David Weiss, the lead U.S. attorney on the Hunter Biden investigation, sent a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) disputing whistleblower claims that he had requested special counsel status.
Weiss’s Monday letter was in response to a request Graham made on June 28 in which he asked about testimony from two IRS whistleblowers given to the House Ways and Means Committee. The whistleblowers alleged the Department of Justice blocked Weiss from filing charges in the jurisdiction of his choice and that his request for special counsel status was denied.
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In the letter, Weiss claimed he had not requested special counsel status but had talked with DOJ officials about the separate designation of special attorney. Special attorney status allows an outside entity to intervene and file charges in cases that span multiple jurisdictions, whereas a special counsel is appointed to investigate and prosecute a case in which the usual prosecuting authority has a conflict of interest.
Weiss said that special attorney status would have “allowed me to file charges in a district outside my own without the partnership of the local U.S. Attorney.”
“I was assured that I would be granted this authority if it proved necessary. And this assurance came months before the October 7, 2022, meeting referenced throughout the whistleblowers’ allegations,” he said.
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