Oh, there will be voices who will proclaim this is the beginning of the end for Joe and Hunter, but that’s nonsense. We don’t do pretending on these pages. What happened today was an agreement between USAO David Weiss and US Attorney General Merrick Garland to fortify a silo of protection around the Biden family.
The shift in David Weiss from an investigative US Attorney to an officially appointed Special Counsel [SEE pdf HERE], is nothing more than loading the new color spray paint into the cannister. Pesky House Oversight Committee inquiry now hits the block of an “ongoing investigation,” a purposeful deployment of a DC replay we have seen repeatedly in the last several years. The cancer of corruption is institutionally metastatic.
We know the specific motives of USAO David Weiss as a result of the conflict between his public statements, letters to congress and the private statements he gave in meetings with IRS investigators. Toward the public, Weiss said he had full autonomy and power to investigate Hunter Biden; however, in private he told four investigators the decision-making was not his. The public statements were refuted and affirmed by two investigators who were witness to his private statements and gave testimony under oath.
As a result, the intent and institutional alignment of David Weiss is clear. This is the cold hard truth of the matter, and it will not change regardless of how much disingenuous concrete they pour around the walls of the silo Main Justice has built. Ignore any voice who would demand us to pretend the reality is not self-evident.
Here’s the SILO as presented by Garland:
Dept of Justice – “Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss to serve as Special Counsel for the ongoing investigation and prosecutions referenced and described in United States v. Robert Hunter Biden, as well as for any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation. Mr. Weiss was nominated by the former president in 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2018. In 2021, he was asked to remain as U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, where he led this ongoing investigation. On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Mr. Weiss requested to be appointed as Special Counsel, and today the Attorney General made that appointment.
“On Tuesday of this week, Mr. Weiss advised me that in his judgment, his investigation has reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a Special Counsel, and he asked to be so appointed,” said Attorney General Garland. “Upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, I have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. This appointment confirms my commitment to provide Mr. Weiss all the resources he requests. It also reaffirms that Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently, based only on the facts and the law.”
The Attorney General also said, “As Special Counsel, he will continue to have the authority and responsibility that he has exercised previously to oversee the investigation and decide where, when, and whether to file charges. The Special Counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the Department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures, and policies of the Department … Today’s announcement affords the prosecutors, agents, and analysts working on this matter the ability to proceed with their work expeditiously, and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law … I am confident that Mr. Weiss will carry out his responsibility in an even-handed and urgent matter, and in accordance with the highest traditions of this Department.” (more)
So this is how they plan to prevent Comer etc. from interrogating the Biden Crime Family? I hope the stoopid Republicans don’t play along.
How exactly does a personnel appointment by Garland overrule the Article I enumerated power of the Congress to provide oversight? It doesn’t. Unless the Congress choses to allow it to limit them.
Bingo.
Sundance has explained this extensively. It gives them lockdown privileges on any information related to the “ongoing investigation”.
Unless the House issues a subpoena and immunizes them from obstruction of justice charges?
I think we will soon find out just how convenient this special counsel is to congress that has so far been unwilling and divided over writing articles of impeachment against joe malarkey.
I think we will find out very soon, whether comer is willing to continue to press forward or use this “ongoing investigation/special counsel” as a reason to pause and start belly aching.
I’m going with door #2, Monty.
That’s only if you believe they are actually going to go through with impeachment.
Mitch will say he’s retiring, appoint some smushed Senate wh0re as his successor, ask the TN gov to appoint Comer to be a “temp” replacement, promising assured election in four years, and there will be no Hunter/Joe prosecution.
Time to do what Gaetz was Tweeting….. start an investigation on Jan 6th, bring in President Trump to testify after granting him immunity.
Bingo, it can also SERIOUSLY HAMPER THE JACK SMITH BS BECAUSE THEY CAN BEGIN AN INQUIRY INTO HIM AS WELL!!! 🤔
Yes! And at the same time, subpoena Nancy Piglosi and her flying monkeys to explain why she/they refused to add protection. It is called DISCOVERY and it could end up being painful for the UniParty, IF it ever goes to trial.
I have concluded he did this to get the case away from the judge who questioned the deal.
Yeah, I don’t see how they can get away with appointing Weiss after he was the one who colluded on the sweetheart immunity deal with Hunter’s attorneys
Plus, I’m hearing the special counsel law requires appointment from OUTSIDE the gummint
GOP better be contesting this on several grounds
So true. Good point.
