With three weeks until the date U.S. Attorney David Weiss, now a special counsel, might have testified to Congress, the question of whether he’ll appear at all remains open.
But the Justice Department has already blocked other witnesses from complying with congressional subpoenas in House Republican investigations into the Biden family's business dealings, likely signaling roadblocks ahead for the House inquiry.Negotiations between the House Judiciary Committee and the Justice Department over how and when Weiss will appear before Congress, if at all, are continuing, a person familiar with the talks told the Washington Examiner.
“While testimony at this early juncture must be appropriately limited to protect the ongoing matter and important confidentiality interests, the Department acknowledges your stated interest in addressing aspects of this matter in the near term,” Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote to GOP committee chairmen on July 24.
An IRS whistleblower said the two FBI agents in question attended a meeting in October 2022 at which Weiss admitted that the DOJ had denied his request for special counsel status and that two U.S. attorneys appointed by President Joe Biden had blocked his ability to charge Hunter Biden in the proper jurisdictions.
While DOJ officials have so far refused to make the more than 11 witnesses requested by House Republicans available for interviews, lawmakers are weighing their options for challenging the obstruction. Former FBI agent Peter Stzrok, for example, testified at a public hearing in July 2018 about his role in the Russian collusion investigation, a full eight months before then-special counsel Robert Mueller concluded the inquiry Stzrok had helped open.
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