Attorney general says it is in public interest to grant designation to Weiss, who is handling the probe as U.S. attorney in Delaware

Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who has been investigating criminal allegations against President Biden's surviving son, Hunter Biden, has been named a special counsel, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday. Weiss made the request to be special counsel to Garland on Tuesday of this week.

Weiss, a Trump appointee as U.S. attorney who was retained during the Biden administration, has been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019. He reached a tentative plea deal with Hunter Biden, but it collapsed amid scrutiny from a Delaware federal judge.

The order of appointment for Weiss to serve as special counsel authorizes him to "conduct the ongoing investigation described above, as well as any matters that arose from that investigation or may arise."

The order gives Weiss the authority to "prosecute federal crimes in any federal judicial district arising from the investigation of these matters."

Attorney General Garland said Weiss requested the special counsel status earlier this week after determining that "in his judgment, his investigation has reached a stage at which he should continue his work as Special Counsel and he asked to be so appointed."


https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193465237/hunter-biden-investigation-special-counsel

A damn sham and a sloppy one at that. The same guy who structured the sweetheart deal for Hunter.

JUST IN: Federal Prosecutors Say Hunter Biden's Plea Negotiations 'Are At An Impasse,' Case Headed For Trial


Federal prosecutors in the Hunter Biden criminal case indicated in a legal motion on Friday that a plea deal is unlikely to occur and that the case appears to be headed for trial.

Back in June, the DOJ announced a plea agreement for the president's son over charges related to his filing of federal income taxes and a felony gun charge. However, in the weeks proceeding the deal, a federal judge in Delaware said she would not accept the plea deal under the current conditions.

Judge Maryellen Noreika requested that attorneys for Biden and the DOJ  negotiate a new deal that does not offer broad immunity for other charges related to his business dealings. Therefore, Biden pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor offenses for tax charges.

In a motion submitted to the Delaware Court by newly appointed Special Counsel David Weiss on Friday, the DOJ indicated that the case appears to be headed for a trial.

https://www.mediaite.com/biden/just-in-federal-prosecutors-indicate-hunter-bidens-plea-deal-is-off-the-table-case-headed-for-trial/