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Jan 13 2023
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Another special counsel
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel on Thursday to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of government documents, after three batches of classified Obama-era materials were found in his home and private office.
Biden is now the second consecutive president to face a Justice Department investigation over classified documents; Garland appointed Special
Wake Up to Politics
Aug 12 2023
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Drew's Receipts: Media React to Appointment of Hunter Biden Special Counsel
Where's Hunter?: Media declared the Justice Department's Hunter Biden investigation over in June when the first son reached a plea deal with his father's Justice Department. A judge's rejection of the agreement did little to change the consensus that there was nothing to see here. Nor did mounting evidence uncovered by House Republicans. So, many journalists are at a loss to explain the
Washington Free Beacon
Aug 11 2023
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Marjorie Taylor Greene fumes at Hunter Biden special counsel appointment
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is fuming at the appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss as the special counsel investigating Hunter Biden. Attorney General Merrick Garland formally appointed Weiss, at his request, on Friday. Weiss had already been in charge of the federal probe of President Joe Biden's son since 2018, when he was appointed by former President
Newsweek
Aug 11 2023
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Hunter Biden could face trial as US special counsel named
President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached impasse, the newly named U.S. Special Counsel in the case, David Weiss, said on Friday.
Moments earlier, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated Weiss, the federal prosecutor who has been handling the case, to special counsel status, which would give him
Reuters
Aug 11 2023
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Hunter Biden May Be Headed to Criminal Trial, Special Counsel Says
President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden may be headed for a criminal trial, U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss said shortly after promotion into that role on Friday, in a sign that courtroom drama could play an outsized role in the 2024 presidential election. A potential trial raises the possibility of an unprecedented spectacle in U.S. history: The son of a sitting president facing criminal
Washington Free Beacon
Aug 11 2023
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David Weiss' appointment as Hunter Biden special counsel raises questions
Numerous Republicans and pundits are questioning U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's Friday appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the yearslong investigation involving Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. An attorney from Delaware, Weiss has been overseeing the Department of Justice's (DOJ) probe into Hunter Biden since it was launched in 2018
Newsweek
Aug 11 2023
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Special Counsel Named To Investigate President's Son : The NPR Politics Podcast
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that prosecutor David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. Weiss, a Trump appointee, was already overseeing the investigation in his capacity as a federal prosecutor. And Joe Biden has named a new national monument, protecting an area totaling close to a million acres near the
NPR Fact Check
Aug 11 2023
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Attorney General Garland will appoint a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he is appointing a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. Garland said he is naming David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been probing the financial and business dealings of the president’s son, as the special counsel. Garland said
Fox 59
Aug 11 2023
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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
HotAir
Aug 10 2023
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Special Counsel Wants Trump Election Interference Trial To Start Jan. 2
That date, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith said in a filing, would give enough time for both parties to review discovery and hash out any pretrial legal matters while still being expedient for the sake of the public. “It is difficult to imagine a public interest stronger than the one in this case, in which the defendant—the former President of the United States—is charged with
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