Top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee dinged Hunter Biden on Sunday while distancing President Biden from his son’s scandals.
Top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee gently dinged Hunter Biden on Sunday while distancing President Biden from his son’s scandals.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member on the Oversight panel, argued politicians should let the “justice system run its course” — conceding Hunter Biden did “wrong things.”
“It does seem clear that this guy was addicted to drugs and did a lot of really unlawful and wrong things,” Raskin told ABC’s “This Week.”
On Friday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that Delaware US Attorney David Weiss would be granted special counsel authority to investigate Hunter Biden.
The announcement came in the wake of congressional testimony from IRS whistleblowers alleging political favoritism in the federal probe and the implosion of Hunter Biden’s plea deal last month.
Raskin acknowledged the federal investigation of the elder Biden was “bumpy,” but indicated he still has faith in the system.
“This is why we have a Justice Department. Let’s just let them do their job,” he said.
The Maryland Democrat contended the crumbled plea dead for Hunter over tax and firearm charges paved the way for the special counsel appointment.
“And with the collapse of the plea agreement that he had apparently worked out with Hunter Biden, now he wants to be certain that he’s got the authority to go bring charges wherever he wants,” Raskin said, referring to Weiss.
