GWU Law professor Jonathan Turley criticized Merrick Garland's pick for the Hunter Biden special counsel, calling it 'deeply troubling.'
, who would be worse at this moment than David Weiss. It's not that Weiss might not be able to defend himself to counter these allegations, but he [Garland] just appointed someone who is under this cloud of suspicion, who's been accused by his own team of running a fixed investigation.
During an appearance on"CNN This Morning," host Poppy Harlow cited reporting from the New York Times that said Weis was initially willing to forgo any charges against the president's son. The reporting also said that Weis changed his position after a"pair of I.R.S. officials on the case accused the Justice Department of hamstringing the investigation."
"The takeaway is that the DOJ has made an unholy mess of this whole Hunter Biden situation," Honig said."I fault David Weiss, who I’ve spoken positively about on this show, given his long service as a U.S. attorney."
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