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Hunter Biden prosecutor slams first son’s attempt to subpoena Trump, Barr: ‘Meritless’
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December 6, 2023
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0:44Now PlayingSpecial Counsel David Weiss urged a Delaware federal judge on Tuesday to deny Hunter Biden’s request to subpoena former President Donald Trump along with former Attorney General Bill Barr and other former Justice Department officials, calling the demand “meritless” and nothing more than a “fishing expedition.”
Defense attorneys for the 53-year-old first son had asked US District Judge Maryellen Noreika to issue subpoenas for Trump, Barr, former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and former Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue earlier this month.
The attorneys claim statements made by the former officials suggest that there are “partisan ambitions” behind the five-year-long criminal probe into Hunter. Weiss disagreed.
“His motion is meritless and should be denied,” Weiss wrote in a filing submitted to the Delaware federal court opposing the subpoena request.
“Not only does defendant’s motion fail to identify any actual evidence of bias, vindictiveness, or discriminatory intent on the Special Counsel’s part, his arguments ignore an inconvenient truth: No charges were brought against defendant during the prior administration when the subpoena recipients actually held office in the Executive Branch,” the Delaware US attorney added.
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