BREAKING: Garland upgrades Weiss to special-counsel status in Hunter probes

Barn doors, colts bolting — or a timely recommitment to a thorough investigation of Biden Inc? Merrick Garland today announced a move that should have taken place at the very beginning of the Biden administration, and comes well after the statute of limitations ran out on some of the crimes that US Attorney David Weiss had investigated. This smells more like CYA after Weiss’ plea-deal arrangement collapsed, but we’ll see. For now, Weiss now actually has the plenary authority to charge crimes that Garland and Weiss both claimed he had...