No ‘bigfooting’: House investigation into Hunter Biden could require ‘firewall’

Published April 19, 2022 1:29am ET



A growing troupe of House Republicans eager to unleash a wave of investigations if they win back power in this year’s midterm elections is demanding that the Justice Department provide Congress a briefing on the inquiry into Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.

Rep. Ted Budd, a North Carolina Republican who is running for Senate, argued such a disclosure is imperative because it would help ensure whatever inquisitive steps lawmakers take do not interfere with the investigation into the president’s son headed by U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss.

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