Chairmen of three House Committees are requesting documents from the DOJ that may prove U.S. Attorney David Weiss was not acting of his own accord when investigating Hunter Biden.
The House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees have issued subpoenas to several Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service officials who were involved in the investigation into Hunter Biden.
Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer sent a letter to the National Archives on Thursday requesting to view any unredacted records during Joe Biden’s tenure as vice president.
Hunter Biden’s lawyers are reportedly pushing to maintain a portion of a plea agreement they had negotiated with the prosecutor, whose new role as special counsel has heightened the tax inquiry into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 race.
Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Scott Perry says subpoenas for phone and bank records of Hunter and Joe Biden represents a significant shift in the Oversight committee’s investigation of Biden corruption.
A former FBI agent informed the House Oversight Committee last month that the agency tipped off President Biden’s transition team and Secret Service about plans to interview Hunter Biden in December 2020, supporting a key testimony from an IRS whistleblower.
Federal prosecutors involved in the Hunter Biden criminal case indicated on Friday that a plea deal is unlikely to occur and the case will most likely be headed for trial.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation.
Members of the Biden family including President Joe Biden and his son Hunter will be subpoenaed as part of a corruption investigation, House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced on Thursday.
Representative James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has released a third memo on Wednesday regarding the Biden family’s foreign business ventures, showing bank records that prove Hunter Biden and his business associates received millions from Russian and Kazakhstani oligarchs while his father was vice president.