Did Weiss Ignore Policy To Cut Hunter's Deal? DOJ Hides Answer
Margot Cleveland
The Department of Justice has failed to provide a copy of the pretrial diversion policy adopted by the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office as required by law, an open-records request lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges.
Wednesday’s Freedom of Information Act complaint comes on the heels of a federal judge ordering the DOJ to stop dragging its feet and provide communications between the DOJ and David Weiss — documents that, as The Federalist exclusively reported on Monday, establish the DOJ sought to thwart congressional inquiries into the Justice Department’s handling of the Hunter Biden investigation.
The Heritage Foundation and its director of the Oversight Project, Mike Howell, filed suit late Wednesday in a federal court in Delaware under the Freedom of Information Act, or “FOIA,” seeking to compel the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office to produce its policy regarding pretrial diversion agreements. As the complaint stresses, the Department of Justice’s manual provides that “[e]ach U.S. Attorney’s Office shall develop and implement a policy on the use of pretrial diversion appropriate for the Office’s district.”
Because the manual uses the “shall” directive, it is a mandatory requirement for U.S. attorneys’ offices. Accordingly, the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office “must have such a policy,” the complaint emphasizes.
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