DOJ Will Allow Delaware U.S. Attorney to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee, Balks on Ten Other DOJ EmployeesBy Debra Heine
July 24, 2023
On Monday, the Department of Justice informed the House Judiciary Committee that it would allow Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to testify about the Hunter Biden case after the August recess.
In a letter to committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte said Weiss is available to appear at a public congressional hearing on September 27, September 28, October 18, and October 19, but ten other line-level Justice Department employees whose testimonies are sought by the Committee, are not ready to testify.
The Justice Department’s concession came in response to a letter Jordan and the chairmen of the House Oversight and Ways and Means Committees sent on July 21, 2023, demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland make eleven Department of Justice officials available for transcribed interviews before the Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Jordan, along with House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) pointed out in their letter that Weiss’s representations about his authority, “have shifted over time.”
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But Uriarte added the Department was “deeply concerned” by the chairmen’s notification on Monday that the Committee had authorized deposition subpoenas for the other individuals identified in their June 29 letter.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2023/07/24/doj-will-allow-delaware-u-s-attorney-to-testify-before-house-judiciary-committee-balks-on-ten-other-doj-employees/
