states attorney weiss tell a room full of senior fbi and irs senior leaders on october 7th, 2022 that he was not the deciding person on whether charges were filed. so he shapley has said, your client, that in los angeles and d.c., bringing charges was rejected. david weiss was rejected to bring charges there weiss came out with a statement. i don t have it in front of me. but basically says i did everything i could i was able to go anywhere i wanted at any time. who is telling the truth? well, there s no question that gary shapley is telling the truth. he has provided contemporaneous documentation, which is corroborated by his supervisor, which was also in that meeting. that said, weiss hasn t explicitly denied that he ever presented the case to d.c. if you look at the evolution of his three letters, they are very carefully worded denials. so when all the evidence is out there, when all the dust settles, he will, i think, based on if i recall correctly, he will be able to say
in another jurisdiction. here is part of that exchange. i watch the united states attorney general wise tell a room full of irs senior leaders on october 7th, 2022 that he was not deciding person on whether charges were filed. that was my red line. i had already seen a pattern of prefer preferential treatment. it seems this meeting which you described as a red line is just a misunderstanding. that after the u.s. attorney in d.c. declined to partner on the 14 and 15 charges, mr. wise took a good hard look at those charges himself and ultimately decided not to charge them and therefore not to seek the special counsel. he may have been right about that or may have been wrong as you guys make your case for, but it was his decision. isn t that right, mr. chaply? no, that is not supported by the facts. now weiss has told congress that he was assured that he had full authority to make that charging decision by the toerpg merrick garland about whether,