Bring Weiss and Lisa Monaco in to the house republicans to answer questions together
Our talking point has to be Weiss has been investigating Hunter for 5 years,what can he find now?
In five years Weiss found two misdemeanors. Does that count?
If Weiss had ever been a threat to the bidens he would have been either fired or Epsteined.
That’s what I thought.
I think Hunter is fine with a DC Acquittin’ Jury.
It was done to keep Wiess from being hauled in before congress?
The Special Council for Biden’s document investigation is still negotiating with Biden’s Lawyers for an interview.
2023 my Aunt Fannie’s housecat, it’s 1923 and is we are living in the United Socialist States of America… USSA
She should be the New York governor.
Well well Elise…Anyone notice her careful words? If you read the Article that Sundance wrote it’s quite clear…
The Special counsel was appointed to “fortify a silo of protection around the Biden family”
All Elise is concerned with is WHO IS DOING IT….not why it’s being done….
It’s in plain sight
Then do something about it, Elise.
WAWA…WAWAWA!
**BURN IT ALL TOO THE GROUND DEE CEE****
It is now time for another protest 5 million,Not for the Dems but to ask the Republicans to act. I will go in my scooter LOL.
Can you imagine the dilemma …..dems trying to arrest protest against the Republicans. LMBO
And
If I remember correctly, the fiscal year begins in October. If the House doesn’t cut 100% funding to DOJ and FBI. They should all be gone. Let it collapse. It cannot be worse than it is.
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Sec. 600.3 under which Weiss was appointed is a REGULATION, not a STATUTE.
Many regulations are internal only, and create no third party rights that can be enforced.
Regulations like this are binding upon employees and violation subjects them to discipline.
Except the AG.
Cont
I disagree. Regulation has the weight of a statute. Go break a regulation on Federal Property and see if you don’t end up in jail with a hefty fine.
You or I would suffer consequences, however AG Garland cannot be touched. There is no enforceable action against an AG that ignores regulations. Garland is telling Congress to “go pound sand”.
The solution is for Congress to Impeach Garland and continue their parallel investigation into the Biden Crime Family, and to have a judge somewhere toll statutes on anything Hunter, Joe, et al, have done to remove expiration of any statute of limitations. Garland is trying to “run out the clock” on Hunter and Joe’s crimes. That’s the purpose of Weiss being SC. This is a game. Heads they win, tails we lose.
THAT ISSUE IS THE PROBLEM. REGULATIONS Are USUALLY Made WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL VOTE and THEREFORE IS FROM a ” DELEGATED ” ( NOT TRULY ENVISIONED AS LEGAL by The Founders ) authority.
THEREFORE OUR CONGRESS GOT LAZY and LET The NON-ELECTED
” go WILD Withour Supervision “
Violating the regulations should result in an ethics complaint, at least.
“We’ve got a Crooked Prosecutor who is letting charges expire, calling felonies misdemeanors and tried to sneak Hunter a Pardon-for-Life. What do we do?”
“I know–we’ll make him a Special Prosecutor!”
Not to mention the income being taxed IS ALL BRIBE MONEY.
I wish there was a way to tie the continued employment of these “public servants” (what a joke) to their effectiveness and results… such as the national debt level. As it is they bear NO CONSEQUENCES for all the crap, their endless wars, investigations, self dealing, coverups… they just demand more money from us for our “fair share”. You can get away with a lot if you don’t mind lying and that’s what these people are really good at.. that and wasting other peoples money.
And yes… we ought to be able to vote them out but we can all see how well that is NOT working.
Weiss is the best player their team has.
Dunno, looks like exactly the same spray paint from the Mulehead coverup.
All their spraypaint comes in the same color — camouflage.
FJB will not be the first one facing Impeachment, the minute Congress gets back into session, an Impeachment filing should be initiated and Garland should face Impeachment!!! They have him on three grounds! Perjury, Obstruction of Justice and now you can add Conspiracy!!! 🤨
IMPEACH GARLAND, THAT IS HOW YOU CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE!!!
Why wait? Oh, summer vacation.
