Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, told congressional investigators he declined to partner with Special Counsel David Weiss in bringing charges against Hunter Biden in Estrada's district, Fox News Digital has learned.
Estrada participated in a voluntary closed-door interview before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday as part of the panel’s investigation into whistleblower allegations that politics impacted prosecutorial decisions throughout the years-long federal investigation into the president’s son.
Fox News Digital reviewed a transcript of Estrada’s testimony Thursday.
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Estrada told congressional investigators he first learned the Hunter Biden investigation could be "touching on" his district in late September or early October 2022, when he became U.S. attorney.
Estrada said, at that time, there was a "request from the District of Delaware to partner or co-counsel on certain charges that they were investigating."
Weiss, appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland this summer, at the time was serving as the U.S. attorney for Delaware. He has been investigating Hunter Biden since 2018.
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