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Days after Joe Biden became president, his DOJ sought briefing on Hunter criminal case, memos show
Just the News ^ | 10/4/23 | By Steven Richards and John Solomon

Posted on 10/05/2023 2:01:13 AM PDT by CFW

A mere 16 days after Joe Biden assumed the presidency, top officials in his Justice Department raised suspicion among career IRS agents by demanding a briefing on the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, according to evidence turned over to Congress that raises new questions about Attorney General Merrick Garland's claims of an interference-free probe.

The Feb. 5, 2021 meeting between U.S. Attorney David Weiss' office in Delaware and a some of Biden's new assistant attorneys general in DOJ's Washington headquarters was chronicled in email exchanges between federal prosecutors and IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler. Weiss was leading the probe into the first son,

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The request for the briefing escaped public and media notice for two years and is now the earliest known evidence of intervention by Biden DOJ officials into the Hunter Biden case. It comes only weeks after reports disclosed that Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer had contact with Hunter Biden's attorneys in May during the effort to negotiate a now-abandoned plea deal that would have spared Hunter Biden prison time on tax evasion and gun charges.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 202102; 20210205; 202305; arrestbiden; biden; bidenfamily; bradleyweinsheimer; corruption; davidweiss; dojfbi; garyshapley; hunter; hunterbiden; irs; irswhistleblowers; its; josephziegler; obstruction; shapley; weiss; whistleblowers; ziegler
links to the emails are included in article.

So, I wonder if the story from the WH will continue to be that Joe Biden never discussed business with Hunter? Or has that goal post been moved?

1 posted on 10/05/2023 2:01:13 AM PDT by CFW
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But there’s no evidence, say the democrats.


2 posted on 10/05/2023 2:12:02 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: CFW

Anyone who trusts this Administration is just plain stupid.


3 posted on 10/05/2023 3:30:13 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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These meetings warrant further investigation by the House Oversight Committee.


4 posted on 10/05/2023 3:35:09 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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WebAug 31, 2023 · “After our client offered whistleblower testimony to Congress, Lisa Monaco’s righthand man, Bradley Weinsheimer, scheduled a meeting with Mr. Biden’s defense counsel to appeal over the head of Mr. Weiss in a way that was totally at odds with the narrative that David Weiss was acting independently,” Lytle told The Post.


5 posted on 10/05/2023 5:16:35 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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The request for the briefing escaped public and media notice for two years.

How odd no leaks happen in Biden’s admn.

Anyone else call it a team effort to keep information hid.


6 posted on 10/05/2023 8:03:26 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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