{"id":1999417,"date":"2023-08-13T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-ted-cruz-calls-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-a-cover-up\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:59:14","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-ted-cruz-calls-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-a-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-ted-cruz-calls-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-a-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz slams David Weiss appointment as special counsel for Hunter Biden investigation, deeming it a &#8216;cover-up&#8217;."},"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\">34<\/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-ted-cruz-calls-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-a-cover-up%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=1999417&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. Ted\u200c Cruz Calls Appointment of David Weiss as Special Counsel a \u200c&#8221;Cover-Up&#8221; \u2062and &#8220;Disgraceful&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is the latest Republican lawmaker to weigh in on David Weiss&#8217;s appointment \u2063as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kerry-justifies-secret-iran-nukes-pact-meetings-behind-trumps-back-did-he-just-admit-to-violating-logan-act\/\" title=\"Watch: Kerry defends secret meetings on Iran nukes pact without informing Trump. Did he confess to breaking the Logan Act?\">special\u200c counsel<\/a> in the Hunter Biden affairs, calling it a &#8220;cover-up&#8221; and &#8220;disgraceful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weiss&#8217;s appointment\u2062 was made on Friday \u200bby\u2062 Attorney General Merrick Garland, who stated it\u200d was\u200c &#8220;in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">public interest<\/a> to appoint\u2064 him&#8221; to the position of <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>. Cruz expressed his displeasure in the \u200cappointment of Weiss on Sunday, who claimed that Weiss had spent the last five years covering the investigation into Hunter Biden,\u200c the son of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s Why Biden is Targeting\u200b AI, Semiconductors, and Quantum Computers in\u2062 China<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well,\u2062 this appointment is camouflage, and it&#8217;s cover-up,&#8221; Cruz said on Sunday Morning Futures. &#8220;I think it\u2019s \u2063disgraceful. Listen, David \u200cWeiss was the \u2063U.S. attorney hand-picked to lead this investigation, \u200cwho spent the last\u2063 five years covering it up. \u2063David Weiss, who was personally\u200d selected by the two Democrat senators from Delaware, Tom Carper, and Chris Coons. For five years, the investigation has gone nowhere \u2014 other than to protect Hunter Biden \u200dand Joe Biden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Texas senator also discussed how Weiss is subject to &#8220;two\u2064 whistle-blower complaints&#8221; from IRS officials, both of whom have stated they\u200d have &#8220;never seen an investigation \u200blike this&#8221; throughout their time in\u2063 law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said that the Department of \u200cJustice, lawyers working\u2064 for David \u2064Weiss\u200c protected the Biden family, that they gave heads up to Hunter Biden before search warrants were\u2062 executed, presumably so that he \u200dcould\u200c hide incriminating \u2064evidence, that they refused to allow them to ask any questions at all about the big guy, about \u200bJoe Biden,&#8221; Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>The special counsel \u200brole is provided with a budget\u200c and can request outside attorneys to help with the case. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barr-says-he-will-not-appoint-special-counsel-to-investigate-election-or-hunter-biden\/\" title=\"Barr Says He Will Not Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Election or Hunter Biden\">special counsels<\/a> are empowered to\u200b bring down indictments, as well as issue subpoenas\u2064 and search warrants.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Cruz stated that the evidence against Biden regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-ted-cruz-calls-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-a-cover-up\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz slams David Weiss appointment as special counsel for Hunter Biden investigation, deeming it a 'cover-up'.\">bribery \u2062allegations\u200c involving foreign oligarchs<\/a> is\u2063 &#8220;growing and\u2062 growing.&#8221; He also\u200d said that if it\u2019s found out \u200cthat\u2064 Biden is guilty of bribery, he should be &#8220;removed from office&#8221; and &#8220;prosecuted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other \u200cRepublicans\u2064 have shared \u200btheir thoughts on Weiss&#8217;s appointment, \u200cincluding 2024 presidential candidate and former \u200bVice President Mike Pence, who claimed that the appointment \u200bwas &#8220;appropriate.&#8221; \u200cHe also stated he was confident that Republicans in the House of Representatives &#8220;are\u2062 going to continue to bring forward the facts in this\u2064 case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who is also running \u200bfor president in 2024, described Weiss&#8217;s appointment as a &#8220;forceful sign&#8221; that nothing has changed in the\u200c DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s bad for justice, and frankly, it&#8217;s bad for \u200beveryday Americans who \u200dask the question, &#8216;Can I trust the \u200cDOJ?&#8217; The answer is emphatically \u200cno,&#8221; Scott said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here to read more\u200b from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticizes David Weiss&#8217;s appointment as special counsel in Hunter Biden affairs, deeming it a &#8220;cover-up&#8221; and &#8220;disgraceful.&#8221; Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss on Friday, citing the &#8220;public interest&#8221; as the reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1999418,"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-1999417","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\/1999417","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=1999417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}