Weiss is the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for Delaware, and he began investigating Hunter Biden before Joe Biden took office in 2021. Garland allowed Weiss to continue the probe and, in 2023, he made Weiss a special counsel — a status that gave Weiss greater independence to investigate and bring charges.

The Justice Department special counsel, whose six-year case into Hunter Biden was short-circuited last month by the unconditional pardon President Joe Biden granted to his son, has completed his investigation and released his final report.

The Justice Department special counsel who led the prosecutions of Hunter Biden on tax and gun related charges has hit back at President Joe Biden’s criticism of his work. Special counsel David Weiss had scathing remarks for the president as he defended the integrity of his cases on Hunter in a final report to Attorney General Merrick Garland.