WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department has elevated the federal prosecutor investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter to special counsel status, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday. The move coincided with the collapse of a plea deal that prosecutors previously reached with the younger Biden over tax and gun charges. “A trial is therefore in order.”Putting a special counsel on the case is a huge development in what has become one of the biggest political stories in Washington. Trump faces federal charges in two separate special counsel cases related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his hoarding of classified information after he left office. Even though Hunter Biden appeared to be in worse legal jeopardy as a result of Friday’s developments, Republicans claimed it was just another sweetheart deal for the Biden family.

Source: Huffington Post August 12, 2023 14:48 UTC