{"id":2030964,"date":"2023-09-13T18:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-fbi-agent-offers-contradictory-answers-on-weisss-authority\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:11:04","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-top-fbi-agent-offers-contradictory-answers-on-weisss-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-fbi-agent-offers-contradictory-answers-on-weisss-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI agent&#8217;s responses on Weiss&#8217;s authority in Hunter Biden investigation contradict each other."},"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\">26<\/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-top-fbi-agent-offers-contradictory-answers-on-weisss-authority%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=2030964&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 Top FBI Agent Contradicts Allegations in Hunter Biden Case<\/h2>\n<p>A top\u2064 FBI agent involved in the Hunter Biden \u2064case recently testified before the \u200dHouse Judiciary Committee,\u200c offering contradictory answers that \u200chave raised eyebrows. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-refuses-to-address-biden-allegedly-pressuring-afghan-president-to-make-dubious-claims-about-fight-vs-taliban\/\" title=\"Psaki Refuses To Address Biden Allegedly Pressuring Afghan President To Make Dubious Claims About Fight Vs Taliban\">leaked transcript<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-i-wont-jump-on-bandwagon-to-cancel-sen-cruz\/\" title=\"Don Jr.: I won\u2019t jump on bandwagon to cancel Sen. Cruz\">closed-door interview<\/a> with \u2063FBI Special Agent in Charge\u200c Thomas Sobocinski suggests that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-fbi-agent-offers-contradictory-answers-on-weisss-authority\/\" title=\"FBI agent's responses on Weiss's authority in Hunter Biden investigation contradict each other.\">refuted key allegations made<\/a> by two IRS whistleblowers regarding\u2064 Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss and obstruction by the\u200c Justice Department.<\/p>\n<h3>Contradictory Testimony<\/h3>\n<p>Sobocinski \u2064stated that \u2063he did \u2063not recall Weiss telling investigators that\u200c he had \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-the-rnc-hopes-to-survive-every-republican-should-stand-up-for-president-trump-now-attorney-sidney-powell-fires-warning-shot-at-gop\/\" title=\"\u201cIf the #RNC Hopes to Survive, Every Republican Should Stand Up for [President Trump] Now\u201d \u2013 Attorney Sidney Powell Fires Warning Shot at GOP\">ultimate authority<\/a> to bring\u2062 charges against Hunter Biden anywhere\u200d he wanted. However, Sobocinski did admit that Weiss \u2063had to seek the cooperation of U.S. attorneys\u2064 appointed\u200c by President Joe Biden to advance the\u200c case. He refused to answer questions about Weiss&#8217;s approach to other \u200bU.S. attorneys in search of prosecution agreements that never materialized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is my understanding, based\u2064 upon the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office and prosecutors \u200cmaking that determination, \u200dthat Delaware\u2064 was not the\u2063 appropriate venue,&#8221; Sobocinski\u200b said during the interview. He added \u200dthat they were\u2062 actively exploring \u2063other locations.<\/p>\n<p>Process and Approval<\/p>\n<p>Sobocinski explained\u2062 that Weiss had to go through\u200b a process within the Department\u200b of Justice \u2062to bring \u2062charges \u200coutside \u200cof his assigned district.\u200c He\u200d mentioned that Weiss \u2063would approach other districts,\u2063 ask if they wanted to join \u2062the case, and if they agreed, it\u200c would become a joint case.\u200d If they didn&#8217;t \u2064agree, the case would\u2062 go back to the\u200d department, which could\u200c then give approval to bring the case in other venues.<\/p>\n<p>Contradicting the Justice Department<\/p>\n<p>The fact that\u2064 Weiss had to\u200d seek approval from U.S.\u200c attorneys \u200dwho\u200b could reject \u2063his requests contradicts the Justice Department&#8217;s position that Weiss had ultimate authority to\u2064 pursue \u200ccharges against Hunter Biden since the beginning of the \u2062case. \u200dWeiss&#8217;s recent appointment as a special counsel also raises \u2063questions about the department&#8217;s \u2064position,\u200c as the appointment would have been unnecessary \u2064if Weiss\u200d faced no roadblocks.<\/p>\n<p>Blaming &#8220;Semantics and \u2064Word Choice&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When questioned \u2063about \u2062the contradictory\u200c nature of his claims,\u200b Sobocinski blamed &#8220;semantics and word choice.&#8221; He argued that\u200c Weiss&#8217;s need \u2063for approval did not mean \u200dthat the Justice Department \u200dhad lied about his charging\u2064 authority.<\/p>\n<p>Impeachment Inquiry and Limited\u200c Answers<\/p>\n<p>The leaked transcript\u2062 emerged \u2064shortly \u200cafter House Speaker \u200cKevin\u200d McCarthy announced an impeachment inquiry, which\u200c Democrats have criticized as \u2064illegitimate. Sobocinski&#8217;s ability to answer\u200b questions during the interview was limited, as\u200c he was only authorized to share that he did not remember Weiss claiming he \u200blacked ultimate charging \u2063authority. He \u2063declined\u2064 to \u2063answer questions about other aspects of the case, citing the ongoing \u200binvestigation.<\/p>\n<p>Continued Involvement in the Case<\/p>\n<p>Sobocinski confirmed that his FBI team at the Baltimore field office, which worked on\u2062 the Hunter Biden investigation before Weiss&#8217;s\u200b appointment, continues\u200d to \u2064participate in the case. Weiss has stated in \u200dcourt filings that he intends to charge Hunter Biden with at least a gun violation by September 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Sobocinski&#8217;s responses regarding Weiss&#8217;s authority to charge Hunter Biden in any jurisdiction were inconsistent, causing concern and speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2030965,"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-2030964","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\/2030964","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=2030964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}