WASHINGTON (AP). President Donald Trump is considering appointing a special adviser to appoint a federal tax inquiry into the son of President-elect Joe Biden, and to hold a possible meeting with future Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.
Trump, angry that the incumbent Attorney General William Barr had not made public the ongoing two-year investigation into Hunter Biden, consulted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, White House Adviser Pat Cipollone, and an external ally.
Sources said that in addition to appointing a special prosecutor to investigate junior Biden, Trump is also interested in appointing another special adviser to deal with his unfounded claims of election fraud. But if he expects his newly appointed Attorney General to go further than Barras on any issue, he may quickly be disappointed.
Barr announced Monday night that he would resign from next week, revealing his plans about a week after Hunter Biden publicly announced he was under investigation for his finances. It is the policy of the Department of Justice not to disclose ongoing investigations, although the subjects of those investigations may.
Deputy Attorney General Rosen will step into the core work of the Justice Department as an actor. He has been litigating for a long time since 2019. May. He has held the position of Deputy Barro, but largely avoids attention. In a statement issued on Tuesday, he said he was "honored" to serve and "will continue to focus on the implementation of the Department's key priorities".
Trump is still considering his options and is considering pressuring Rosen to appoint a special adviser or, if necessary, replacing the current attorney general with something more inclined to fulfill his wishes. He even asked his team of lawyers, including personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, to find out if the president has the power to appoint a special adviser himself.
The crucial question will be whether Rosen can withstand the pressure of the president - and the possibly disappearing attacks - in the shortening weeks of the Trump administration. If not, Rosen could be eliminated in favor of others who are more willing to make Trump’s suggestions.
Believing that a special lawyer's probe could injure Biden's administration before it began, Trump's aides urged the president to speak up for what would be done so that the future president could not easily stop the investigation. No firm decision was made.
Trump has announced that Barras will step down on December 23, following tensions between the president and the attorney general over Hunter Biden's investigation. Trump was angry a few days after learning that Barr was aware of Hunter Biden's tax investigation before the election, but did not disclose it.
He was also dissatisfied with the fact that Barras, in an interview with the AP, reported that the Department of Justice had not revealed widespread election fraud that had affected the election results.
For most of his term, Barr was perceived as one of the most loyal members of the presidential cabinet, especially after he framed the results of Robert Mueller's study of Russia in a Trump-friendly way, although the special adviser did not absolve the president of obstacles to justice. . It was Barras who first appointed a U.S. lawyer to review the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and then sought to dismiss the criminal charge against Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
After Barr left, the biggest thing that undoubtedly hung on the Trump Department of Justice is the investigation into Hunter Biden, which involves a number of U.S. lawyers and local FBI offices. Appointing a special advisor can be difficult, so it will be necessary to establish different angles of the investigation and invite a new person to conduct the investigation and accelerate.
Under federal rules, a special counsel can only be dismissed by the Attorney General, and for specific reasons, such as misconduct, failure to perform duties, or a conflict of interest, reasons must be set out in writing. The appointment of a special adviser to the Hunter Biden probe would also mean a longer and more complex investigation than the current investigation, which has so far focused mainly on his fees. A subpoena seeking documents from Junior Biden requested information from more than twenty entities, including the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
Either way, the probe makes it difficult for Joe Biden to choose the Attorney General to put the probe on. Any candidate for Advocate General at the approval meeting is likely to face a mountain of questions about how they would oversee this investigation.
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