By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Hunter Biden, son of the United States President, Joe Biden, will now be investigated by a federal prosecutor, David Weiss, on charges bordering on business dealings.
The United States Attorney-General, Merrick Garland, had promoted Weiss to a higher status, giving him more powers to probe the President’s son, in response to the demands of the Republicans, BBC said in a report.
Weiss who has already filed criminal charges in the case against Biden’s son will also have additional resources to prosecute the investigation beyond Delaware.
The Attorney-General said the special counsel would produce a report when his work was done. This comes after plea deal on tax and gun charges against the president’s son failed earlier in the month.
According to the Attorney-General, the Justice Department would make the report of the investigation public as much as it can.
“The appointment of Mr Weiss reinforces for the American people the department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters,” Garland said at a news conference.
Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Chris Clark, responded in a statement: “We are confident when all of these manoeuvrings are at an end my client will have resolution and will be moving on with his life successfully.”
