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David Wess appointed special counsel to head Hunter Biden Probe. Nominated by Trump in 2017. This works for me. If there is a there there then go for it.
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Attorney General Garland appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
Attorney General Garland appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of the president's son Hunter Biden.
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Attorney General Garland appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of the president’s son Hunter Biden.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference in Washington on June 23.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:20 AM CDT / Updated Aug. 11, 2023, 11:22 AM CDT
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By Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of the president's son Hunter Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday.
Weiss will be responsible for the “ongoing investigation" of President Joe Biden's son "as well as for any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation," the Justice Department said in a statement. Weiss, who was already overseeing the Hunter Biden probe and is based in Delaware, asked to be appointed special counsel on Tuesday and Garland agreed it was "in the public interest" to do so, the attorney general said.
DOJ noted that Weiss was nominated by then-President Donald Trump in 2017 and confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate in 2018.
Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges related to his failure to pay income taxes earlier this year. But while standing in court last month waiting to enter the plea, the agreement fell apart over confusion about a separate gun charge.
The judge asked the parties to hammer out the agreement and return later, leaving Hunter Biden to enter a not-guilty plea while it's litigated.
Lawyers for Hunter Biden had also indicated they believed that the plea agreement would settle all matters facing the president's son, but prosecutors said that other investigations continued.
