Obama nominates Merrick Garland (center) to be a high court justice at the White House on March 16, 2016.
Biden‘s nominee for Attorney General, Merrick Garland (D-IL), will soon be heard before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Media analysts say how he will answer questions lawmakers may ask about the investigation into Biden’s son, Hunter, may be the focus of that hearing.
According to Fox News, federal prosecutors are currently investigating Hunter. But Hunter said in a statement that the investigation is only related to “tax matters. If Garland becomes attorney general, he will decide whether to continue the Hunt investigation or call it off.
A spokesman for Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said, “Americans have a right to know that changes in the administration’s tenure will not impede this investigation in any way. The Attorney General’s nominee should make that clear. So yes, you can expect Senator Grassley to ask him what role he will play in this investigation.”
Until 2019, Grassley has been the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The current chairman is Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who will bring up the Hunt investigation during Garland’s hearings.
A spokeswoman for Graham told Fox News, “The topic of how to approach the Hunt investigation is one that is likely to come up at the hearing.”
A government source told Fox News that the investigation into Hunter is being conducted in part on the basis of suspicious activity reports because they involve suspicious foreign transactions. Another source familiar with the investigation said the Suspicious Activity Reporting Unit is looking into Hunter’s funds from “China and other countries.
In September 2020, a Republican-led Senate investigation revealed that information obtained from U.S. Treasury Department records indicated “potential criminal activity” in Hunt’s transactions.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told Fox News late last year that Biden would not discuss any investigation of Hunter with anyone who is considering becoming the next U.S. attorney general.
Psaki said, “He (Biden) will not discuss this with anyone who is being considered for the position, nor will he discuss it with a future attorney general.” “It’s up to the future attorney general’s authority within his or her administration to determine how to handle any investigation.”
Biden recently told “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert that he believes the (Justice Department) investigation into his son is a “foul play” that is “designed to catch me. “It was used “to get me. In response, Psaki clarified that Biden’s use of the term “foul play” referred to the “politicization” of the investigation, not to the investigation itself.
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