{"id":2063557,"date":"2023-10-11T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-attorney-wanted-to-charge-hunter-biden-in-dc-prosecutor-tells-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:30:10","slug":"us-attorney-wanted-to-charge-hunter-biden-in-dc-prosecutor-tells-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-attorney-wanted-to-charge-hunter-biden-in-dc-prosecutor-tells-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor reveals desire to charge Hunter Biden in DC."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fus-attorney-wanted-to-charge-hunter-biden-in-dc-prosecutor-tells-congress%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=2063557&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>The\u200c U.S. Prosecutor Investigating Hunter Biden Wanted\u2063 to \u200cCharge Him in Washington, but Was Declined<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. prosecutor investigating President Joe Biden&#8217;s son wanted \u2064to charge Hunter Biden in Washington\u200b but the prosecutor in charge there declined to\u200d do so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ultimately did not join,&#8221; Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for\u200b the District of Columbia, told members\u200d of Congress in a recent interview, according to a transcript reviewed by The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graves, an appointee of President \u2064Biden who worked for the president&#8217;s campaign, recounted to Congress being approached by the prosecutor probing Mr. Biden, David Weiss, in early 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hunter-bidens-lawyer-withdraws-from-case-5505429?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Hunter Biden&#8217;s Lawyer Withdraws From Case<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/6\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hunter-biden-seeks-to-dismiss-felony-charges-arguing-doj-broke-agreement-5505333?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Hunter Biden Seeks to Dismiss Felony\u200c Charges, Arguing DOJ Broke Agreement<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/6\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr. Weiss, the U.S. attorney\u200c for the District of Delaware, &#8220;said that he had an investigation \u2064that he had been conducting,&#8221; Mr. Graves said. &#8220;Some of the charges related\u200c to that investigation needed to be venued out of the district, and he described \u200cthe logistical \u200dsupport that he needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graves said, &#8220;He said: Definitely need the logistical support, and we can talk \u200babout joining the investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Weiss&#8217;s \u2063request for assistance included Mr. Graves convening a grand jury, to which prosecutors present proposed charges.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. attorneys can bring charges in other districts by transferring the case to that district or partnering with the district, according to Mr. Graves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Either you take over the case for him, \u2064or you \u2062facilitate him prosecuting the case?&#8221; he was asked. &#8220;Yes,&#8221; \u200che replied.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Graves said he proposed a \u200chybrid model that, as far as he \u200bknew, had never been used before.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graves met with a top official\u2062 in his office and asked him to brief assistant U.S. attorneys in the office on the matter. Mr. Graves requested a recommendation on how to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graves later met with the\u200b principal\u2062 assistant U.S. attorney and other officials who work\u200d for him.<\/p>\n<p>The office ultimately, after three weeks, decided not to partner with Mr. Weiss or serve as local counsel for the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I unfortunately cannot get into\u2064 the why without getting into the case specifics of\u2063 an ongoing investigation,&#8221; Mr. Graves said.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was communicated to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Delaware &#8220;at the line\u200c level,&#8221; or\u2062 to lower-level \u2063officials, he said. Mr. Graves never followed up with Mr. Weiss, but claimed Mr. Weiss was still able to bring charges in\u2064 Washington and that his office would provide assistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was\u200b very clear in my initial conversation with U.S. Attorney Weiss that we would provide support,&#8221; Mr. Graves said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Whistleblowers from the IRS have\u2064 told Congress,\u2063 citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mccarthy-talks-of-impeaching-garland-as-new-email-contradicts-attorney-general-5356637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notes<\/a> one took of a\u2062 meeting involving Mr. Weiss, that Mr. Weiss told them in October 2022 that he was prevented from bringing charges against Mr. Biden in Washington.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Biden appointed USA said they could not charge in his district,&#8221; the \u200cnotes stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Weiss never brought\u2064 charges against Mr. Biden outside\u200b of Delaware. He\u2064 charged Mr. Biden in \u2063Delaware after the\u200b whistleblowers went to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graves said his office did not\u200d block Mr. Weiss from bringing \u200ccharges, having taken\u2064 no &#8220;steps to stop an investigation from moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u200c Graves did say\u2063 that Mr. \u2064Weiss\u2062 could not bring charges \u200din another district without \u200dapproval \u200cfrom multiple offices, including the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s (DOJ) Tax Division.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland, another appointee of President Biden, has alleged that Mr. Weiss had\u2064 the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-sidelined-grassley-in-questioning-whistleblowers-because-he-knew-way-too-much\/\" title=\"Democrats sidelined Grassley in questioning whistleblowers due to his extensive knowledge.\">ultimate charging authority<\/a>,&#8221; though Mr. Weiss \u200chas since \u200backnowledged that he needed to request other U.S. attorneys partner with him\u200b to bring charges outside of his district.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2063the attorneys rejected the request, Mr. Weiss said he could ask for special\u2063 attorney\u2063 status. He said he was &#8220;assured&#8221; by an unspecified person or persons that he would be granted that status in any district where charges could be brought against Mr. Biden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Appearing before a congressional committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/garland-repeatedly-declines-to-discuss-weiss-appointment-as-special-counsel-in-hunter-biden-case-5495133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in September<\/a>, Mr. Garland repeatedly declined to detail\u200d why he appointed Mr. Weiss as special counsel over the summer, and did not \u200bcharge his earlier position.