A top FBI agent on the Hunter Biden case offered contradictory answers during an interview with the House Judiciary Committee last week about whether Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, before his appointment as special counsel, could charge the president’s son anywhere he wanted.
The closed-door interview of FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Sobocinski raised eyebrows this week when reporting on a leaked transcript of his testimony suggested Sobocinski had refuted a key element of allegations made by two IRS whistleblowers: that Weiss had described to his investigative team last year a pattern of obstruction by the Justice Department.Sobocinski indeed said he did not recall Weiss telling investigators during the Oct.
Sobocinski noted that “there was a process within the Department of Justice that [Weiss] would have to go through to bring charges outside of his assigned district, which was Delaware,” as the two IRS whistleblowers said in their testimony this spring. That Weiss had to seek the approval of U.S. attorneys who could reject his requests appears to contradict the Justice Department’s position that Weiss had ultimate authority to pursue charges against Hunter Biden since the beginning of the case in 2018.
The transcript emerged hours after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the beginning of an impeachment inquiry that Democrats have decried as illegitimate. Beyond that, the FBI agent declined to answer questions about virtually anything else related to the case, citing the open investigation.
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