House Republicans are demanding answers from Special Counsel David Weiss's top deputy in the Justice Department's criminal probe of Hunter Biden.
"Information available to the Committee suggests that you - either directly or by instructing others - are responsible for many of the decisions to deviate from standard investigative protocol during the Department's investigation of Hunter Biden," Jordan wrote.
In Tuesday's letter, Jordan explained Wolf's "Critical role" in the DOJ investigation of the Biden family is central "Not only [to] the Committee's oversight and potential legislative reforms" but also to the ongoing impeachment inquiry Republicans opened in September.
"Given your critical role you played in the investigation of Hunter Biden," Jordan wrote, "You are uniquely situated to shed light on whether President Biden played any role in the Department's investigation and whether he attempted, in any way, to directly or indirectly obstruct ether that investigation or our investigation." Lawmakers first sought testimony from the Delaware prosecutor in June but were officially denied by the Justice Department at least twice.
Whistleblowers claimed the Biden Justice Department substantially interfered with the IRS investigation into Hunter, which began as a probe into a foreign pornography ring and quickly morphed into a broader criminal investigation implicating other members of the first family.
According to two veteran IRS agents, DOJ officials buried allegations of Biden family bribery that had been sent to the Delaware office for investigation, knew Hunter Biden's laptop was legitimate before helping tech giants suppress the computer's contents anyway, and slow-walked cooperation with federal tax investigators to protect the president.
"On October 23, 2020, Justice Department and FBI Special Agents from the Pittsburgh Field Office briefed Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, one of your top prosecutors, and FBI Special Agents from the Baltimore Field Office with respect to the contents of the FBI-generated FD-1023 alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and Hunter Biden," Grassley wrote to the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office.
No comments:
Post a Comment