Material From Giuliani Spurred a Separate Justice Dept. Pursuit of Hunter Biden.

[elleng]

The inquiry, based out of Pittsburgh, was run parallel to an investigation in Delaware and raised alarms among F.B.I. agents about politicization.

'As federal investigators in Delaware were examining the finances of Hunter Biden during his father’s campaign for president, a similar inquiry ramped up this year in Pittsburgh, fueled by materials delivered by President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Attorney General William P. Barr had asked the top federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh, Scott W. Brady, to accept and vet any information that Mr. Giuliani had on the Biden family, including Hunter Biden. Mr. Brady hosted Mr. Giuliani for a nearly four-hour meeting in late January to discuss his materials.

The arrangement immediately raised alarms within the F.B.I. and the Justice Department. Mr. Giuliani had served as Mr. Trump’s attack dog during the Russia investigation before becoming the face of an effort to tarnish Hunter Biden during President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign. If Mr. Brady’s investigation became public, the agents feared that the F.B.I. could be drawn into a politically toxic battle in the midst of the presidential election, just as it was in 2016.

The officials worried about how the Justice Department, which they saw as trying to placate the president, would handle the inquiry. Some prosecutors and agents in Pittsburgh regarded Mr. Brady as a Trump loyalist who was thought to be angling to run for office, and they expressed concern that Mr. Brady was wielding the F.B.I. as a weapon to damage Mr. Biden’s candidacy. At one point, Mr. Brady made clear that he wanted the U.S. attorney in Delaware, David C. Weiss, to continue his investigation, even though Mr. Brady is not authorized to direct other federal prosecutors’ offices.

This account is based on interviews with five current and former law enforcement officials and others with knowledge of F.B.I. interactions with the Justice Department. Most spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss continuing federal investigations.'>>>


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/hunter-biden-justice-department-pittsburgh.html?

[bullimiami]

1. This is crap ghouli brought back from the Russians? This needs some prosecution of its own.

[Wicked Blue]

2. What about Ivanka, Jared, Eric and Donald Jr.?

Repukes are so quick with "what-abouts"

Just what-abouting them back

[AmyStrange]

3. I still don't get what Hunter is accused of doing wrong?

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Just call me thickheaded.
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[elleng]

4. Nothing (yet.)

'As federal investigators in Delaware were examining the finances of Hunter Biden during his father’s campaign for president, a similar inquiry ramped up this year in Pittsburgh.'

[pfitz59]

5. Its a distraction to stir the GOP base

The average Trumper is too stupid to distinguish between "investigation" and "conviction". There are likely omissions and irregularities in Hunter's financial filings, but I would guess nothing to warrant this kind of scrutiny.