The federal prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden tax investigation partially addressed allegations of Justice Department wrongdoing on Monday, telling lawmakers that while he discussed with other officials the possibility of filing charges outside of Delaware, where he is based, no one denied him that option.
The letter from Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss is the latest salvo in a back and forth that erupted after two IRS agents claimed Justice officials stymied and slow-walked their investigation of the president’s son.
Tensions between the Justice Department, FBI and IRS over how to handle the Hunter Biden investigation came to a head in the past month, as Biden reached a deal with Weiss to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and admit to having illegally possessed a gun.
Biden is scheduled to plead guilty later this month, under terms that would also dismiss a gun charge against him if he adheres to probation and other conditions for two years, according to people familiar with the details of the plea negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the terms.
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Shortly before the plea deal was struck, an IRS supervisory agent named Gary Shapley took his whistleblower complaints to a congressional committee, alleging a series of actions and inactions by Justice Department officials that he said hobbled a more serious tax case against Biden.
Among Shapley’s complaints were that Weiss, at an Oct. 7 meeting,...
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