{"id":1957285,"date":"2023-06-26T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-asks-weiss-to-clarify-claim-he-had-ultimate-authority-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:39:46","slug":"jim-jordan-asks-weiss-to-clarify-claim-he-had-ultimate-authority-in-hunter-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-asks-weiss-to-clarify-claim-he-had-ultimate-authority-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan seeks clarification from Weiss regarding his assertion of having &#8216;ultimate authority&#8217; in the Hunter Biden investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fjim-jordan-asks-weiss-to-clarify-claim-he-had-ultimate-authority-in-hunter-biden-investigation%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=1957285&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--><h2>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Questions U.S. Attorney on Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to lead U.S. attorney David Weiss, seeking clarification on his previous letter claiming &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; over the Hunter Biden investigation. This comes after new whistleblower testimony alleged interference from the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<h3>Seeking Transparency and Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter dated May 25, Jordan had reached out to Attorney General Merrick Garland, demanding records related to alleged retaliation against IRS whistleblowers involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-transcripts-show-deep-state-election-rigging-for-biden-was-way-bigger-than-a-laptop\/\" title=\"Whistleblower transcripts reveal extensive deep-state election rigging favoring Biden, surpassing laptop controversy.\">criminal tax investigation<\/a> of Hunter Biden. The deadline for the submission of these records was set for June 8.<\/p>\n<p>On June 7, Weiss responded on behalf of Garland, asserting that he had been granted &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; over the matter, including the power to decide when, where, and whether to file charges.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, however, found Weiss&#8217;s response lacking in substance and now seeks further clarification. The chairman has requested information regarding the drafting of Weiss&#8217;s June 7 letter, the instructions behind it, when Weiss became aware of the committee&#8217;s May 25 letter, who forwarded it to him, and whether there were any discussions with Garland or other DOJ officials regarding the committee&#8217;s letter.<\/p>\n<h3>Whistleblower Allegations and Contradictions<\/h3>\n<p>Two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and an unnamed source, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee staff. They alleged interference and &#8220;preferential treatment&#8221; by the DOJ during the Hunter Biden investigation. The whistleblowers also claimed that the DOJ concealed unverified foreign bribery allegations involving Joe Biden and his son from IRS and FBI investigators in Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>According to the whistleblowers, Weiss was prevented from bringing three federal charges against Hunter Biden in Washington, D.C., or California, as he had intended. They also revealed that Weiss had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bombshell-whistleblowers-say-irs-recommended-felony-tax-charges-against-hunter-biden-the-doj-overruled\/\" title=\"Whistleblowers claim IRS suggested felony tax charges for Hunter Biden, but DOJ disagreed.\">sought special counsel status<\/a> but was denied.<\/p>\n<p>These allegations directly contradict Weiss&#8217;s claim of &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; over the investigation. Attorney General Garland, however, denied the claims, stating that he couldn&#8217;t understand how anyone could block Weiss from bringing a prosecution given his authority. Garland emphasized that Weiss had complete autonomy in making decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Shapley released a statement over the weekend, asserting that Weiss had informed six witnesses that he lacked the authority to bring charges in other districts.<\/p>\n<h3>Committee&#8217;s Focus on Whistleblower Retaliation<\/h3>\n<p>Jordan reiterated in his letter that the committee&#8217;s primary interest lies in investigating alleged retaliation against IRS whistleblowers. The committee seeks information to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-asks-weiss-to-clarify-claim-he-had-ultimate-authority-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan seeks clarification from Weiss regarding his assertion of having 'ultimate authority' in the Hunter Biden investigation.\">inform potential legislative reforms aimed<\/a> at protecting Department whistleblowers, an issue that has also been under examination with respect to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss has been given until July 6 to comply with the requests outlined in the letter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Jordan, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, wrote to lead U.S. attorney David Weiss regarding the Hunter Biden investigation. Jordan seeks clarification on Weiss&#8217; previous claim of &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; over the probe, following fresh whistleblower testimony alleging Justice Department interference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1957286,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/1957285","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}