<p>Special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-weiss">David Weiss</a> said he requested but did not receive <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/515#:~:text=The%20Attorney%20General%20or%20any,jury%20proceedings%20and%20proceedings%20before" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special attorney powers</a> that would have allowed him to bring charges against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, the son of the president, outside of his jurisdiction in Delaware last year without the partnership of the local U.S. attorney, according to a top congressional investigator.</p>
<p>House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) told reporters this statement, belying how the prosecutor &#8220;pretends that somehow he did have that&#8221; authority, was &#8220;the key takeaway&#8221; from the transcribed interview Weiss did with lawmakers on Tuesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-clears-hunter-biden-prosecutor-for-testimony-in-near-term" target="_blank" rel="noopener">following negotiations</a> with the Department of Justice (DOJ).</p>
<p>&#8220;He won&#8217;t answer a lot of questions. But that&#8217;s the key takeaway, because this whole deposition was about the changing story we got from DOJ, regarding the authority that he had,&#8221; Jordan added, according to a <a href="https://twitter.com/judiciarygop/status/1721980735681130606" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post to X</a> by the House Judiciary GOP.</p>
<p>Jordan also said the testimony is &#8220;consistent&#8221; with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-notes-released-to-counter-fbi-agents-testimony-on-hunter-biden-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> made by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) supervisory special agent Gary Shapley, who asserts that Weiss — when he was solely a U.S. attorney from Delaware — told investigators during an October 2022 meeting that he was not the “deciding person” when it came to charges.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ seeking comment on Jordan&#8217;s statements about the closed-door deposition, the transcript of which was not immediately released. The agency shared a statement from Weiss to the House Judiciary Committee in which he said &#8220;processes&#8221; associated with investigative and charging decisions did not &#8220;interfere&#8221; with his authority.</p>
<p>&#8220;At no time was I blocked, or otherwise prevented from pursuing charges or taking the steps necessary in the investigation by other United States Attorneys, the Tax Division or anyone else at the Department of Justice,&#8221; he testified.</p>
<p>House Judiciary ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Weiss &#8220;was very clear that no one told him what to prosecute and what not to prosecute,&#8221; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/07/hunter-biden-weiss-testimony-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;He made all those decisions himself, and he said that before. And I mean, [Republicans] tried to get him to say anything, but they just go over and over and over again the same thing.&#8221;</p>
<p>After a plea deal collapsed under scrutiny from a judge, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> Weiss special counsel status in August of this year, giving Weiss broader authority to bring charges outside of his own district — similar to what the special attorney powers allow, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/politics/david-weiss-hunter-biden-irs.html?unlocked_article_code=YyQDNlu8iRQxXTpbqngm294ko-BdvZQznPKicVxA473rqLIzfT3AeseX2dYHpmiGYQT5n34m--zzbXqWgr1kpm5w0j6UCsIusUOh3SESCmpt-S7fb6lqQA79klHH2xYk71aCBWwhxugiUn2mYefjAk38eaGIQznqvJddViME7wGzes8-R5sRZ_sZlSR1NBsvLj4nIb2482u6_EYah5e3eK8noeY4AID7rijmjNpInNXeevgMyzkarQZr08Zk0IeOP5zGykAAFN100Mznarthsw_8PLi5knbvp8EA3Cz45n4VNIsE4mQ5xcYHAVrWEThfnjnYEEPsg0PGH8p-68YnoNTpSfpAJ6sAKgI&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">but with more oversight provisions</a>. A federal grand jury in Delaware indicted Biden on federal gun charges in September, after which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-to-gun-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. The first son may also face an indictment on tax evasion charges, which were part of the plea agreement.</p>
<p>But it has been a strenuous process for congressional investigators to glean what had transpired behind the scenes over the years-long investigation.</p>
<p>Shapley, joined by fellow IRS agent Joseph Ziegler in coming forward as a whistleblower, brought forth allegations that the criminal inquiry into Biden that the DOJ slow-walked the inquiry in a way that may have <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-irs-whistleblowers-expose-how-bidens-were-treated-differently%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precluded other serious charges</a> due to the statute of limitations.</p>
<p>Amid increasing scrutiny, Weiss <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-notes-released-to-counter-fbi-agents-testimony-on-hunter-biden-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went from saying</a> he had the “ultimate authority” to acknowledging discussions with DOJ officials who <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4297750-special-counsel-in-hunter-biden-probe-rejects-claims-he-was-stymied-from-pursuing-the-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“assured”</a> him that he would have power to bring charges outside of his district if it proved necessary. In his statement on Tuesday, Weiss stressed, &#8220;As I have said previously, I did not request special counsel status until August 2023. When I made that request, it was promptly granted.&#8221;</p>
<p>During testimony before the House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?530429-1/justice-department-oversight-hearing-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in September</a>, Garland insisted that Weiss always had latitude to bring any charges he saw fit, but the attorney general acknowledged other U.S. attorneys could <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1704531213174640800">refuse</a> to partner with Weiss. Indeed, top federal prosecutors from Washington, D.C., and California <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/09/biden-picked-us-attorney-admits-balking-at-hunter-biden-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> House lawmakers in <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-attorney-california-david-weiss-full-authority-charge-hunter-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testimony</a> that they declined to do so.</p>
<p>&#8220;Once again Shapley and Ziegler&#8217;s testimony continues to stand up to every single witness we brought in for an interview,&#8221; Jordan said on Tuesday.</p>

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