Attorney General Merrick Garland insists that the U.S. attorney handling the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden will have the ability to bring potential charges against President Joe Biden’s son outside of Delaware if needed.
Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Garland on Wednesday about the attorney general’s prior vows to ensure that U.S. Attorney David Weiss would be insulated from political interference, suggesting that Garland’s testimony last year “could be misleading because without special counsel authority he could need the permission of another U.S. attorney’s office in certain circumstances to bring charges” beyond Delaware.“The U.S.
The Iowa Republican replied by noting that a referral outside of Delaware would almost certainly mean that it would then be up to a Biden-appointed federal prosecutor to carry on the criminal case somewhere outside Delaware. Grassley suggested charges against Hunter Biden might also need to be brought in the District of Columbia or in California, both locations where Joe Biden’s son lived and worked for years.
Hunter Biden controversially held a lucrative position on the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma while his father was vice president. He also pursued business deals in China and elsewhere during and after his father’s tenure, raking in millions thanks to these associations. The younger Biden believed some of the Chinese businessmen he was working with were tied to Chinese intelligence.
Grassley said in October 2022 that “protected disclosures” by whistleblowers revealed that “the FBI has within its possession significant, impactful, and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct” by Hunter Biden and James Biden. Hunter Biden and his associated businesses received at least $5 million in payments from CEFC in 2017 and 2018, and CEFC deputy Patrick Ho also agreed to pay Hunter Biden a $1 million retainer. Hunter referred to Ho as "the f***ing spy chief of China" in a May 2018 voice recording.
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