A top Department of Justice official who has been accused of blocking an investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, shot down the claims in an interview with investigators last week.
According to a report from CNN, U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves shot down accusations from so-called IRS whistleblowers who have been at the center of a Republican House members' investigation as they try to turn the president's troubled son into a political liability in the 2024 presidential election.
As CNN's Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen report, Graves "said in his private deposition last week that even though his office declined to formally partner up on the case, he did offer logistical support to David Weiss, the federal prosecutor leading the Hunter Biden probe. Graves affirmed in his testimony that he never did anything to stop Weiss from pursuing charges in DC on his own."
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The report adds that Graves' testimony "undercuts" assertions made by Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler who claimed they witnessed interference while with the IRS.
According to a transcript of Graves' testimony, he told investigators, "It was just assumed that, from the moment I got on the call, he was gonna be able to do whatever he needed to do in our jurisdiction to bring the case, if that was his prerogative.”
CNN is reporting, "Career prosecutors from Graves' office then conferred with Weiss’ team and looked into setting Weiss up with a DC-based federal grand jury where he could seek an indictment against the president’s son, according to his testimony. Graves’ team later decided they didn’t want to jointly prosecute the case in DC, but that they would continue 'to provide all assistance that was necessary for (Weiss) to do whatever they wanted to do in our jurisdiction,' Graves told the House Judiciary Committee."
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