Special Counsel David Weiss was denied such authority in 2022 to investigate Hunter Biden, which confirms IRS whistleblower allegations, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) told reporters on Tuesday following Weiss’s interview.
Weiss’s admission adds to a growing number of inconsistencies about the Justice Department’s five-year-long investigation into the president’s son.
Citing the IRS agents’ accounts, some Republican lawmakers accuse President Joe Biden’s DOJ of politically interfering in the Hunter Biden tax probe. Attorney General Merrick Garland disputed the IRS agents’ claim in June. Garland said Weiss “was given complete authority to make all decisions” in the Hunter Biden tax probe, contradicting IRS whistleblowers and now Weiss’s testimony, according to Jordan.
“When he was specifically asked, ‘Did you ever request special attorney authority under Section 515?’ Mr. Weiss’s response was ‘Yes,’ in the spring of 2022,” Jordan told reporters. “So that that goes to the heart of the matter.”
Section 515(a) of title 28 of the United States Code permits Garland to appoint special counsel to “conduct any kind…
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