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The Justice Department's chief tax prosecutor has told Congress that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss could not bring tax evasion charges against Hunter Biden without getting prior approval from his office, further undercutting Attorney General Merrick Garland's portrayal that the politically sensitive probe was completely independent. In an transcribed interview with the House Judiciary Committee reviewed by Just the News, Acting Assistant Attorney General Stuart Goldberg, the current chief of the DOJ tax division, also acknowledged that Hunter Biden's case got special attention because of his father's political stature. “Was the fact that Hunter Biden was involved here, did that...

Republicans probing allegations of politicization into the Justice Department's investigation into Hunter Biden are planning to grill two top prosecutors central to their case. A source familiar confirmed two senior DOJ prosecutors - U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada for the Central District of California and Stuart Goldberg of the Tax Division - are sitting down with House Judiciary Committee staff this week for transcribed interviews in the Hunter Biden probe. The expected new testimony comes after IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler testified under oath that Hunter Biden received 'special' treatment in the investigation into his financial dealings. They said...