The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated that special counsel David Weiss will soon be allowed to testify to Congress about his investigation of Hunter Biden, the son of the president.
Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte sent a letter on Friday telling the House Judiciary Committee that the DOJ “reaffirms its commitment” to make Weiss available to appear in “near term” and offered to make the U.S. attorneys in California and Washington, D.C., available for testimony.
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) had requested the DOJ make Weiss, a U.S. attorney from Delaware, free for a transcribed interview on October 11. It was one of several demands in Jordan’s letter, which sought information on the authority Weiss had to bring charges. The DOJ previously said in July that it was prepared to let Weiss testify, but then a plea deal in the case fell apart.
“The volume and requested pace of the Committee’s proposed schedule far exceeds the Department’s resources, especially in…