After the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was appointed to special counsel status last week, various figures surrounding the politically-explosive inquiry are sounding off.
Delaware’s U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who has been investigating President Joe Biden‘s son on financial and other matters for years, received the new status after a plea deal on tax evasion and gun charges hit a roadblock in federal court, setting the stage for a trial.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that he had granted a request by Weiss to be appointed special counsel, a designation that will allow the prosecutor to more easily bring charges outside of his district. Garland said he made the decision after considering the “extraordinary circumstances” of the case and “concluded that it is in the public interest.”
Republicans, many of whom called for there to be a special counsel months ago, have broadly denigrated the appointment as it follows an attempt at what GOP critics…
