Top GOP senators are asking the Justice Department whether new acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas McQuaid will be involved in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden's tax records and if McQuaid's previous job at a law firm connected to the president's son poses a conflict of interest.
Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson pointed out McQuaid was employed at Latham & Watkins until Jan. 20 and say he worked with fellow firm attorney Christopher Clark, whom Hunter Biden reportedly hired to work on his federal criminal case a month before father Joe Biden's inauguration as U.S. president.
"It is unclear what role, if any, Mr. McQuaid has in the Hunter Biden case or whether he has any access to the case," wrote Grassley, of Iowa, and Johnson, of Wisconsin.
The Justice Department responded Friday, two days after the senators' Jan. 17 deadline, in a brief statement that says McQuaid has received ethics and professional responsibility training.
The letter does not appear to answer all of Grassley and Johnson's questions including whether McQuaid has been recused specifically from the Biden case and/or whether has access to the case files.
The Justice Department as of early Monday evening did not respond to requests from Just the News to clarify McQuaid's disposition in the case.
Clark, a partner at Latham & Watkins, worked together with McQuaid on multiple cases and shared clients, according to a report by Axios.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Justice says incoming assistant AG McQuaid got 'ethics training,' when asked about Hunter Biden case
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