DOJ Plans To Ask Almost All Trump-Appointed US Attorneys To Resign, But Will Keep The One Investigating Hunter Biden

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The DOJ plans to ask almost all Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign, but will keep the one investigating Hunter

Mia Jankowicz

Tue, February 9, 2021, 7:18 AM

 

Hunter Biden. DNCC via Getty Images

• The DOJ plans to ask 56 Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign, CNN reported.

• But it reportedly plans on keeping on two attorneys who are working on ongoing investigations.

• One of them, David Weiss, is currently investigating Hunter Biden's taxes.

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The Department of Justice plans to ask for the resignation of almost all Trump-appointed US attorneys, CNN reported on Monday.

However, the department plans to keep on two so they can continue with their investigations. They are, according to CNN:

• The first, David Weiss, the US Attorney for Delaware, is leading an ongoing investigation into the taxes of President Joe Biden's son Hunter. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson asked him on Monday night to continue the work.

• The second, John Durham, the US Attorney for Connecticut, has been looking into the origins of the FBI investigation into former President Donald Trump's Russia links An unnamed senior DOJ official told CNN that Durham will be asked to step down as the state's US attorney, but asked to continue his investigation.

US attorneys are appointed by a president for a term of four years, and a wholesale changeover with a new presidency is routine.

 

In this case, Biden is leaving open investigations into two major Trump-era preoccupations, both with distinct political overtones.

Weiss' probe into Hunter Biden began in 2018 and was put on hold during the 2020 presidential election due to its politically sensitive nature.

The investigation, which has now resumed, began by looking at potential money laundering but evolved into an investigation into Hunter Biden's tax affairs. Investigators have subpoenaed documents relating to his dealings both in China and Ukraine, though it is unclear if these are central to the investigation.

Hunter Biden's business and tax activities had long been a major talking point for Republican campaigners and right-wing news outlets during the 2020 election, particularly around a questionable story in the New York Post in October alleging that he touted his father's influence in an email to a Ukrainian official.

It is unclear whether Joe Biden is a subject of interest in the ongoing investigation.

 

Former Attorney General Bill Barr. Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images

Durham, the second US attorney expected to continue his work under Biden's presidency, was appointed by former Attorney General Bill Barr in May 2019. (Monty Wilkinson is serving as acting attorney general until Biden's pick for attorney general, Merrick Garland, is confirmed.)

Barr had asked him to examine whether the FBI's gathering intelligence on Russian influence over the 2016 presidential election was "lawful and appropriate," as the Associated Press reported at the time.

That original investigation, which was ultimately led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, concluded that the Kremlin had attempted to influence the 2016 election in Trump's favor, but did not find a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.

But Trump had long complained about the investigation, repeatedly characterizing it as a "witch hunt" and calling it a "hoax" even after the report's release.

Nonetheless in December 2019, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that the FBI had "authorized purpose" in the Trump-Russia investigation.

But Barr disputed these findings, insisting that the bureau had acted in "bad faith."

 

https://news.yahoo.com/doj-plans-ask-almost-trump-121806083.html

 

GO RV, then BV

[stt]

This doesn't even deserve a response 

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U.S. Attorney Overseeing Hunter Biden Probe Asked to Stay On: Report

 

Brittany Bernstein

Tue, February 9, 2021, 9:21 AM

 

The prosecutor overseeing the tax investigation tied to Hunter Biden will remain in his post, while the Biden administration asks other U.S. attorneys appointed by President Trump to resign, according to a new report.

U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, who is handling the investigation into the president’s son, will stay on in his role, according to Fox News. It is standard practice for a new administration to request the resignation of all U.S. attorneys upon entering office.

John Durham, the U.S. district attorney in Connecticut who was appointed as special counsel to probe the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, will resign from his post but remain on as special counsel.

 

Senator Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson to “refrain from interfering” in Durham’s investigation and the investigation into Hunter Biden’s “tax affairs” while President Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department awaits confirmation from the Senate.

The DOJ has been investigating Hunter Biden’s finances since 2018, including taking a closer look at some of his Chinese business dealings and other transactions. He confirmed the existence of the investigation in December after federal investigators served him with a subpoena seeking financial information.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan also scrutinized Biden’s business and financial dealings in connection with a broader international financial investigation that has been ongoing for a year. While Biden is implicated in that investigation, he was not a specific target for criminal prosecution.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/u-attorney-overseeing-hunter-biden-142128648.html

 

GO RV, then BV

[Shelley]

I bet ya Hunter is hitting the crack pipe and a PuPu platter from his local Chinese restaurant in celebration