A Hunter Biden attorney’s non-answer hardly satisfied even a CNN anchor’s questioning over what the Justice Department-appointed special counsel could mean for President Joe Biden.
(Video: CNN)
Disparate coverage of the investigation over alleged influence-peddling by the Biden family compared to former President Donald Trump’s indictments appeared to pause for a moment Friday during an interview with attorney Abbe Lowell.
During questioning, CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins confronted the development that Attorney General Merrick Garland had appointed a special counsel to continue investigating the president’s son.
“I mean, these investigations have a way of ballooning, and taking tacts that they did not initially have. Can you say with certainty that based on what you know, there’s no possibility that any of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings will in any way connect back to his father, the president?” she prodded.
Compartmentalizing his response, Lowell began, “Well, let’s start with the latter. You’ve had dozens of members of Congress and their staff, you’ve had dozen members of right-wing media picking and trying to find the connection between Hunter and his business and other family members, and they have come up with nothing because there’s nothing to come up with.”
He then turned to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss who had been leading the investigation into Hunter since the Trump administration. “He has a new title. His powers, in our views, are the same. The evidence hasn’t changed. The law hasn’t changed. So, why after grand jury proceedings, search warrants, interviews and proceedings that came up with two tax misdemeanors and one diverted gun charge, for the 11 days that Hunter possessed a gun, should there be a conclusion, notwithstanding that he has a new name, that should not be the case?”
The dodge wasn’t overlooked by Collins who tried again, “But can you answer the question about whether or not you’re — from what you know — if you’re confident that this won’t in any way link back to the president?”
Playing to the narrative, the attorney argued, “What I know is what the evidence has revealed. I mean, that is what people should focus on”
“It’s not as if this started yesterday or a week. It started for five years with so many people in the United States, including with the power of subpoenas, as Mr. Weiss has had, to look at every transaction that Hunter was engaged in, in any place in the world in which he was engaged,” Lowell continued. “And what did they come up with? They came up with the decision that the only two charges to file were two misdemeanors and a gun diverted charge.”
He further claimed, “Not any of the other things that the MAGA right-wing have been yelling, from money laundering to foreign corruption, to foreign agent, none of that. It’s not as if that wasn’t looked into. And now, the conclusion was reached.”
Of course, such a statement was unfounded as the investigation into Hunter has remained ongoing, a detail pointed out by Judge Maryellen Noreika in squashing the initial plea deal presented to her by the defense. “These agreements are not straightforward and they contain atypical provisions. I’m not in a position where I can decide to accept or reject a plea agreement and I need to defer it.”
Lowell went on to hedge with Collins as he told her, “So, do I know that that will change in the future? It shouldn’t change. This is not a new special counsel.”
Meanwhile, alleged stall tactics conducted by Weiss throughout the five-year investigation were blasted on social media.
Lowell such a liar as the investigation wasn’t thorough at all. The IRS officials testified Weiss let the potential charges expire beyond the 5 year statute of limitations
— T-Covfefe (@MyPlace4U) August 12, 2023
Painstaking investigation, means , delay, obstruct, to let statute of limitations expire….
— sandy (@3Sandy7_) August 12, 2023
Omg wow so it’s only a witch hunt when it happens to dems!! Makes so much sense!
— Collecting All Day (@ryryed) August 12, 2023
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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