President Biden nominated an individual who worked alongside Hunter Biden at a law firm involved with energy company Burisma Holdings to serve as special counsel, a move House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said "raises concerns" that he's trying to "protect his son instead of whistleblowers."
The White House announced on Tuesday that Biden had nominated Hampton Dellinger as special counsel. The Office of Special Counsel works to protect whistleblowers and deals with potential Hatch Act violations. If approved, Dellinger would lead the office.
"President Biden's decision to appoint Hunter Biden's former colleague as head of the Office of Special Counsel raises concerns that he's trying to protect his son instead of whistleblowers," Comer, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital.
"The Office of Special Counsel is responsible for investigating whistleblower retaliation at agencies like the Departments of Justice and the Treasury," he added. "Naming a Biden family crony to this position does not instill confidence that the law will be enforced fairly."
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Dellinger served as assistant attorney general overseeing the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy from October 2021 to June 2023. Biden had also nominated him for that post.
But before his government career, Dellinger worked on Boies Schiller Flexner's Crisis Management and Government...
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