Lawyers for first son Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet with Justice Department officials next week, including the US attorney handling the drawn-out investigation into the president’s son, according to reports.
The upcoming meeting was requested by Biden’s legal team weeks ago, according to multiple outlets, and is unrelated to recent allegations that the president’s son is receiving “preferential treatment” in the probe.
Biden’s lawyers will reportedly meet with Delaware US Attorney David Weiss, who has led the investigation into Biden since 2018, and at least one other senior DOJ official.
The US Attorney’s Office in Delaware is reportedly considering four possible criminal charges that it could slap Biden with two misdemeanor counts of failing to file taxes, a felony count of evading taxes relating to a business expense and lying about his drug use on a gun purchase form.
Next week’s meeting is not necessarily a sign that a charging decision is imminent, a source told Fox News.
There is “growing frustration” within the FBI about the amount of time Weiss is taking weighing prosecuting Biden, NBC News reported Friday.
The FBI’s Baltimore field office — which led efforts to gather evidence in the probe — completed the “bulk of their work” about a year ago, according to NBC News, and the IRS finished its investigation of the first son more than a year ago.
Earlier this week, an IRS whistleblower who supervised the Biden tax probe contacted Congress through an attorney, alleging that the case had been mishandled.
The whistleblower’s attorney, Mark Lytle, wrote Wednesday that his client could also expose false statements made to Congress by a “senior political appointee.”
The Post reported on Thursday that Lytle is referring to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who twice told senators that Weiss has unilateral authority to bring charges against Biden.
The Delaware US Attorney’s Office declined to comment to The Post on next week’s meeting.