Attorney General Appoints Special Counsel in Hunter Biden Probe
The Facts
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that a special counsel has been appointed to investigate the financial and business dealings of Hunter Biden, the son of Pres. Joe Biden.
Garland has appointed Delaware federal prosecutor David Weiss to fill the role of special counsel. Weiss, who had seen a plea deal with Hunter Biden over tax and gun charges fall apart last month, asked Garland to give him special counsel status to continue his investigation.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
After years of smearing the President and his son, there is still not a single shred of evidence that Hunter Biden's tumultuous personal life has anything to do with his father or could be considered corruption. Weiss, the Trump-appointed prosecutor, will continue this politically motivated crusade. Until there is serious evidence of wrongdoing, this appointment changes nothing.
Republican narrative
Far from being biased against Hunter Biden, Weiss was responsible for authoring the sweetheart plea deal given to the First Son that had terms so lenient a judge threw it out entirely. This move is a Biden admin. whitewash, and we cannot trust Weiss to act impartially. Congressional Republicans will ignore this distraction and keep pursuing the evidence of Hunter Biden's wrongdoing.
