BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland announced David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been probing the financial and business dealings of the president's son, as the special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe.
probe, deepening the investigation of the president's son ahead of the 2024 election.
“Upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, I have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel,” Garland said.The announcement of a special counsel is a momentous development from the typically cautious Garland and comes amid a pair of sweeping Justice Department probes into former President Donald Trump, who's Joe Biden's chief rival in next year's election.
Legal proceedings are dramatically shaping the 2024 presidential race in an unprecedented way. Garland has now named special counsels to investigate Trump's handling of classified records and his role inGarland said he expects Weiss, as special counsel, to work “expeditiously” and in an “even-handed and urgent manner." He said Weiss will have “all the resources he requests” to probe the matter.
Shortly after Hunter Biden reached an initial agreement with the government, Comer joined forces with two chairmen of powerful committees to launch a larger investigation into claims by two IRS agents who said the Justice Department improperly interfered in the yearslong case.
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