Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as Special Counsel for the Hunter Biden investigation may violate the law that created the position and requires it be filled by an individual who is impartial and from “outside of the government,” according to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas).
“Today, Merrick Garland hired a Special Counsel who he knew would not investigate the President’s illegal behavior while he was Vice President. He is placing the same prosecutor in charge of Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal. David Weiss has shown himself to not be an impartial decision-maker, and therefore I do not believe he is qualified to be Special Counsel. Lawmakers will not stand idly by and will rigorously seek accountability and transparency in this process,” Mr. Sessions told The Epoch Times.
The Texas Republican is chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce.Mr. Sessions’ father was Director of the FBI from 1987 until 1993, when he tangled with then-Attorney General Janet Reno. The senior Sessions had served as a federal judge before President Ronald Reagan’s appointment to the FBI position.
