIDEO CONFERENCE FOR HIS FIRST HEARING IN THE CASE –WHICH AN ARRAIGNMENT DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET.

THE INDICTMENT COMES AFTER A SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.

FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF A PLEA DEAL IN COURT IN JULY.

IF CONVICTED — HUNTER FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON AND 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FINES —

ALTHOUGH FIRST TIME OFFENDERS RARELY RECEIVE PRISON TIME FOR THESE CHARGES.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DID NOT FILE CHARGES LAST WEEK CONCERNING AN INVESTIGATION INTO HUNTER BIDEN’S TAX RETURNS — BUT COULD STILL DO SO.

THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL CONTINUE TODAY —

AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT VOLODYMIR ZELENSKYY SPOKE YESTERDAY — IN FAVOR OF THE U.S. CONTINUING ITS FINANCIAL BACKING OF UKRAINE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA.

BUT SEVERAL G-7 COUNTRIES IN ATTENDANCE — PREDICT THE WAR IN UKRAINE COULD GO ON FOR ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT YEARS.

WHICH HAS HOUSE REPUBLICANS QUESTIONING THE CURRENT ASK OUT OF CONGRESS —

BIDEN WANTS ANOTHER 24 BILLION DOLLAR AID PACKAGE APPROVED FOR UKRAINE.

“If you allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? I’d respectfully suggest the answer is no. We have to stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow.”

THE U.S. HAS — SO FAR — APPROVED MORE THAN 100 BILLION DOLLARS OF AID TO UKRAINE.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS EXPECTED TO FACE CONGRESS TOMORROW.

WHERE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY THEY ARE PREPARED WITH QUESTIONS.

MCCARTHY ON UKRAINE SOTVO

<:08-:23> Will you commit to another round of funding for ukraine?  Is Zelenskyy elected to Congress? Is he our president? I don’t think I have to commit anything. i have questions for him. Where is the accountability on the money we already spent? What is the plan for victory?  I think that is what the American public wants to know.

MEANWHILE THE WAR ITSELF — CONTINUES ON —

AS U.S. LEADERS DEBATE ITS ROLE OF SUPPORT.

RUSSIAN DRONES DESTROYED UKRAINIAN HUMANITARIAN AID STORED IN WAREHOUSES IN L-VIV.

DRONE STRIKES KILLED NINE PEOPLE ON TUESDAY.

OUR REPORTER RYAN ROBERTSON DESIGNATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR TOOK A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE AID THAT HAS SO FAR BEEN SPENT BY UKRAINE.

WHILE THE U.S. HAS SUPPLIED THE COUNTRY WITH MORE THAN 100 BILLION DOLLARS IN AID —

THEY HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS MORE FROM **OTHER COUNTRIES SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.

FIND HIS REPORT AT SAN DOT COM.

RAY EPPS – THE FORMER MARINE WHO BECAME THE CENTER OF A CONSPIRACY THEORY — HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY SIXTH RIOT.

EPPS WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO TELLING TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN THE CROWD TO GO INTO THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

IT’S BECAUSE OF THOSE VIDEO CLIPS THAT FORMER FOX NEWS HOST TUCKER CARLSON LARGELY BLASTED EPPS AS A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT AGENT OR A BAD ACTOR IN THE CROWD.

EPPS HAS SUED FOX NEWS FOR DEFAMATION AFTER CARLSON’S CLAIMS WERE NEVER SUBSTANTIATED.

EPPS IS SCHEDULED FOR A PLEA AGREEMENT TODAY — FACING ONE CHARGE OF “DISORDERLY CONDUCT.”

HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEYS.

THE FIRST NEEDLE-FREE EPI-PEN TO TREAT SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS WILL **NOT BE COMING TO THE MARKET JUST YET —

AFTER THE F-D-A RULED MORE STUDY TRIALS ARE NEEDED TO PROVE THE NASAL SPRAY IS SAFE TO USE AFTER REPEATED DOSES

— THIS DESPITE THE AGENCY’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THE SPRAY IN MAY.

DRUGMAKER “A-R-S” WAS EXPECTING FDA APPROVAL OF ITS PRODUCT “NEFFY” — THE CEO SAYING THEY ARE “VERY SURPRISED BY THIS ACTION”

A-R-S SAYS IT WILL COMPLETE THE ASKS OF THE FDA AND HOPES TO HELP MILLIONS WITH LIFE-THREATENING ALLERGIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ITS ACTING PRESIDENT THIS MORNING – WHO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AFTER FALLING ILL DURING A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA ON TUESDAY.

JOANNE EPPS WAS APPOINTED ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY IN APRIL.

THE MEMORIAL SERVICE SHE WAS ATTENDING WAS BEING LIVE-STREAMED ON TEMPLE’S WEBSITE – BUT THE FEED CUT OUT WHEN IT APPEARED EPPS WAS IN DISTRESS WHILE IN HER CHAIR.

PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO REACTED TO THE NEWS WITH A POST ON X – SAYING “JoAnne Epps was a powerful force and constant ambassador for Temple University for nearly four decades. Losing her is heartbreaking for Philadelphia.”

BEFORE BECOMING A MEMBER OF TEMPLE’S FACULTY, JOANNE EPPS WAS AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY IN PHILADELPHIA AND A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY IN LOS ANGELES.

A CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. JOANNE EPPS WAS SEVENTY-TWO (72) YEARS OLD.

FINALLY THIS MORNING – A WARNING FROM NASA. AN ASTEROID THAT PASSES EARTH EVERY SIX YEARS COULD BE ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH OUR PLANET.

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT — THE ASTEROID – NAMED BEN-NU (BEN-NEW) – COULD DRIFT INTO OUR PLANET’S ORBIT AND HIT EARTH BY SEPTEMBER – OF THE YEAR TWENTY ONE EIGHTY TWO (2182).

NASA SAYS THERE IS A POINT ZERO THREE SEVEN PERCENT (.037) CHANCE OF IT HAPPENING – OR 1 IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED (2,700).

BENNU HAS HAD A FEW CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH EARTH IN THE PAST – THE LATEST BEING IN 2011.

A NASA SPACECRAFT BRIEFLY TOUCHED THE SURFACE OF BENNU IN 2020 – COLLECTING A SAMPLE OF THE ASTEROID.

THAT SAMPLE IS EXPECTED TO BE DROPPED OFF TO EARTH ON SUNDAY.