Graham: AG Garland Poured ‘Gasoline’ on Fire with Hunter Biden Special Counsel Appointment

Breitbart ^ | 08/11/2023 | Pam Key

[ChicagoConservative27]

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Friday on FNC’s “America Reports” that Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation was akin to pouring gasoline on a fire.

Graham said, “This was a political decision, not a legal decision. They’re trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right mind believes that making him a special counsel, Mr. Weiss, cleans up the mess that’s been created.”

[AnthonySoprano]

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Where’s the Impeachment Inquiry?

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[jimfree]

Brilliant.

[AnthonySoprano]

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Graham spoke glowingly of Garland when he voted for him.

Just like the Jamaican Judge Lindsey voted to confirm.

But, you’re right, he’s changed his tune.

[Mcroc71603]

The state of our country has reached rock bottom. The fact that the Dems are supporting this just shows me we’re finished. I’m ashamed of our banana republic. I’m broken hearted. But, I will fight for what’s left.

[JennysCool]

So many indictments, investigations, appointments lately. The Left sure has been busy!

You’d almost think the Leftists spun their Big Distraction Wheel and it landed on EVERYTHING.

Sure wonder what happened with that drowned chef. That’s gone so quiet while we’re being bombarded with everything else.

[Da Coyote]

“So do something besides pontificate.”
Beat me to it.
But, we all know that the Republicans have no balls whatsoever. Think I’m wrong? Let’s check in a couple of weeks.

[jjotto]

Laws passed by Congress are in the United States Code.

The Code of Federal Regulations is stuff made up by bureaucrats in their spare time. The Special Counsel is in the CFR, which is subject to bureaucratic whims. It’s not law.

The reference to ‘outside the government’ is probably a copying mistake. Adding someone with full US Attorney powers would likely require Congressional action or Senate confirmation.

[mass55th]

Graham as usual, trying to make himself look relevant. They guy is a snake, and talks out of both sides of his a$$.

[Bratch]

Here We Go – Garland and Weiss Throw Bag Over Hunter Biden Investigation with Declaration of Special Counsel Status

August 11, 2023 | Sundance | 362 Comments

Oh, there will be voices who will proclaim this is the beginning of the end for Joe and Hunter, but that’s nonsense.  We don’t do pretending on these pages.  What happened today was an agreement between USAO David Weiss and US Attorney General Merrick Garland to fortify a silo of protection around the Biden family.

The shift in David Weiss from an investigative US Attorney to an officially appointed Special Counsel [SEE pdf HERE], is nothing more than loading the new color spray paint into the cannister.  Pesky House Oversight Committee inquiry now hits the block of an “ongoing investigation,” a purposeful deployment of a DC replay we have seen repeatedly in the last several years.  The cancer of corruption is institutionally metastatic.

Attorney General Merrick Garland names special counsel in Hunter Biden probe | full video

We know the specific motives of USAO David Weiss as a result of the conflict between his public statements, letters to congress and the private statements he gave in meetings with IRS investigators.  Toward the public, Weiss said he had full autonomy and power to investigate Hunter Biden; however, in private he told four investigators the decision-making was not his.  The public statements were refuted and affirmed by two investigators who were witness to his private statements and gave testimony under oath.

As a result, the intent and institutional alignment of David Weiss is clear. This is the cold hard truth of the matter, and it will not change regardless of how much disingenuous concrete they pour around the walls of the silo Main Justice has built.  Ignore any voice who would demand us to pretend the reality is not self-evident.

Dept of Justice – “Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss to serve as Special Counsel for the ongoing investigation and prosecutions referenced and described in United States v. Robert Hunter Biden, as well as for any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation. Mr. Weiss was nominated by the former president in 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2018. In 2021, he was asked to remain as U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, where he led this ongoing investigation. On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Mr. Weiss requested to be appointed as Special Counsel, and today the Attorney General made that appointment.

“On Tuesday of this week, Mr. Weiss advised me that in his judgment, his investigation has reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a Special Counsel, and he asked to be so appointed,” said Attorney General Garland. “Upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, I have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. This appointment confirms my commitment to provide Mr. Weiss all the resources he requests. It also reaffirms that Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently, based only on the facts and the law.”

The Attorney General also said, “As Special Counsel, he will continue to have the authority and responsibility that he has exercised previously to oversee the investigation and decide where, when, and whether to file charges. The Special Counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the Department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures, and policies of the Department … Today’s announcement affords the prosecutors, agents, and analysts working on this matter the ability to proceed with their work expeditiously, and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law … I am confident that Mr. Weiss will carry out his responsibility in an even-handed and urgent matter, and in accordance with the highest traditions of this Department.” (more)

[grumpygresh]

Anything this DOJ does is designed to advance and protect the Dems and Biden.
DOJ is a criminal neo Nazi organization.

[lgjhn23]

The old saying: “a picture is worth a thousand words” holds true for that one.
The smirk on the corrupt POS’s face says it all.

[cuz1961]

DOJ is a criminal neo Nazi organization

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I disagree strongly.

Rather

DOJ is literally
a criminal Nazi
( national socialist)
organization

No “ neo” about it.

[Nextrush]

He speaks for his own convenience and not in service to the people.

[MuttTheHoople]

Linda getting to the bottom of it?

[quantim]

To be sure Grahamnesty has done more damage to this nation then Hunter ever could.

[upchuck]

Thanks to martin_fierro for this pic of linda.
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[Liz]

Joe Biden’s deep involvement in Hunter’s business schemes
with Chinese,Russians and Ukrainians revealed in
Devon Archer’s full damning testimony to Congress
New York Post ^ | August 3, 2023 | Steven Nelson
Posted on 8/3/2023, 11:05:13 AM by george76

Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers this week that Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings brought the VP’s son onto its board so that “people would be intimidated to mess with them …... legally.”

Archer said that Hunter had a well-rehearsed act while at dinner w/ foreign clients, wherein Hunter would ceremoniously “call his dad in DC” to discuss “niceties and the weather”......not business.

Archer testified Hunter’s phone act was calculated....intended to show his foreign clients they had instant access to VP Biden to collect favors ....... once they paid him off.

The telephone act was also intended to let Joe Biden off the hook as an accomplice to influence peddling, bribery and money laundering.