{"id":1955740,"date":"2023-06-23T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-pushes-back-on-claims-hunter-biden-prosecutor-was-blocked-from-bringing-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T19:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T23:32:30","slug":"merrick-garland-pushes-back-on-claims-hunter-biden-prosecutor-was-blocked-from-bringing-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-pushes-back-on-claims-hunter-biden-prosecutor-was-blocked-from-bringing-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrick Garland Pushes Back On Claims Hunter Biden Prosecutor Was Blocked From Bringing Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmerrick-garland-pushes-back-on-claims-hunter-biden-prosecutor-was-blocked-from-bringing-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1955740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Attorney General Merrick Garland Addresses Claims Regarding Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>In a press conference on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to allegations that U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump nominee, was prevented from bringing charges against Hunter Biden and denied the designation of a special counsel in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Garland&#8217;s remarks come in light of recent testimony from IRS whistleblowers, who claimed that Weiss was blocked from pursuing charges against Hunter Biden in multiple jurisdictions last year.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media, Garland firmly stated, &#8220;Weiss had full authority to continue his investigation and make independent decisions on prosecution, regardless of the district.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further emphasized, &#8220;Mr. Weiss himself confirmed this authority in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee. It is unfathomable that anyone could have impeded his ability to bring charges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on whether Weiss had ever been told &#8220;no,&#8221; Garland responded, &#8220;I can confidently say that he was given complete autonomy to make all decisions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Garland was questioned about allegations that Weiss had requested to be named a special counsel for added power and protection, but was denied by the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Garland clarified, &#8220;As the Attorney General, I am the sole authority to appoint or reject a special counsel. However, Mr. Weiss never made such a request to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;In fact, Mr. Weiss possessed even greater authority than a special counsel would have. He had and still has complete discretion to bring the case wherever he sees fit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the IRS whistleblowers, Garland expressed his support for Weiss to address their allegations publicly &#8220;at the appropriate time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Garland Defends the Integrity of the Justice Department<\/h3>\n<p>During the press conference, Garland was also asked about Republicans considering holding the FBI Director in contempt over a document allegedly containing information about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-would-be-a-crime-sen-hawley-says-we-must-see-document-allegedly-revealing-biden-criminal-bribery-scheme\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley insists on seeing the document that allegedly exposes Biden's criminal bribery scheme, calling it a potential crime.\">criminal bribery scheme involving<\/a> then-Vice President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Responding firmly, Garland stated, &#8220;Attacking the integrity of the Justice Department and its employees by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-reportedly-worth-millions-claims-she-is-disrespected-and-dismissed-over-gender\/\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe, Reportedly Worth Millions, Claims She Is \u2018Disrespected And Dismissed\u2019 Over Gender\">claiming unequal treatment<\/a> of cases is an assault on an institution vital to American democracy and the safety of its people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized, &#8220;Let me be clear, we base our cases solely on the facts and the law. These are not empty words. They are the principles that guide our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Friday on claims that U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump nominee, was blocked from bringing charges against Hunter Biden last year and that he refused to designate Weiss as a special counsel in the case. Garland\u2019s remarks come after IRS whistleblowers claimed in testimony that was released on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1955741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1955740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}