u.s. attorney in delaware is refuting whistleblower claims that suggest that there was political interference in the investigation of hunt her biden. t sara murray has more now from washington.her biden. sara murray has more now from washington. reporter: the u.s. attorney in delaware overseeing the hunter biden criminal probe is refuting allegations from two irs whistleblowers. these were big claims saying that there had been political interference in the hunter biden investigation. and two of their concerns were t that weiss tried to bring charges and that others would not go along with that. but he is turning down the claims in this letter to lindsey graham. he says he had never asked to be a special counsel. he also says that he was never blocked from bringing charges in
cynical person, which of course i m not. of course not, sara murray. of course not. you might suggest that donald trump wants to kick this down the road because if he is the president of the united states, you re in a much better position to pardon walt nata and be in an interesting constitutional question about whether you can pardon yourself. interesting points to raise, sara. she s cynical. that s the cynical point of view. exactly. let s make that clear. this was really interesting that the u.s. attorney in delaware, david weiss, is openly refuting now some of the irs whistleblower s claims in the hunter biden probe. tell us what he s saying. he wrote a very concise letter to capitol hill and made a lot of news. we heard from the irs whistleblowers who complained there was political interference in the hunter biden criminal probe and two paragraphs david weiss said, one, you said i wanted to be a special counsel. i never asked to be a special counsel. that knocks down one
through. reporter: red flag laws temporarily disarmed more than 660 people in six states who threatened to kill multiple people. according to a recent johns hopkins study. of course no one is suggesting that all of those people would have gone on to commit murder but experts say if even a small percentage of those lives were saved the laws are worth enforcing, pamela brown, cnn, washington. this just into cnn, in a letter obtained by cnn the prosecutor overseeing the hunter biden criminal probe is now refuting claims made by an irs whistleblower about alleged political interference in that investigation. cnn s sara murray here with us now. of course, this attorney was appointed by trump, no you refuting claims that have, well, cause add firestorm among the right wing. what do we know? that s right. we ve heard a lot from two of these irs whistleblowers about concerns there was political interference in the hunter biden probe, among their concerns was
allegations, that there was political interference in the hunter biden criminal probe. david wise wrote about wth he ever broached this topic. he said to avoid future confusion, i wish to make one point clear. in this case i ve not requested special counsel designation. he goes on to say he wasn t denied the authority to bring charges against hunter biden in any jurisdiction, neutering two of the key arguments that the irs whistle blowers made. an attorney said it doesn t matter whether wise asked for a special counselor not. what matters is there were biden political appointees here that shouldn t have been. the agreement for hunter biden to plead guilty to these charges
nauta to be tried separately? that s a good question. as of now i expect them to be tried together. we haven t seen anybody raise a motion for severance. with this issue of delay being raised by nauta, the request was consented toby by trump. we re seeing reasons now why even the government might be interested in separating them. as of now together, but let s see. fascinating. jessica roth, thank you. also, the u.s. attorney overseeing the hunter biden criminal probe is refuting allegations made by two irs whistle blowers of political inter interference. sara murray joins us now. the u.s. attorney denied these allegations in a letter to members of congress. tell us about that. reporter: these were very big