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counsel has now been appointed, this time it s in the hunter biden investigation. today attorney garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. he s been leading the years-long investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. the reaction in washington is pouring in, but first, paula reid has been tracking all of this. how did this map? according to the justice department, on tuesday david weiss, a trumpppointed u.s. attorney who s overseen the hunter biden investigation for years, requested this special designation. so the first question is, well, why now? th re not providing an official explanation, but the r appears that talks between hunter biden s lawyers and the
something with d.c., something that involved california. what s your take on that? because the u.s. attorney there in delaware, doesn t seem like he is shooting straight on this one. speak with the doj policy is that in order to bring a case in a district other than your own you either need to be a special, special prosecutor with special designation or the u.s. attorney and the other district has to cooperate with your case. attorney general garland is sitting that mr. weiss had full authority to bring cases where ever he felt he could bring cases. all misleaders six witnesses that heard mr. weiss say the exact opposite said he couldn t bring those cases and was thwarted. jason: yeah. this is just greeks. it just stinks. brett, your former u.s. attorney here. you ve seen a lot of gun charges going along. you look at the gun charges that happen with hunter biden. this one, was it treated like all the other gun cases? thanks, jason, for having me
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