Their corruption is so obvious…they don’t even have the intelligence to finesse their moves so it takes effort to see their objective…Just appoint Weiss (the guy whose “sweetheart deal” for Hunter was so egregious, it was blocked by a decent Democrat Judge- you go, girl!),who shuold have been thrown off the case after that , as Special Counsel…because Jordan and Comer are getting too much evidence of the Biden Family’s corruption.. There is MORE than enough evidence to impeach BIden – even if the Dems in Congress won’t vote to impeach him (how can they not- there’s SO much hard evidence?)- showing to the entire Country what the Bidens actually have been doing for YEARS is worth it.bbAfter all, they IMPEACHED Trump over a phony Dossier and phone call to Ukirane that makes Trump look prescient.
Trump was minding the store.
Why is grandma Garland wearing a man’s suit?
… as ‘Biden’ massages her shoulder, just before darting his liver-spotted old hand down to check out her ass.
In order to break through this particular silo and others, Congressional Republicans need point out, very publicly, that the DOJ creates and then hides behind special councils to avoid subpoenas and answering questions of Congress.
Then they need to, again very publicly, state they will use the power of the purse granted to them by the Constitution to defund the rogue agency until it complies with their oversight requests.
That’s the only way to break through the silos.
(I’m not holding my breath.)
They just need to defund it as it is way beyond fixing.
defund DOJ Jack Sith and now Weis….Just too easy .These Republicans look like corrupt or scared Fools. Limp noodles all of them.
Impeach Garland and Wray and terminate the DOJ.
Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.
Creation of DOJ in 1870 – https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llsl//llsl-c41/llsl-c41.pdf#page=198
Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte, with no authority to create a law enforcement agency, created the FBI in 1908 – https://web.archive.org/web/20150414222620/https://www.justice.gov/archive/jmd/mps/2009omf/manual/fbi.htm
Concentration of power corrupts.
The FBI was created by an Executive Order issued by Theodore Roosevelt instructing the AG/DOJ to do so.
Because of you Sundance, we knew this before we read this statement:
“We don’t do pretending on these pages. What happened today was an agreement between USAO David Weiss and US Attorney General Merrick Garland to fortify a silo of protection around the Biden family.”
‘DOJ did not just appoint Weiss as Special Counsel — they ALSO just filed to dismiss the misdemeanors in Delaware, the ONLY pending criminal charges against Hunter.’
https://www.worldtribune.com/hunter-biden-plea-deal-collapses-gop-slams-dojs-special-counsel-appointment/
Rep Steube has filed articles of impeachment against Biden….yawn
I hate to say this but it’s gotten to the point if Russia or China or Iran hit DC with a nuke and destroyed it completely along with most of its inhabitants I would literally stand in the street and cheer. I loathe and detest these people that much.
Barr-Durham 2.0
It is now absolutely imperative for the House to begin impeachment against Garland without further delay.
Removing funding is much quicker.
The current federal spending authorization expires September 30th, correct?
Why yes, the $$ runs out September 30th.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/01/government-shutdown-2023/70480762007/
The RINOs are exposed. There are simply no excuses for continuing to fund a weaponized FBI, DOJ, or CIA. They will be forced to either grow a backbone or drop the masks entirely. That looks like a lose lose situation to me.
Pick a side boys.
Exactly, while you are running for cover, defund the lot and impeach Wray, Garland, Mayorkas and Biden stat.
There is no point in keeping this limp horse around.
See my response above.
Yes, it does. But since the House hasn’t completed its work on appropriations on time in years, a continuing resolution will fund DOJ and all other cabinet departments at this year’s level … same as it ever was.
What a shame that ordinary citizens lack standing to sue Congress for failing to execute its constitutionally mandated budgeting responsibilities.
Declare them in contempt of the constitution … lock them up in a FEMA camp till they produce … with all the bread and water they can consume on offer.
Lindsey Graham would be the first to get a bottle of contraband vodka smuggled in. But he’d chug it all by himself, darting his beady little red eyes, and not sharing a precious drop with his fellow dipsomaniac Mitch McClownell.
What ever happened to collegiality? I ask you …
What a picture you paint, unfortunately it is not nearly as bad as the reality of being treated like mushrooms.
2024 not 2023. The 117th Congress passed a two – year continuing resolution, if you recall.
will the repulican fools finally defund the doj, jack smith…….this is ridiculous
That is the Constitutional counter move to all this lawlessness.
Impeach Garland and Monaco stat!!!!
Garland is a Sniveling POS of the highest order. To think This thing could have been on the Supreme Court…I shudder
Me too. We dodged a bullet. But now there’s an incoming Deep State air-to-ground missile.
