House GOP says DOJ gave Hunter Biden ‘special privileges’ in tax case, as inquiry heats up
Weiss, in his capacity as U.S. Attorney for Delaware, previously oversaw the years-long investigation into the now-first son.
By Ben Whedon
Updated: August 29, 2023 - 5:55am
A trio of leading House Republican investigators demanded Monday that Attorney General Merrick Garland provide them with records related to the appointment of Special Counsel David Weiss, declaring the Justice Department had provided Hunter Biden with “special privileges” to help him avoid more serious punishment for tax and other crimes.
"The Department pulled punches in this investigation, handicapping veteran investigators and preventing them from freely pursuing the facts," wrote House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith.
"The Department agreed to an apparently unprecedented plea deal with Hunter Biden after his attorneys threatened to call his father, President Biden, as a witness in the case," they continued. "Now you have appointed as special counsel an individual who oversaw all the investigation’s irregularities, who spent the past two months claiming that he did not need special counsel status, and who was responsible for the plea agreement that collapsed in court and is widely viewed as an embarrassment for the Department. In light of Mr. Weiss’s record leading this investigation, we have concerns with his appointment as special counsel."
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