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Particular Counsel David Weiss will participate in an “unprecedented” transcribed interview earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, when he’ll reply questions on his yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden, the Justice Division mentioned.
Weiss, who’s main the investigation into the president’s son, will voluntarily testify behind closed doorways on the Home Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m.
U.S. Lawyer for the District of Delaware David C. Weiss. (Fox Information screenshot)
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“Particular Counsel Weiss is showing voluntarily to testify earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee in regards to the scope of his authority,” Weiss spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle instructed Fox Information. “Mr. Weiss is ready to take this unprecedented step of testifying earlier than the conclusion of his investigation to clarify that he’s had and continues to have full authority over his investigation and to convey prices in any jurisdiction.”
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“In step with division coverage and the legislation, he will probably be unable to handle the specifics of his investigation,” Hornbuckle mentioned. “On the shut of this matter, Particular Counsel Weiss will put together a report, which the Lawyer Common has dedicated to creating public to the best extent doable, in step with the legislation, division coverage and the general public curiosity.”
Lawyer Common Merrick Garland appointed investigator David Weiss, inset, as particular counsel within the Hunter Biden investigation on Friday. (Fox Information)
Home Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has been negotiating with the Justice Division to have Weiss and different federal prosecutors concerned within the Biden investigation to testify earlier than his committee for months. He initially requested Weiss meet with the committee on Oct. 11.
The DOJ initially provided Weiss for public testimony again in July.
Lawyer Common Merrick Garland tapped Weiss in August to function particular counsel with jurisdiction over the Biden investigation and another points which have come up, or could come up, associated to that probe.
Rep. Jim Jordan holds a press convention on the U.S. Capitol on Oct.g 20, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photograph by Drew Angerer/Getty Photographs)
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Weiss, the U.S. lawyer for Delaware, has been main the Biden investigation since 2018. His appointment as particular counsel got here amid allegations that politics had influenced or hampered prosecutorial choices within the yearslong investigation into the president’s son.
In his first transfer as particular counsel, Weiss charged Biden with making a false assertion within the buy of a firearm; making a false assertion associated to data required to be stored by a federal firearms licensed seller; and one depend of possession of a firearm by an individual who’s an illegal person of or hooked on a managed substance.
The president’s son pleaded not responsible to all prices final month.
Weiss has mentioned the investigation into the president’s son is ongoing.
Weiss’ interview comes amid Home Republicans’ impeachment inquiry towards President Biden.
Fox Information’ David Spunt contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a Fox Information Digital politics reporter. You possibly can attain her at [email protected] or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
