May 10, 2022 1:16pm EDT
Hunter Biden investigation: Grassley, Johnson demand answers on possible recusal of DOJ, Delaware officials
Senators slammed DOJ for casting 'cloud' of 'serious suspicion' over the probe
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson on Tuesday demanded answers on whether a top Justice Department official and Delaware state officials involved in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden's tax affairs have recused themselves due to potential conflicts of interest, and slammed the Justice Department for casting "a cloud" of "serious suspicion" over the probe.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss, who is leading the investigation, Grassley, R-Iowa, and Johnson, R-Wis., questioned whether Nicholas McQuaid, who serves as the current principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division, "has or had any role in the Hunter Biden criminal case and whether he has been recused from it."
Grassley and Johnson first raised questions about McQuaid to Attorney General Merrick Garland in February 2021, when McQuaid served as acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division.
McQuaid, who spent the years prior to joining the Justice Department as a partner in the New York office of law firm Latham & Watkins, worked with Christopher Clark, who is currently representing Hunter Biden.As principal deputy assistant attorney general for the criminal division, McQuaid has oversight of criminal investigations.
"This association creates a clear conflict of interest yet the Department has failed to provide adequate responses to answer the threshold questions about whether Mr. McQuaid has or had any role in the Hunter Biden criminal case and whether he has been recused from it," Grassley and Johnson wrote.
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