Hunter Biden Special Counsel Question

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13. Fwiw: "After more than two years of demanding that the DoJ appoint a special counsel

to investigate Hunter Biden, Republicans in Congress finally got their wish on Friday. And they were furious.

Reactions from the GOP began pouring in within minutes of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement on Friday of a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.

KEY POINTS

* Republicans in Congress railed against Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to appoint David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden.

* Special counsels are not required to keep Congress updated on the status of their work, leading to fears that the move would effectively halt congressional probes of the president’s son.

* House Speaker Kevin McCarthy warned that the special counsel should not be used to “whitewash” the Biden family,..

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/trump-jan-6-insurrection-conservatives.html

I haven't been paying attention to the Republicans' "Huntergate". Just accepted that, lacking Evil Hillary with an existential election coming up, they're doing their best with Hunter.

I understand they're mad at being outmaneuvered in this, if not really how yet. But good. They'll be eating a lot more of what we dish.