{"id":1979591,"date":"2023-07-21T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-department-of-justice-confirms-david-weiss-will-appear-before-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T14:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:30:50","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-department-of-justice-confirms-david-weiss-will-appear-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-department-of-justice-confirms-david-weiss-will-appear-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ confirms David Weiss to testify on Hunter Biden probe."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhunter-biden-investigation-department-of-justice-confirms-david-weiss-will-appear-before-congress%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=1979591&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>United\u2063 States Attorney David Weiss to Appear\u2063 for Congressional\u200c Hearing on Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>United States Attorney \u200cDavid Weiss, who has been leading the\u2064 federal investigation into Hunter Biden,\u200b is set to\u200d testify in a congressional hearing, according\u200d to three House chairmen. Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH), James Comer \u200c(R-KY), and Jason Smith (R-MO) confirmed in\u200b a letter that the Department of Justice has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-admitted-hundreds-of-americans-still-left-in-afghanistan-176-want-to-leave-report\/\" title=\"State Department Admitted Hundreds Of Americans Still Left In Afghanistan, 176 Want To Leave: Report\">informed congressional staff<\/a> that Weiss will\u200b participate in a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee at a date yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<h3>Who \u200dWas the Real J. Robert Oppenheimer?<\/h3>\n<p>In the \u2062letter \u200baddressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland, \u200dthe three\u2063 chairmen reiterated\u2062 their demand for interviews with nearly\u200b a dozen other\u2063 DOJ witnesses before \u2062Weiss&#8217;s \u2064appearance. They have previously requested interviews with nine DOJ and\u200b two \u200dFBI officials who they believe possess crucial \u200dinformation regarding allegations of politicization \u2062and misconduct in\u2062 the \u200dDepartment&#8217;s investigation of Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss, \u2064after a thorough investigation involving \u2062the FBI\u200d and\u2062 IRS, brought\u200c two\u200c misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge against President Joe \u200bBiden&#8217;s son\u200b in\u2063 June. It is expected that Hunter Biden will plead \u200dguilty to the former two charges and enter a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convictions-are-down-and-more-felonies-are-charged-down-in-chesa-boudins-san-francisco\/\" title=\"Convictions Are Down, and More Felonies Are \u201cCharged Down\u201d in Chesa Boudin\u2019s San Francisco\">pretrial diversion program<\/a> for the \u200dthird charge.<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen, along with other Republicans, have criticized the\u2062 plea agreement \u200cas a &#8220;sweetheart deal&#8221; and have called\u2063 for \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-committee-holds-hearing-on-voting-rights-act\/\" title=\"House Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Voting Rights Act\">potential legislative reforms<\/a>. They have suggested\u200b modifications\u200c to \u2064&#8221;special attorney&#8221; and &#8220;special \u2063counsel&#8221; rules, reforms to \u200dthe \u2063Tax Division of DOJ, and an expansion of the Internal Revenue Service&#8217;s ability to share tax information \u200cwith Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen have \u200dvowed\u2062 to subpoena Attorney General\u2063 Garland\u2063 if\u2063 he \u2062does not\u200c begin scheduling interviews with\u2062 the requested DOJ witnesses by July\u200d 24. However,\u200b the\u200d DOJ has \u200cexpressed resistance to their\u2062 demands, \u2063citing\u2064 ongoing investigations \u2063and pending court matters as reasons\u200c for withholding certain information.<\/p>\n<p>In their letter, the chairmen emphasized the importance of DOJ&#8217;s communication with Congress \u2064and highlighted the precedent of non-Senate-confirmed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-department-of-justice-confirms-david-weiss-will-appear-before-congress\/\" title=\"DOJ confirms David Weiss to testify on Hunter Biden probe.\">line-level \u2062employees testifying<\/a> in \u2063the past. They\u200c have been conducting parallel investigations into both Joe Biden and his son, with Comer \u2063focusing on Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200b foreign\u2064 business schemes, Jordan probing potential special treatment given to the Bidens by the DOJ, and Smith examining allegations of mishandling the investigation of Hunter Biden by the\u200c IRS and DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen also\u2063 expressed interest in Weiss&#8217;s \u200d&#8221;inconsistent representations&#8221; \u200bof his authority \u2063in leading the case. They referred to testimony\u200c from IRS whistleblowers who alleged \u200bthat Weiss, a Trump-appointed official, was \u2063prevented from bringing charges against Hunter Biden \u200cin\u200c California and Washington, D.C. Weiss initially claimed\u200c to have &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; on filing charges but later stated that he was &#8220;geographically limited&#8221; to Delaware and would\u2062 need &#8220;special attorney&#8221; status \u200cto \u200cbring charges in another jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen concluded their letter\u200c by suggesting that Weiss&#8217;s \u200bshifting statements about\u200c his authority raise concerns about improper political considerations\u2064 influencing the Department&#8217;s \u200cinvestigative and prosecutorial function.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>testify at the hearing. The House chairmen, Jordan, Comer, and Smith, stated that the Department of Justice notified them during a teleconference that United States Attorney David Weiss, who has been overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation, will be present for a congressional hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1979592,"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-1979591","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\/1979591","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=1979591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}