The 9/11 attackers merely destroyed buildings. Whereas the ‘Biden’ administration is setting fire to the very foundations of government.
Merrick Beria Garland is a comic book villain: Lex Luthor combined with The Joker. Lock him up.
After reading this sight for years, it was the first thing I thought of and knew exactly what was happening. Yawn. As is said here many times, once you see the strings being pulled, you can’t unsee it ever again.
I saw Sundance’s headline and just burst out laughing.
No sense raging, we all know what it is.
What a blessing to be CTH educated, watching strings rather than chasing them.
Exactly right! I immediately started texting people I know as soon as the news conference was over and explained to them what our corrupt AG was doing and why he was doing it. Thanks sundance and CT!
I heard him say that on Hannity radio today. I think the DOJ can do whatever he wants.
Dirty cops are like that.
None dirtier than Commies.
Every one of these criminal scum should be tried and hung by torchlight on the National Mall upon a guilty verdict.
Garland is a passive aggressive spineless wimp from the same mold as Heinrich Himmler; a physically and morally weak narcissist whose goal in life is to lash out at everyone for his miserable lack of manhood and life as a cuckold.
All of America should be outraged and fighting mad over Garland’s iron curtain around the criminal Hunter and his criminal father, Joe Biden. If this were the early 1800’s, armed citizens would’ve stormed the stronghold of tyranny and removed the tyrants from the building and from office. Then they’d have allowed the investigation to continue to wherever the evidence led to. Even the end of a rope.
Does this mean dirty Joe still has juice in the swamp?
Time to IMPEACH GARLAND!
Merrick Garfinkle needs to be impeached pronto. The USA is in the hands of a crime Cabal. Democrats hate America.
And Merrick hates Catholics.
The first option is to impeach Garland (and Monico) and Wray immediately. Pull the rug from under the criminal cover-up department. Need to impeach a few judges for oversight for their political lawfare games as the citizens representatives too.
Where are the State AGs?
They really are every bit as devious as the European fascists said they were. It’s remarkable to watch it play out, and all with smiling faces as they lie through their teeth, using our own principles and decency against us. They’re evil.
I am not sure what to make of this. Mr. Comer just the other day announced to the country he would be issuing subpoenas to people in the Biden family. Today we have this special counsel announcement of Weiss. Mr. Comer should have kept his mouth shut and just issued the subpoenas. He either made that announcement because he was TOLD to, or he is a horrible poker player. Never show your hand. His instincts if he has any should have told him this very thing would be the counter.
Comer doesn’t really want to issue subpoenas, or get answers. This makes it easy for him.
They do what they want
Treeper legal eagles…. to be appointed special counsel, doesn’t that person have to be outside the u.s. govt and not an employee on payroll? I thought I understood this to be the law…?
“If Weiss Had the Authorities He Needed, Why Does He Need to be a Special Counsel?” Garland Walks Away without Answering Questions (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/if-weiss-had-authorities-he-needed-why-does/
And if the Republicans were worth anything, they’d immediately impeach Garland. But, the Republicans are worthless. Never again will I vote R.
We need to abandon the Repuke party because they are just as corrupt as the demonrats just in a different way.
The two wings of the same vulture.
Vultures are admirable creatures, they rid us of rotting carrion. DC should be swarming with them.
How can he be appointed when he lied to the House? How can the House do its oversight when he is the prosecuting attorney? In a sane world, this appointment would be thrown out and Garland charged with obstructing congressional duties assigned under the Constitution.
I do believe the law, for what it’s worth any more, says that the special council must come from outside of government. Not that it means diddly squat to this bunch.
Just impeach them all already.
I just have a few questions:
isn’t most of the alleged crimes well past the statute of limitations?
isn’t the real reason for this “under investigation/special counsel” to make it a crime for ANYONE WITHIN THE DOJ AND FBI to continue to provide damning testimony with evidence about the coverup at DOJ/FBI/IRS?
isn’t the real reason for this stunt to make it impossible for comer and congress to continue to gather evidence and whistleblowers fora future impeachment articiles? witnesses forbidden to discuss any details about matters involving hunter biden and joe malarkey are now subject to criminal consequences, and whistleblowers laws do not overcome laws and regulations wrt protecting open investigation and special counsel evidence. no?
so yes, it’s silos…but it’s also for a specific target: to stop congress (or give it the excuse) from forming articles of impeachment and also to deliver a “here is how you go to prison if you talk about corruption in the DOJ/FBI/IRS” to any whistleblowers, past, present or future.
this is untenable.
regardless if President Trump throws these beasts into the pit, consequences for this corruption cannot be allowed to continue. Bills must be paid in full.
