US Attorney Investigating Hunter Biden Now A Special Counsel, DOJ Confirms

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The Trump-appointed U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden has received “special counsel” status from Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Garland announced the news Friday afternoon, which gives the case’s senior prosecutor David Weiss greater power to investigate than a typical U.S. attorney.

CNN explains:

Garland’s order appointing Weiss said he is authorized to “conduct the ongoing investigation … as well as any matters that arose from that investigation or may arise” as the probe continues.

A senior Justice Department official said Weiss will write a report, which the attorney general is expected to publicly release when the probe is over. This has been the common practice of special counsels in recent years, like Robert Mueller and John Durham.

Weiss made a request to be elevated to a special counsel on Tuesday.

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8 Comments
    DEM

    Does anyone really expect this to be a fair, thorough, unbiased investigation? Whenever Garland is involved, you can expect the utmost bias.

        R. R. Cunningham

        I feel exactly the same. Those people never tell what they have to do or how illegal it might be.

    joe1cr

    More road blocks and cover for traitor Joe and his selling out America to enrich himself/family to those
    who hate America. Corrupt DOJ, FBI, Democrat party, RINO’S and Obama’s deep-state are above the law, while laughing all the way to the bank with their ill gotten loot. Americans no longer have a representative government in our nation’s capitol,
    what we have is a group of political party people enriching themselves at the expense of the hardworking American tax payers. We are just where our founding fathers were at with King George , taxation without representation. Wake up America !!!

    Jim

    That should allow a well earned delay; lovely hunter bring let off the hook to well after the reelection of poor beleagered FJB and his campaign to continue ripping this nation to shreds

    Cheryl

    Let James Comer & Jim Johnson be the ones to investigate, they already have the goods on Hunter, enough to put him & his father Joe away!

    apb

    I hate to be the one to tell you but US Attorneys CANNOT be special counsels….That is against the law …..they are trying to get hunter off again. this week he had been charged with having a weapon as a drug user….They overturned that law by saying the second amendment allows him to have a weapon…….

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