mr. weiss will also continue to serve as u.s. attorney for the district of delaware. as special counsel, he will continue to have the authority and responsibility that he has previously exercised to oversee the investigation and decide where, when and whether to file charges. the special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures, and policies of the department. consistent with the special counsel regulations, at the conclusion of his work, he will provide me with a report explaining the prosecution decisions reached by him. as with each special counsel who has served since i have taken office, i am committed to making as much of his report public as possible consistent with legal requirements and department policy. today s announcement affords the
of congress of the appointment. in february 2018 after being nominated by the former president and confirmed by the senate, mr. weiss was sworn in. mr. weiss had been a career prosecutor, having served previously in the office for more than a decade. beginning in 2019 mr. weiss in his capacity as u.s. attorney and along with federal law enforcement partners, began investigating allegations of certain criminal conduct by, among others, robert hunter biden. that investigation has been recently referenced in federal criminal proceedings in the district of delaware and as noted in those proceedings, and other public statements by mr. weiss office, that investigation remains ongoing. in february 2021 u.s. attorney weiss was asked to remain as u.s. attorney for the district of delaware and in that capacity
reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a special counsel and he asked to be so appointed. upon considering his request and extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel. this appointment confirms my commitment to provide mr. weiss all resources he requests and reaffirming mr. weiss has authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently, based only on the facts and the law. mr. weiss will continue to serve as u.s. attorney for the district of delaware. as special counsel, he will continue to have authority and responsibility that he has previously exercised to oversee the investigation and decide where, when and whether to file charges, the special counsel
special counsel, and he asked to be so appointed. upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel. this appointment confirms my commitment to provide mr. weiss all the resources he requests. it also reaffirms that mr. weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently, based only on the facts and the law. mr. weiss will also continue to serve as u.s. attorney for the district of delaware. as special counsel, he will continue to have the authority and responsibility that he has previously exercised to oversee the investigation and decide where, when and whether to file charges. the special counsel will not be subject to the day to day supervision of any official of
basically ended with a windber. and the other was the u.s. attorney for the district of delaware, a man name why s, be heard about him in recent weeks. he was investigating biden s own son which is why he kept them. i remember this well, i was working on the biden transition team in these decisions were made, it was not exactly the easier option. i mean, no more than in the biden orbit know what either prosecutor would decide to do. the point is that the investigative work of the department of justice and these attorneys must be independent, and it was important to let them finish their work. that is how the system is supposed to work. well, last month u.s. attorney weiss brought charges to misdemeanor tykes a fences and of all three steps from the time hunter biden was battling drug addiction. something, by the way, millions of americans deal with. either themselves, family members or others in their lives. he was very open about it. he wrote a memoir that he published in 2021, talk