Analysis: The central issue deals with U.S. Attorney David Weiss and the decision not to charge Hunter Biden with more crimes. (Biden recently reached a deal pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and admitting to having illegally possessed a gun.)
and have objected to how the Justice Department’s Hunter Biden prosecution played out.
At its core, the central issue deals with U.S. Attorney David Weiss and the decision not to charge Hunter Biden with more crimes. Attorney General Merrick Garland in March testified that Weiss had “full authority to ... bring cases in other jurisdictions if he feels it’s necessary.” Garland added, “I will assure that if he does, then he will be able to do that.”
Weiss and Garland have disputed all of this. “He was given complete authority to make all decisions on his own,” Garland said recently. Weiss haspushing back on Shapley’s allegations. Weiss, who was appointed to his post by Donald Trump, has asserted that he was indeed given “ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when and whether to file charges.” He also denied ever requesting to be a special counsel.
Republicans sought to argue that it was something more. They noted that Shapley summarized the claims he’s making in an email sent the day of the meeting. Four days later, responding to the email without disputing any of its details, a person who had attended the meeting wrote, “You covered it all.”
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