Leading House Republicans investigating President Joe Biden and his family greeted Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden matter with skepticism.
Garland said on Friday that he had appointed Weiss, who has been overseeing the investigation out of Delaware since 2019, as special counsel after the U.S. attorney requested such authority this week. The attorney general defended the move as “in the public interest” given the “extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter.”Republicans in the lower chamber were not satisfied with the move, noting their standing concerns about Weiss’s credibility.
“First, David Weiss said he didn’t have the power he needed and wanted special counsel status. Then, he said he had all the power he needs,” Jordan wrote on Friday. “Now, he gets special counsel status because he didn’t really have the power he needs? Something’s not right.” “This move by Attorney General Garland is part of the Justice Department's efforts to attempt a Biden family cover-up in light of the House Oversight Committee's mounting evidence of President Joe Biden's role in his family’s schemes selling ‘the brand’ for millions of dollars to foreign nationals,” Comer said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an appearance on the network shortly after Smith’s that he believed the Justice Department was “trying to make it harder” for House Republicans to conduct their investigations into the president’s family.
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