counsel looking into the hunter biden matter. it is the same individual the u.s. attorney in delaware who has been investigating. what it means, though, is that david weiss, who is the again, u.s. attorney in delaware who has been investigating, will now have more powers than a typical u.s. attorney. it is important to also note that what the attorney general said was that this is at the request of david weiss. he requested the powers of the special counsel. a lot to unpack here. i believe that we have kara senell to talk about what this means. take it away. the attorney general has appointed david weiss as a special counsel. he will be able to investigate this independently.
it will allow him to investigate anywhere he needs to. there had been questions about venue in this case because he is a u.s. attorney for delaware. and some of the conduct or alleged conduct had taken place in other jurisdictions. it s a bit of a reversal because both garland and david weiss has previously said he didn t ask for special counsel status and all the authority he needed in this case. but now according to garland, weiss asked for that status on tuesday and he was granted that. as garland said, it will also mean that david weiss will be providing a report with any prosecution decisions or declinations at the end of this and this is something that the house republicans had been raising as a question here because there were irs whistle-blowers saying that some of their investigative efforts were stymied during this multi-year investigation. so it is something that house republicans have been scrutinizing and appointing a special counsel could i leavuate some of that scrutiny.
because when i first wrote the attorney general first back in february asking about the special counsel, whether there should be a special counsel for the hunter biden investigation, he doesn t write me back, he doesn t answer. and if they always give you a response. he doesn t answer. i where write him again, the attorney general, again, he doesn t respond, but guess who does? david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware who s supposedly handling the case. the alternative general s been pretty quiet other than what he testified to which is david weiss has full authority, but now david weiss tells us he doesn t, and more importantly, gary shapley and ziegler both told us all lu this investigation the investigators and prosecutors were on the same page, and then manager happened near the end of 2022, october of 2022 it all changes, and that s this now-famous meeting where david weiss tells mr. shapley and and others of the investigative team, he says i asked for special counsel status,
because when i first wrote the attorney general first back in february asking about the special counsel, whether there should be a special counsel for the hunter biden investigation, he doesn t write me back, he doesn t answer. and if they always give you a response. he doesn t answer. i where write him again, the attorney general, again, he doesn t respond, but guess who does? david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware who s supposedly handling the case. the alternative general s been pretty quiet other than what he testified to which is david weiss has full authority, but now david weiss tells us he doesn t, and more importantly, gary shapley and ziegler both told us all lu this investigation the investigators and prosecutors were on the same page, and then manager happened near the end of 2022, october of 2022 it all changes, and that s this now-famous meeting where david weiss tells mr. shapley and and others of the investigative team, he says i asked for special counsel status,
sympathizer. and don t get me started on the live hillary clinton that would take the rest of the show for us to debunk those. back with me is joyce vance, joining the conversations ana marie cox, columnist and house of with friends like these podcast. great to have both of you with us. joyce, how thoroughly does this new interview transcript released by jimmy raskin undercut or refute all these crazy biden bribery allegations, elected by james comer over the years. and this isn t official testimony by any, means good oversight republicans must be running out of ideas on how to prove their allegations? it completely undercuts the narrative that they have failed to support for as long as lee been making at. the context here really matters. there is a trump appointed, u.s. attorney in delaware who was permitted to stay on to investigate hunter biden. and he said repeatedly, he s continued to say since the indictment that he had been down two indictments against hunter biden. that h