{"id":1998073,"date":"2023-08-11T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-says-david-weiss-appointment-creates-more-problems-than-answers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T20:06:36","slug":"lindsey-graham-says-david-weiss-appointment-creates-more-problems-than-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-says-david-weiss-appointment-creates-more-problems-than-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham criticizes David Weiss appointment, sees more problems than solutions."},"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%2Flindsey-graham-says-david-weiss-appointment-creates-more-problems-than-answers%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=1998073&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>Sen. Lindsey Graham Reacts to \u200dAppointment of\u200c Special Counsel\u2062 in Hunter Biden\u2063 Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) \u2064had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-got-what-he-wanted-famed-russia-critic-rips-biden-over-geneva-summit\/\" title=\"\u2018Putin Got What He Wanted\u2019: Famed Russia Critic Rips Biden Over Geneva Summit\">strong words<\/a> in response to the news \u200cof David Weiss being appointed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a> in the investigation into Hunter Biden. Weiss, who\u2062 has been leading the investigation since 2019, was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday. The investigation is based on allegations of &#8220;certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">criminal conduct<\/a>&#8220;\u2064 by Hunter Biden, according to Garland.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;On a\u2063 Friday \u200bafternoon \u2014 and anything bad\u200c you want to talk about \u2062on a\u2063 Friday afternoon, \u2063then make a 4-minute announcement we\u2019re going to\u2064 turn Weiss into a special counsel to\u2064 remove any and all doubt,&#8221; Graham said on Fox News&#8217;s America Reports on\u200c Friday. &#8220;So, when I hear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a>\u200b tell me today, \u2062\u2018I\u2019m gonna make \u2064Weiss special counsel,\u2019 that\u200b creates more \u2063problems than answers \u200cthat it\u200d gives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans in Congress have\u200b raised concerns about \u200cWeiss&#8217;s authority in\u200d the investigation,\u2062 particularly in light of testimony from \u2063two\u200d IRS whistleblowers\u200c who had worked\u2064 with the\u2062 Department of Justice on the Biden case.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Does anybody in their \u200bright mind trust the \u2062Weiss team to continue to fairly and impartially \u2064investigate the Hunter Biden-Joe Biden matter? I don\u2019t,&#8221;\u200c Graham \u200dcontinued. &#8220;So, you change the title, but the problem is still\u200c the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express\u2062 his\u200d views on\u2062 the appointment, stating, &#8220;This was a political decision, not a legal decision. They were trying to put out a fire, but they actually poured gasoline on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It will now \u200bbe up to Weiss \u200cto write a report on whether to \u200bprosecute Biden or not. Biden recently had his \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-says-david-weiss-appointment-creates-more-problems-than-answers\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham criticizes David Weiss appointment, sees more problems than solutions.\">plea deal\u200d fail<\/a> and has\u200d pleaded not guilty to both \u2064tax charges against him.<\/p>\n<h3>Click\u2064 <a href=\"link\">here<\/a> to read more \u200dfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) responded to David Weiss&#8217; appointment as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation. Weiss, who has been leading the probe since 2019, was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland based on allegations of &#8220;certain criminal conduct&#8221; by Hunter Biden and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1998074,"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-1998073","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\/1998073","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=1998073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}