God Bless America
I can hear it now, ‘I can’t comment on that due to the Special Counsel investigation.’
I have speculated that hunter biden was operating under a CIA scheme…not as a direct agent per se…but someone who the CIA could use to control joe malarkey. There is no possibility that the FBI and CIA (and possibly DOD intelligence) was not tracking hunter biden and noticing the enrichment schemes. No way, no how. So it was allowed is the natural answer. Remember COFER BLACK. He’s not the only other CIA man up to his ear balls in nearly every foreign money fraud case over the last 15 years. The same COFER BLACK who is also a board member at the same time as archer and hunter. And who can forget the one eyed bandit himself, FBI man freeh (sp?)….so there are actors here with a background in foreign intelligence…all who just coincidentally play important roles at just the same time as these schemes with hunter and “the big guy? Yeah, I am not buying coincidence for 100 alex!
I think this theory will get more wheels as we watch closely the special counsel filings. WHEN the special counsel determines some communications/evidence/sources classified and black hole the investigation and invoke classification to protect evidence, I think we will understand just how much the US CIA and others including secret service and others are involved.
like FTX, this entire hunter biden criminal enterprise really comes off as a state sponsored criminal op.
I mean how are the top men at the FBI, DOJ, CIA, DOD going to get rewarded handsomely on a federal salary?
maybe it’s time to start looking at off shore bank accounts …and making connections.
So, they can’t finger Hunter Biden selling access to Joe (US property) to foreigners for millions without also tagging active CIA operatives in said foreigner’s countries. If what you are implying is fact, quite possible, then, Ukraine is not the only one. IIRC, there was also Afghanistan and China and others not yet mentioned. Talk about disclosing methods and other ironies.
I think Garland’s appointment of Weiss as Special Counsel was a bridge too far because it leaves nowhere for the GOP to hide. Otherwise, Linsey (Uniparty to the max) would not have expressed his issues with it. I don’t think MSM can effectively cover for this fiasco without the GOP’s support. Their reputation is already in rags, they would have to tell even bigger whoppers to cover this.
Note to self, Benghazi was state sponsored, Hillary and Obama gun running, while the US military was on the other side of the coin. Somehow they did manage to bury that, but that was when people believed the GOP was still working for them. They don’t believe that anymore.
Garland didn’t throw a bag over Joe Biden. Could be a loophole for the House
IF they ACT
Remember, Garland is there because the Republicans in the Senate permitted it.
What a waste of a perfectly good investigation.. how long will it last how much will it cost us and will anything be found.. the party of the ass is so integrity challenged they can rent office space for criminal enterprises
I am sure they already do.
The Mob Bosses had their Capo’s and Soldiers to protect them. The Politician’s have the their Capo’s and Soldiers to protect them too, their called FBI and Military.
I’ve got a feeling the Mob learned their ways watching the Politician’s!
Lets call dibs on who can run the investigation. What is this, a school yard banana republic?
Apparently Xerox machine and XCopy of data files has not been invented in DC.
Make a copy and everyone can investigate ALL the evidence at the same time. Problem solved.
Heck they have no problem investigating Trump 5 times over and charging him in federal and state.
AT THE SAME TIME. Trump has a special counsel on him and everybody and their dog is investigating him.
Funny if it was not real.
Merrick Garland is covering His own ass. He is certainly on the line and is responsible for how shoddy and corrupt these guys are. Garland’s corruption is showing in His politicization of the office directing His office to go after Trump and to turn a blind eye to Biden and the DNC.
It will be interesting to see how the swamp attempts to hide data once their silos no longer work. I suspect it is soon in coming. I take comfort from knowing that the ICYMI Comer has said on Hannity that Biden lied. I also like their idea to build a case before even announcing impeachment charges because the thing will end up in court… the court of public opinion as well, I hope.
McCarthy must start impeachment proceedings IMMEDIATELY – after vacation.
I like that….”after vacation” as if it wasn’t planned that way.
THEY ARE ALL IN ON IT. What he didn’t say is democrats AND republicans are getting paid.
Ever hear that ole bit of wisdom. “You never invite the devil in, he stays longer then you want and takes more than you want to give.” Well, we invited the devil in starting long ago.
Completely agree Palerider!