IRS Whistleblower's Attorneys Slams Misinformation From Hunter Biden AttorneyRebecca Downs
August 19, 2023
On Sunday, Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, appeared on CBS News' "Face the Nation" after he also appeared on CNN's "The Source with Kaitlan Collins" last Friday. During both appearances, Lowell engaged in misinformation, as addressed in a fact-check by Empower Oversight, which is representing IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley. Empower's president, Tristan Leavitt also addressed the fact-check over Twitter.
Leavitt began tweeting out the fact-check on Monday afternoon. The document was released on Tuesday, which was included in coverage from the Daily Caller.
One of the first tweets addresses a claim we have heard for some time about U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who was appointed as special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland last Friday.
"What happened today, as a practical matter, is not much different than what was the case, yesterday, or three weeks from before," Lowell told Collins last Friday. "The Attorney General and Mr. Weiss both have said for weeks, months, that he had all the authority he needed, to bring any charge that was merited, at any time that was appropriate, in any place that made sense. And so, the power that a Special Counsel has is the power that he has had. So, from a practical point of view, nothing really changed."
That's not quite the case.
"U.S. Attorney Weiss had no ability to bring charges on his own in the proper venues of the District of Columbia and the Central District of California. Special counsel authority grants him the ability to do so," the fact-check mentioned, also pointing out that Lowell is correct in that Garland and Weiss have "repeatedly made this claim."
https://twitter.com/tristanleavitt/status/1691186084518981633Leavitt has kept tabs on the confusion Weiss has caused, especially through letters sent to members of Congress, including House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He tweeted such a reminder on Thursday, again addressing Weiss' status.
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Source:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/08/19/misinformation-from-abbe-lowell-n2627020
