While David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware who brought criminal charges against Hunter Biden, firmly rejected assertions that the investigation was impeded, he gave House Republicans what they are looking for: enough ambiguity to continue their desired narrative.
In a letter he sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) Friday, Weiss pushed back against the claims of two whistleblowers, who said they were retaliated against for pointing out irregularities in the Hunter Biden investigation.
“[The] Department of Justice did not retaliate against ‘an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent and whistleblower, as well as his entire investigative team… for making protected disclosures to Congress,’” Weiss, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, wrote.
Noting that “the whistleblower’s allegations relate to a criminal investigation that is now being prosecuted in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware,” Weiss stated that he is “required to protect confidential law enforcement information and deliberative communications related to the case.”
That will suit Republican investigators just fine since they can pretend that their investigation is being stonewalled.
Last week, special supervisory agent Gary Shapley testified that the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son had been slow-walked.
Shapley suggested that the probe had been influenced by politics.
“But whatever the motivations, at every...
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