David Weiss, the federal lawyer who investigated and prosecuted Hunter Biden, resigned silently in January, according to NBC News.
A spokesman for the United States Prosecutor’s Office in Delaware and a spokesman for the Department of Justice confirmed that Weiss resigned as US prosecutor and special advisor on January 17, three days before President Donald Trump began his second term.
No statement or announcement was made at that time, and a copy of Weiss’s resignation letter has not been made public. In comparison, the resignation of former special lawyer Jack Smith was included in a judicial presentation shortly before Trump’s possession.
Two familiar sources with the matter told NBC News that Weiss presented its resignation voluntarily: he was not asked to resign, the sources said.
Weiss did not respond to a comment request on Friday night.
It was happened by US prosecutor Shannon T. Hanson. Hanson previously worked for Weiss at the United States prosecutor’s office.
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Weiss was expected to resign at some point after completing his research and issued his final report on Biden. That report was made public on January 13.
In him, he hit President Joe Biden for forgiving his son Hunter.
In the Official Declaration of the White House announcing forgiveness, the President described the prosecution of his child as a “spontaneous abortion of justice” that the prosecutors of the special lawyer later discussed in a judicial presentation.
Biden repeatedly said during the 2024 presidential campaign, even after leaving, that he would not forgive his son.
The cases presented by Weiss led to a guilt verdict on charges related to weapons in Delaware and a declaration of guilt for taxes and fraud charges in California. Biden was scheduled to be sentenced in December 2024 for both cases.
As NBC previously reported, Weiss intentionally responded to President Biden’s critical statements about investigation after December forgiveness.
Weiss wrote in his final report that the president could not “rewrite the story”, which suggests that Biden’s criticism about the case against his son when he announced that his forgiveness decision had defamed “the public servants of the Department of Justice based only on false accusations.”
“Politicians who attack the decisions of career prosecutors as politically motivated when they do not agree with the result of a case undermine the public’s confidence in our criminal justice system,” Weiss wrote. “The President’s statements unfairly challenge the integrity not only of the personnel of the Department of Justice, but all public servants make these difficult decisions in good faith.”
