Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy dismissed the special counsel investigation into Hunter Biden as a “sham” on Friday.
McCarthy, who led the prosecution of terrorists behind the 1993 World Trade Center attack, said Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to appoint Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel violated Justice Department (DOJ) guidelines. Weiss, as a top official in the DOJ, does not have the requisite independence from the U.S. government to credibly prosecute a case involving the president’s son, McCarthy said.
“This is a sham. There is no special counsel investigation, and there is no Biden investigation,” McCarthy said on Fox News on Friday. “What makes a special counsel special is that you’re a lawyer who’s brought in from outside the United States government – not just outside the Justice Department, outside the government.”
“This is the Biden Justice Department’s vehicle for maintaining control of an investigation…