Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced Friday that he appointed David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden, as a special counsel.
The announcement comes after a plea deal fell apart in the criminal case against President Joe Biden’s son, who had previously agreed to plead guilty to two charges of misdemeanor tax evasion and enter a pretrial diversion agreement on a firearm possession charge.
The case has drawn criticism from congressional Republicans for how it has been handled by the Justice Department.
