Republicans cry foul over Hunter Biden special counsel move: ‘They’re conspiring’
in the Hunter Biden investigation Friday, saying the move would “stonewall” ongoing congressional probes.
Republicans cried foul over Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Delaware US Attorney David Weiss as special counsel of an investigation into first son Hunter Biden.“This is an attempt to whitewash the Biden family corruption,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith told Fox News on Friday.“The guy that wrote the plea agreement, did it in a fashion to give
How much did Hunter spend on housing, credit cards and other expenses shared by his father, thus enriching the now-president even if he wasn’t directly paid? “I think they’re trying to make it harder,” Sen. Lindsey Graham also told Fox News. “But this was a political decision, not a legal decision.”The deal had also included blanket immunity for past crimes as part of a diversion agreement that waived charges for the first son over lying on a federal gun purchase form about his drug use while addicted to crack cocaine.
Sen. Chuck Grassley in November 2020 called on the Justice Department to investigate potential Foreign Agent Registration Act violations, following his own report on Hunter’s overseas business ventures. “Remember, when Biden’s DOJ and Hunter’s lawyers meet, they’re not negotiating. They’re conspiring,” Sen. Tom Cotton said.“When I was vice president, my son was flying an F-35 in the Marine Corps defending this country,” he added. “I think it’s about time that we saw the appointment of a special counsel to get to the bottom of not only what Hunter Biden was doing, but what the Biden family was doing. The American people deserve answers and I welcome it.
The plea deal’s collapse came weeks after two IRS agents testified to Smith’s panel in the spring that Weiss’ office had “slow-walked” a five-year probe into Hunter’s alleged tax crimes.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the day after the plea deal blew up that the president would not pardon his son if eventually charged with a crime.
“This is the same president who several years ago said that he knew nothing of his son’s business dealings,” Smith pointed out Friday.Weiss denied the account and told Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Graham in several letters over the past months that he had “ultimate authority” to bring charges in the case.
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