David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney tasked with investigating Hunter Biden's tax filings, denied retaliating against an IRS whistleblower, who claimed that the prosecutor was blocked from filing charges outside his home district.
The whistleblower, Gary Shapley, told the House Ways and Means Committee in May that Attorney General Merrick Garland was not telling Congress the truth when he asserted in earlier testimony that Weiss, who is based in Delaware, had the authority to file charges outside his home district, including in California and Washington, D.C.
Weiss, in a letter sent Friday to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, said the Justice Department did not retaliate against any IRS official “for making protected disclosures to Congress,” and said that he believes he could file charges outside his home district if the investigation leads in that direction.
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In the letter, Weiss didn't directly address the claims that he was blocked from filing charges outside his home district, but insisted that he has been granted "ultimate authority" over the investigation into Hunter Biden, "including responsibility for deciding where, when and whether to file charges."
Weiss also said he has “been assured” that he could be granted the special attorney authority needed to file charges “in the District of Columbia, the Central District of California, or any other...
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