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Weiss has &#8230; said he followed the normal \u2063processes of the department and that he was never denied the ability to bring a case in another jurisdiction,&#8221; Mr. Garland claimed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Mr. Weiss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/special-counsel-investigating-hunter-biden-to-appear-before-congressional-committee-rep-jordan-5497932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is slated<\/a> to \u2062appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, according\u200b to lawmakers.<\/div>\n<p>Mr. \u200bGraves told members that he did speak again with officials in Delaware in April or May but\u200b could not divulge the specifics of \u2064the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could just say at a\u200b high level, they alerted me to something about the status of Delaware&#8217;s investigation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graves also said he did not see a need to recuse himself, despite his close ties\u2064 to President Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-attorney-wanted-to-charge-hunter-biden-in-dc-prosecutor-tells-congress\/\" title=\"Prosecutor reveals desire to charge Hunter Biden in DC.\">including making financial contributions<\/a> to the president&#8217;s campaign and working for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There \u200bwas\u200c no conflict of interest and no\u200c reason for me \u200cto do \u2064so,&#8221; Mr. Graves said. He added later: &#8220;We have investigations all the time &#8230; the Department does, of individuals who are members of the administration. &#8230; A family member of the administration? I don\u2019t see\u2063 it as necessarily a conflict of interest or perception of a conflict of interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>Mark Tapscott contributed to this report.<\/em><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the involvement of multiple offices, including the DOJ&#8217;s Tax Division, impact\u2062 the ability to bring charges against Hunter Biden in \u2064another district?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  That he could\u200c charge outside the district with\u2064 special\u205fattorney\u205fstatus\u2009\u2026 That did not occur in this matter,&#8221; Mr. Weiss told\u2064 Congress in \u2062a previously released \u2060transcript.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has\u2062 been a subject of controversy and \u2063speculation. The recent\u200b revelation that the U.S. attorney investigating the case wanted \u2064to charge Hunter \u2063Biden in Washington, \u2064but was declined by \u2062another prosecutor, adds another layer to this ongoing saga.<\/p>\n<p>According to Matthew Graves, \u2062the U.S. attorney for\u200b\u2064 the District of Columbia, he was \u200bapproached by \u2062David Weiss, the U.S. attorney\u200b for\u2063 the District of Delaware, in early 2022. Weiss had\u2062 an \u2063ongoing investigation and\u200c requested logistical support \u200band assistance in bringing charges against Hunter\u200b Biden. Graves stated \u2063that Weiss needed some charges to\u200d be venued out of his district and described the support he needed.<\/p>\n<p>Graves proposed a hybrid model, which had\u200b never been\u2064 used before, where his office would partner with Weiss&#8217;s office or take over the case completely. He consulted \u200dwith officials in his\u200d office and requested their \u200drecommendation\u200c on how \u2062to \u2063proceed. After three \u200cweeks of deliberation, Graves&#8217;s office ultimately decided not to partner with Weiss or \u200cserve as\u2064 local counsel \u200cfor the case.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons \u200cbehind this decision \u2063were not disclosed due \u2064to the ongoing nature \u200cof the investigation. However, Graves assured Congress that his office would still provide support to Weiss and that Weiss could still bring charges \u2063in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked notes from whistleblowers at the IRS assert that Weiss told them \u200che was prevented from charging Hunter Biden in Washington \u2062because \u2064the &#8220;Biden-appointed\u200d USA said they \u2064could\u2064 not charge in his district.&#8221; This raises questions about political\u200d influence and interference in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Graves clarified that his office did not\u2063 block Weiss from bringing charges\u200d and emphasized that they took no steps\u2064 to stop \u2064the \u2064investigation from moving forward. \u200bHe did mention that Weiss needed approval from multiple\u200b offices, including the DOJ&#8217;s Tax Division, before \u200dbringing charges in another district.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney \u200cGeneral Merrick Garland has claimed that Weiss had the &#8220;ultimate charging authority,&#8221;\u200b but Weiss himself acknowledged that he needed\u200c to \u2062request\u200b other\u2064 U.S. attorneys \u2063to partner\u2063 with him \u2062to bring charges outside of his\u200c district.<\/p>\n<p>The unanswered\u200c questions\u200c in\u200d this \u200ccase and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-triggered-after-republican-lawmaker-brings-educators-donuts\/\" title=\"Teachers' Union Upset Over GOP Lawmaker's Donut Gesture.\">potential political implications<\/a> are concerning. The\u200c fact that a U.S. attorney investigating Hunter\u2063 Biden wanted to charge him in Washington but was declined by another prosecutor raises doubts about the \u2064fairness and impartiality\u200d of the \u200cinvestigation.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that investigations\u200d are conducted without political influence or interference to uphold the integrity of the justice \u200csystem. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-family-worked-closely-with-chinese-companies-ahead-of-wire-payments\/\" title=\"Biden family worked closely with Chinese companies ahead of wire payments\">public deserves \u200btransparency<\/a>\u2063 and accountability in such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-will-hear-boston-marathon-bomber-execution-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Will Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Execution Case\">high-profile cases<\/a>. \u2064As the investigation into Hunter Biden unfolds, it will be crucial\u200d to\u200c ensure that\u200b justice is pursued objectively and \u200dfairly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. prosecutor probing Hunter Biden sought to charge him in Washington, but the local prosecutor declined. &#8220;We ultimately did not join,&#8221; said Matthew Graves, the District of Columbia&#8217;s U.S. attorney, in a recent interview with Congress, as per The Epoch&#8217;s transcript.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":2063558,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2063557","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\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2063557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2063558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2063557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2063557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2063557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}