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Attorney General Merrick Garland announces special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
WSAZ ^ | Aug. 11, 2023 | The Associated Press

Posted on 08/11/2023 9:41:57 AM PDT by packagingguy

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he is appointing a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election.

Garland said he is naming David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been probing the financial and business dealings of the president’s son, as the special counsel.

Garland said on Tuesday that Weiss told him that “in his judgment, his investigation has reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a special counsel, and he asked to be appointed.”

“Upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, I have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel,” Garland said.

The move is a momentous development from the typically cautious Garland and comes amid a pair of sweeping Justice Department probes into Donald Trump, the former president, and President Joe Biden’s chief rival in next year’s election. It comes as House Republicans are mounting their own investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coverup; davidweiss; doj; garland; garlandcorrupt; hunterbiden; specialcounsel
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Well, well. Looks like an attempt to thwart Congressional oversight.

They're not even hiding it anymore.

1 posted on 08/11/2023 9:41:57 AM PDT by packagingguy
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More coverup. The special counsel isn’t even needed. They already have all the evidence. The only problem is the sweetheart deal fell apart because of the judge. Now they get to judge shop again because this will be a new deal.


2 posted on 08/11/2023 9:43:57 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: packagingguy

Not really independent. Another sweep it under the rug appointment.


3 posted on 08/11/2023 9:43:58 AM PDT by occamrzr06
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To: packagingguy

Weiss- isn’t that the guy that gave crackhead hunter the sweetheart plea deal??


4 posted on 08/11/2023 9:44:00 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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“I’m sorry, I can’t appear before your committee, Mr. Comer, this matter is part of an ongoing investigation...”


5 posted on 08/11/2023 9:44:24 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: packagingguy

They have had the laptop 4 years.


6 posted on 08/11/2023 9:44:42 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: packagingguy

Bwahahahaha. Nothing more than a cover up. Also, like was said an attempt to thwart the Congressional oversight.


7 posted on 08/11/2023 9:44:53 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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The investigation frozen/buried.

No testimony before congress on the matter.

All tied up in “AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION”.


8 posted on 08/11/2023 9:45:13 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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In other news, fox appointed to investigate henhouse


9 posted on 08/11/2023 9:45:25 AM PDT by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: packagingguy

Weisssssssssssssss!

(Sorry, had a Rocky Horry Picture Show flashback there)


10 posted on 08/11/2023 9:45:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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What a SCAM!

Same guy that already worked the sweetheart plea deal for Bidens.

Some “independent” special counsel!


11 posted on 08/11/2023 9:46:10 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Ultra Conservative)
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To: God luvs America

Yep.

David Weiss, Prosecutor Who Gave Hunter Biden Sweetheart Plea Deal, Says He’s Willing To Testify

https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/david-weiss-prosecutor-who-gave-hunter-biden-sweetheart-plea-deal-says-hes-willing-to-testify/


12 posted on 08/11/2023 9:46:52 AM PDT by Cats1
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I thought it was telling that Wiess (Biden’s Delaware homeboy) requested and Garland made him the special counsel.


13 posted on 08/11/2023 9:46:55 AM PDT by DaBroasta ("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
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Yup

The Special Counsel will act as road block after road block to the House committees saying they have standing and not Congress.

Plain as the nose on my face.


14 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:00 AM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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Where historically ,

evidence against

the deep state District of Cartels members

goes to be lost,
hammered into pieces,
classified
and redacted.

. oh boy i feel reassured now /s


15 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:25 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: DaBroasta

And of course there won’t be any death threats or anything like that on Weiss. That right there is the “tell”.


16 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Weiss- isn’t that the guy that gave crackhead hunter the sweetheart plea deal??

Yes, and now it's


17 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: packagingguy

Full banana republic.


18 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:44 AM PDT by rey
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LOL LOL the writing is on the wall, just watch, they will do their “Investigation” AKA< cover up and at the end of their lil bogus investigation they will come out and say “Though unethical, nothing here rises to criminality so no charges will be filed” and the commie media will say “see, the Biden family are good folks this case is closed”


19 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:44 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Few things would edify the American electorate as would a Congressional fight with DOJ on this matter.


20 posted on 08/11/2023 9:47:54 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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