FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Joe Biden has nominated a former colleague of his son Hunter Biden—they worked together at a law firm representing Ukrainian energy company Burisma—to run an internal watchdog agency in his administration.

Biden tapped lawyer Hampton Dellinger on Tuesday to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, an agency that primarily investigates whistleblower complaints and misuse of federal office for partisan political ends.

This move should raise concerns since it comes at a time when whistleblowers from the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department have criticized the credibility of a yearslong government investigation into Hunter Biden, House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said Wednesday.

“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 The Daily Signal in a written statement.

“The Office of Special Counsel is responsible for investigating whistleblower retaliation at agencies like the departments of Justice and the Treasury,” Comer added. “Naming a Biden family crony to this position does not instill confidence that the law will be enforced fairly.”

The Senate must vote to confirm Biden’s nomination of Dellinger.

Dellinger was a partner at the Washington law firm of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP from May 2013 to November 2020, when Joe Biden won the...

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