DOJ still considering special counsel for Hunter Biden investigation

 Washington Examiner:

Officials are reportedly discussing the prospect of appointing a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, who is poised to take office in less than a month.

Sources told Fox News that the conversations, described as being high level, are ongoing and there has been no final decision.

The report, for which a DOJ spokesperson declined to comment, was published on Wednesday, the same day Attorney General William Barr, who said this week he disagrees with calls for a special counsel inquiry into the younger Biden or alleged voter fraud, is leaving his role.

Barr's deputy, Jeffrey Rosen, is becoming acting attorney general. Rosen told Reuters that he will continue “to do things on the merits and to do things on the basis of the law and the facts."

President Trump tweeted on Wednesday that he disagrees with anyone who thinks a special counsel investigation into allegations of voter fraud is unnecessary and called for one to be appointed "IMMEDIATELY." He is also reportedly pushing for a special counsel to look into Hunter Biden.

Federal investigations centered in Delaware and Manhattan are looking into the business and financial dealings of Hunter Biden, who claims he did nothing illegal or improper, according to the Wall Street Journal. Neither inquiry is said to implicate the elder Biden.

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I disagree with Barr on this issue.  The investigation of Hunter is tied to his selling of access to his father and there is some evidence that his father profited from the transactions according to Hunter's laptop.  That means any investigation will also include looking into Joe Biden and tracing funds he may have received from the business Hunter was generating. 

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