September 13, 2023 09:45 PM
Hunter Biden investigation: FBI agent testimony confirms limits to David Weiss's authority
A second FBI official who appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Monday testified that now-special counsel David Weiss had to go through "other processes" to charge Hunter Biden after U.S. attorneys in Washington, D.C., and California allegedly blocked him from bringing charges against Biden last year.
The revelation came in a 180-page transcript, obtained by the Washington Examiner, of an interview the committee conducted with an assistant special agent in charge at the FBI's Baltimore Field Office. The agent was accompanied during the interview by a Department of Justice lawyer and an FBI lawyer, according to the transcript.
Asked by committee staff about Weiss's charging authority at the time of a key Oct. 7, 2022, meeting, the agent said, "I'm aware that obviously charging discussions were happening, and, yes, there was a difference in the venue for some of those charges."
"I remember learning at some point in the investigation that Mr. Weiss would have to go through his other processes because the U.S. Attorney's Offices had, I guess, in that sense, using that terminology, wasn't going to partner," she said in reference to the Washington, D.C., and central California offices.
The agent works in the Baltimore office under FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Sobocinksi, who testified to the committee last week on the same topic. The Washington Examiner was asked to withhold her name for this story after she conveyed in her testimony that an agent had received "concerning" contact from people after the agent's name was made public. …
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