The U.S. attorney in the Hunter Biden case keeps sets the record straight about his investigation. But as stevebenen writes, the more David Weiss talks, the more he tells Republicans want they don’t want to hear.
U.S. Attorney David Weiss says he has not requested special counsel status as part of the years-long investigation into Hunter Biden. “To clarify an apparent misperception and to avoid future confusion, I wish to make one point clear: in this case, I have not requested Special Counsel designation pursuant to” the statue for appointing a special counsel, Weiss wrote in the letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham, first obtained by POLITICO.
Recently, however, Republicans convinced themselves that the attorney general had lied, pointing to Gary Shapley, an IRS official and apparent whistleblower who made claims at odds with Garland’s version of events. It’s among the reasons House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hasEven before Weiss’ response, the controversy — I’m using the word loosely — was difficult to take seriously.
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