{"id":1962166,"date":"2023-07-01T10:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-weiss-defends-ultimate-authority-over-hunter-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:02:30","slug":"david-weiss-defends-ultimate-authority-over-hunter-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-weiss-defends-ultimate-authority-over-hunter-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"David Weiss supports maintaining &#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\">22<\/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%2Fdavid-weiss-defends-ultimate-authority-over-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=1962166&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>The Federal Prosecutor Defending His Authority in Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>The federal prosecutor leading the investigation into Hunter Biden has faced criticism and scrutiny recently. However, United States Attorney David Weiss is standing firm in his position and asserting his ultimate authority over the decision to charge the president&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<p>In response to allegations made by two IRS whistleblowers, who claimed that the Department of Justice was hindering the investigation, Weiss wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. In the letter, he emphasized his responsibility to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-weiss-defends-ultimate-authority-over-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"David Weiss supports maintaining 'ultimate authority' in the Hunter Biden investigation.\">protect confidential law enforcement information<\/a> and deliberative communications related to the case. He also reiterated that he has the ultimate authority to decide when, where, and whether to file charges.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans have raised concerns about Weiss&#8217;s authority, particularly after the whistleblowers alleged that he had been blocked from pursuing charges in Washington, D.C., and California. However, Weiss clarified that as the U.S. attorney in Delaware, his charging authority is geographically limited to his home district. To collaborate on cases outside his jurisdiction, he follows the common Departmental practice of partnering with other U.S. attorney&#8217;s offices.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a> to review whistleblower reports about misconduct in the DOJ and IRS. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/england-ends-domestic-covid-19-restrictions\/\" title=\"England ends domestic COVID-19 restrictions\">subsequent press conference<\/a>, Smith revealed that Weiss had attempted to bring charges against Hunter Biden in 2022 but was denied both times. Additionally, Weiss&#8217;s request for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ag-bill-barr-to-merrick-garland-appoint-a-special-counsel-already\/\" title=\"Former AG Bill Barr To Merrick Garland: Appoint A Special Counsel Already\">special counsel status<\/a>, which would protect his investigation, was also denied by Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n<p>In his letter, Weiss addressed the special counsel status, stating that he had been assured that if necessary, he would be granted \u00a7 515 Authority in the District of Columbia, the Central District of California, or any other district where charges could be brought in this matter.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>United States Attorney David Weiss defends his ultimate authority over charging Hunter Biden.<\/li>\n<li>Allegations made by IRS whistleblowers accuse the Department of Justice of hindering the investigation.<\/li>\n<li>Weiss clarifies his limited charging authority in Delaware and the need to partner with other U.S. attorney&#8217;s offices for cases outside his jurisdiction.<\/li>\n<li>Chairman Jason Smith reveals Weiss&#8217;s unsuccessful attempts to bring charges against Hunter Biden and his denied request for special counsel status.<\/li>\n<li>Weiss assures that he may be granted \u00a7 515 Authority in other districts if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal prosecutor in charge of Hunter Biden&#8217;s investigation defended his power to decide whether to charge the president&#8217;s son. US Attorney David Weiss faced criticism after two IRS whistleblowers accused the Department of Justice of hindering the inquiry and impeding investigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962167,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1962166","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=1962166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}