{"id":1981915,"date":"2023-07-25T05:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-close-biden-political-aide-worked-for-weiss-when-inquiry-began\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T05:45:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:45:59","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-close-biden-political-aide-worked-for-weiss-when-inquiry-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-close-biden-political-aide-worked-for-weiss-when-inquiry-began\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden probe: Aide close to him worked for Weiss during investigation start."},"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\">24<\/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-close-biden-political-aide-worked-for-weiss-when-inquiry-began%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=1981915&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>A\u2063 Close Associate of the Biden Family Linked to Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>A close associate of \u200bthe Biden\u2062 family, Alexander \u200cMackler, has come under\u2062 scrutiny for his \u2062involvement in the Delaware U.S. attorney&#8217;s office\u2063 during the time when an\u2064 investigation into Hunter Biden was taking place. Mackler,\u200b who previously served as press secretary\u200d in Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2062 Senate office and later as legal counsel in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fbi-director-donated-100k-to-biden-grandchildrens-trust-while-he-was-soliciting-biden-for-work-report\/\" title=\"Former FBI Director Donated 0K To Biden Grandchildren\u2019s Trust While He Was Soliciting Biden For Work: Report\">vice presidential office<\/a>, had a personal relationship with Hunter\u200c Biden,\u200c as evidenced\u2064 by emails found on Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop. Mackler&#8217;s role in the U.S. attorney&#8217;s \u2062office, where he worked from August 2016 to May 2019, raises \u2062questions about potential \u200bconflicts of \u2062interest.<\/p>\n<h3>Connections and Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>Mackler&#8217;s\u200c close ties to the Biden\u200c family are \u2062evident. He \u2064managed Beau Biden&#8217;s successful campaign \u200dfor Delaware attorney general in 2010 and served on the Biden-Harris transition team in 2020. Additionally, Mackler referred to Hunter Biden as a &#8220;brother&#8221; in \u2063an email exchange from October 2018. The House Republicans are\u2063 now investigating the reasons behind the apparent obstruction of the Hunter \u200cBiden\u2064 investigation \u200cby members of the U.S. attorney&#8217;s office, including Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, who worked alongside Mackler.<\/p>\n<p>Whistleblowers\u2062 have testified that Wolf intervened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-close-biden-political-aide-worked-for-weiss-when-inquiry-began\/\" title=\"Biden probe: Aide close to him worked for Weiss during investigation start.\">prevent key investigative steps<\/a> from moving forward, including restricting questions about Joe Biden&#8217;s involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secy-refuses-to-answer-questions-about-leaked-voicemail-from-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"White House Press Secy. refuses to answer questions about leaked voicemail from Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop\">foreign business affairs<\/a> and tipping off Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u200battorneys about a planned search of his storage unit. The nature of the relationship between Wolf\u2063 and Mackler remains unclear, but their previous collaboration on a major case raises concerns about potential bias.<\/p>\n<h3>Delaware Attorney \u2064General&#8217;s\u200b Office<\/h3>\n<p>Mackler currently works under Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, who herself has\u200c extensive ties to the Biden family. In February, Hunter Biden&#8217;s attorneys urged Jennings to investigate the individuals involved in publicizing the contents of Hunter Biden&#8217;s abandoned laptop. However,\u200d it is unclear whether Jennings&#8217;s \u2064office ultimately opened an investigation into the dissemination of the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The deep connections between \u2064Mackler and the\u200c Biden family raise questions \u200cabout his involvement in an\u200c investigation concerning the\u2062 Bidens. Mackler&#8217;s email correspondence with Hunter Biden and his role in editing public statements related to Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200binstitute at the University of Delaware \u2062while working in the U.S.\u2063 attorney&#8217;s office further highlight the potential conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Revelations and Testimonies<\/h3>\n<p>House Republicans are \u200dpreparing for an interview with\u2063 Devon Archer,\u200c a former\u200b business partner of Hunter Biden&#8217;s, who\u2064 may have \u2064more incentive to \u200ddisclose details to congressional investigators\u200c due \u200dto his conviction and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-campaign-finance-crime-satisfies-gun-child-endangerment-charges\/\" title=\"Democrat Mayor Pleads Guilty To Campaign Finance Crime, Satisfies Gun, Child Endangerment Charges\">potential prison time<\/a> on fraud charges. \u2064Archer is reportedly poised to testify that Joe Biden \u200bfrequently spoke to Hunter Biden&#8217;s prospective foreign business partners, contradicting Joe Biden&#8217;s previous denials \u200dof discussing \u2064business matters with his son.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice\u200c Department has also announced that\u2062 U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be available to testify, potentially shedding light on the actions of his team during the Hunter Biden investigation. However,\u200d the timing of \u2063Weiss&#8217;s testimony may clash with \u2064the plans of congressional investigators, who have expressed their desire to \u200dconduct interviews with other witnesses before holding a hearing with Weiss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An individual closely linked to the Biden family reportedly worked in the Delaware U.S. attorney&#8217;s office for an extended period, including during the time when whistleblowers claimed the office initiated an inquiry into Hunter Biden. Alexander Mackler, who previously served as press secretary in Joe Biden&#8217;s Senate office and later as legal counsel in his vice presidential office, held this position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981916,"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-1981915","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\/1981915","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=1981915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}