New details in the ongoing investigation into President Joe Biden's son. Federal prosecutors announced that the plea deal between Hunter Biden and the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office is at an impasse. Today, Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated the U.S. attorney handling the case to a special counsel.
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00:00 New details in the ongoing investigation into President Joe Biden's son,
00:03 federal prosecutors announcing that the plea deal between Hunter Biden and the
00:08 Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office is at an impasse. Today, Attorney General Merrick
00:12 Garland elevating the U.S. Attorney's handling of the case to a special
00:16 counsel. ABC's Tim Pulliam has more details on this new development.
00:21 Prosecutors and Hunter Biden now appear headed to trial. The U.S. Attorney's
00:26 Office in Delaware says they and Hunter Biden's team are in an impasse after
00:31 failing to reach an agreement on the terms of a plea deal that had been
00:34 reached on the misdemeanor tax charges he is facing and a diversion agreement
00:38 related to a potential felony gun charge. Friday, Attorney General Merrick
00:43 Garland appointing Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel
00:47 over the investigation of President Joe Biden's youngest son, which he was
00:51 already leading. This appointment confirms my commitment to provide Mr
00:55 Weiss all the resources he requests. It also reaffirms that Mr Weiss has the
01:00 authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation. Weiss, appointed
01:05 by Donald Trump, will also decide where, when and whether to file charges,
01:09 according to Garland. In court filings, prosecutors wrote they plan to move
01:14 those gun and tax charges against Biden from Delaware and bring them to
01:18 California and Washington D. C. Where prosecutors say the alleged misconduct
01:23 occurred. Hunter Biden's legal team releasing a statement that reads in
01:27 part for years, both Mr Weiss and the department have assured us and the
01:32 public that Mr Weiss had more authority than a special counsel and full
01:36 authority to negotiate a resolution of his investigation, which has been done.
01:40 Whether in Delaware, Washington D. C. Or anywhere else, we expect a fair
01:45 resolution not infected by politics. I think it's about time that we saw the
01:51 appointment of a special counsel to get to the bottom of not only 100 Biden was
01:54 doing with the Biden family was doing. The American people deserve answers,
01:58 and I welcome the appointment. Some Republicans on Capitol Hill not happy
02:02 with Weiss being appointed special counsel. Ah, spokesperson for House
02:06 Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, writing David Weiss can't be
02:11 trusted, and this is just a new way to whitewash the Biden family's
02:14 corruption.
02:15 Now, the White House, as they have consistently done, are not commenting
02:20 on this new development in the Hunter Biden case. Now, the judge overseeing
02:24 the case gave Hunter Biden's legal team until Monday to respond to the
02:27 Justice Department's motion to dismiss the current charges leading the way for
02:32 them to be brought in other states. Tim Pulliam, ABC News, Los Angeles.