David Weiss, the US Attorney who has led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, reportedly did not plan to charge the president’s son until IRS whistleblowers came forward about his alleged tax fraud, according to a report.
Weiss was willing to conclude the investigation without even as much as a plea deal before the agents accused the Justice Department of interfering, according to private correspondence between Weiss and Biden’s legal team obtained by the New York Times.
After the whistleblowers spoke out, Weiss suddenly demanded Mr. Biden plead guilty to committing tax offenses
“It appears that if it weren’t for the courageous actions of these whistle-blowers, who had nothing to gain and everything to lose, Hunter Biden would never have been charged at all,” a team of lawyers for one of the I.R.S. agents told the newspaper in a statement.
Weiss was first appointed to look into troubling allegations regarding Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings — especially while his father was in office — in 2018.
Four years later, Weiss found evidence of wrongdoing but determined he did not have enough evidence to indict the younger Biden, sources familiar with the case told The Times.
Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported.
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