A top Biden DOJ criminal division official is going to work for the law firm that is defending Hunter Biden amid the Justice Department’s investigation into him.
Nicholas McQuaid was appointed acting chief of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division for the Biden administration. McQuaid had been a partner at Latham & Watkins with Hunter Biden defense lawyer Christopher Clark and worked on cases with him until McQuaid took the job at the Justice Department, according to court filings reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
McQuaid, who worked as acting assistant attorney general and then deputy assistant attorney general for the DOJ's criminal division, returned to Latham earlier this month. However, the firm says he is not involved in any work involving President Joe Biden's son.
“McQuaid did not represent Hunter Biden nor have any involvement in the matter when he was previously at Latham,” a spokesperson for Latham told the Washington Examiner. “He also had no involvement in the Hunter Biden investigation while he was at the Department of Justice and he will not be representing Mr. Biden now that he has returned to Latham.” The DOJ declined to comment when contacted by the Washington Examiner.
The DOJ hinted in February 2021 that McQuaid may have recused himself from the Hunter Biden case but did not say so directly. The DOJ told the Washington Examiner that McQuaid was "screened and recused from matters in which he has a financial interest or a personal business...
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