Attorney General Merrick Garland denied that U.S. Attorney David Weiss asked for special counsel powers to investigate Hunter Biden, a day after whistleblower accounts alleged years of Justice Department stonewalling.

Garland also denied that Weiss was twice blocked from bringing criminal charges against President Joe Biden's son in jurisdictions outside of Delaware.

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The whistleblower claims came from two IRS Criminal Investigation agents who played key roles in the Hunter Biden investigation: Gary Shapley, a supervisory special agent with the IRS’s criminal investigation, and an unnamed IRS case agent who is referred to as “Whistleblower X.”

The whistleblowers said they were told that Weiss had sought special counsel powers but was denied and that the Delaware federal prosecutor had sought to bring criminal charges against President Joe Biden's son in both California and Washington, D.C., (where the younger Biden’s tax crimes had occurred) but that Biden-appointed federal prosecutors in those districts rejected those efforts.

Garland denied all of this on Friday during a press conference following the announcement of charges related to Chinese fentanyl precursor chemical manufacturers.

“As I said at the outset, Mr. Weiss, who was appointed by President Trump as the U.S. Attorney in Delaware and who was assigned this matter in the previous administration, would be permitted to continue his investigation and to make a...

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