Attorney General Merrick Garland has granted a request from U.S. Attorney David Weiss to be appointed special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe; Garland made it official on Friday.
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BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel in Weiss' investigation of Hunter Biden. https://t.co/N1819adZIT pic.twitter.com/NC1updpP4b
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From NBC News:
Weiss will be responsible for the “ongoing investigation” of President Joe Biden’s son “as well as for any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation,” the Justice Department said in a statement. Weiss, who was already overseeing the Hunter Biden probe and is based in Delaware, asked to be appointed special counsel on Tuesday and Garland agreed it was “in the public interest” to do so, the attorney general said.
DOJ noted that Weiss was nominated by then-President Donald Trump in 2017 and confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate in 2018.
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