{"id":2007261,"date":"2023-08-21T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-torches-special-counsel-doj-for-making-an-unholy-mess-of-hunter-biden-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T17:19:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:19:42","slug":"cnn-analyst-torches-special-counsel-doj-for-making-an-unholy-mess-of-hunter-biden-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-torches-special-counsel-doj-for-making-an-unholy-mess-of-hunter-biden-case\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN analyst criticizes Special Counsel and DOJ for mishandling Hunter Biden case."},"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%2Fcnn-analyst-torches-special-counsel-doj-for-making-an-unholy-mess-of-hunter-biden-case%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=2007261&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>CNN Legal Analyst Slams DOJ&#8217;s Handling of Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>CNN legal analyst Elie Honig held nothing back during a Monday appearance on \u201cCNN This Morning,\u201d claiming that newly-appointed Special Counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alan-dershowitz-ag-garlands-weiss-appointment-in-hunter-biden-case-is-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Weiss<\/a> and the Justice Department had made \u201can unholy mess\u201d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: 'The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed'\">investigation<\/a> into President Joe Biden\u2019s son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/plurality-of-americans-lack-confidence-in-dojs-hunter-biden-inquiry-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Questionable Actions by David Weiss<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Honig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/david-weis-doj-accused-making-unholy-mess-with-hunter-biden-case-all-over-map?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke \u2064with host \u200cPoppy \u200bHarlow<\/a> about Weiss\u2019 long history with the case, noting that the\u2064 Delaware-based\u2063 U.S.\u2064 Attorney had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">multiple opportunities<\/a> to charge the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-think-were-done-here-jen-psaki-clearly-loses-patience-with-hunter-biden-questions\/\" title=\"\u2018I Think We\u2019re Done Here\u2019: Jen Psaki Clearly Loses Patience With Hunter Biden Questions\">embattled son<\/a> and that he had repeatedly put off doing so until whistleblower \u200btestimony and public pressure backed him into a corner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pressure Forces\u2062 a Change \u2063of Plans<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Harlow began with a report from The New York Times that said\u200d Weiss had \u2063been prepared to forego any charges in Hunter\u2019s case but that the IRS whistleblowers had forced his hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>An Unholy \u2064Mess<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe takeaway \u200cis that the DOJ has\u200c made an unholy mess of this whole Hunter Biden situation. I fault David Weiss, who\u2063 I\u2019ve spoken positively\u2062 about on this show, given his\u2064 long\u200d service\u2062 as \u200ca U.S. attorney,\u201d Honig\u2064 agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if\u2062 you look at that \u200creporting, first he was willing to let \u2062this thing go altogether. Political pressure ramped up, he backtracks and says, \u2018Oh \u200bno we\u2019re \u2063going to\u2064 need to \u2063take misdemeanor pleas,&#8217;\u201d Honig continued. \u201cThen they go into court ready to \u2063take misdemeanor pleas, more pressure, more \u200btestimony from the \u2064IRS and then \u2064this\u2063 deal falls apart, and now he \u200csays, \u2018Well now I need to be called Special Counsel.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like now twice, he\u2019s tried\u200c to make this case\u200d go away cheaply, twice\u200c been called out on it, and twice \u2064backtracked, only in response to \u2062the whistleblowers,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-torches-special-counsel-doj-for-making-an-unholy-mess-of-hunter-biden-case\/\" title=\"CNN analyst criticizes Special Counsel and DOJ for mishandling Hunter Biden case.\">legal\u2064 analyst concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Weiss\u2019 apparent willingness to let the younger Biden off with a proverbial wrist-slap is one \u2063of the main reasons that many Republicans \u2014 \u200dwho have long\u2062 been calling for the \u200bJustice Department to appoint a <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> to oversee Hunter Biden\u2019s case \u2014 are at least wary that Weiss was the \u200cone\u2062 chosen to take\u2064 on\u2063 that task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN legal analyst Elie Honig criticized Special Counsel David Weiss and the Justice Department&#8217;s handling of the investigation into Hunter Biden, calling it &#8220;an unholy mess.&#8221; Honig discussed Weiss&#8217; extensive involvement in the case during an interview with host Poppy Harlow on &#8220;CNN This Morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2007262,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2007261","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}