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U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss, who is leading the probe into President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, told the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that he faced no political interference, contradicting earlier whistleblower testimony.
Weiss has charged Hunter Biden, 53, with crimes related to owning a firearm while using illegal drugs. The president's son has said he struggled with addictions to alcohol and crack coc aine.
House Republicans allege the Justice Department improperly interfered with the investigation of Hunter Biden, whose brushes with the law are a central focus of their impeachment inquiry into the president. The White House has denied wrongdoing. Democrats say the impeachment inquiry is politically motivated.
"Throughout this investigation, the career prosecutors on my team and I have made decisions based on the facts and the law," Weiss said during testimony behind closed doors, according to his prepared remarks. "Political considerations played no part in our decision-making."
Weiss, the first special counsel to testify in Congress before his final report is completed, is pushing back against comments by two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers, who say he told officials at a meeting that he did not have final authority on deciding to bring charges as part of his probe.
Weiss told lawmakers he has had and continues to have full authority over his investigation.
In keeping with Justice Department policy, Weiss would not address specifics about his probe.
The impeachment inquiry has been cheered on by Republican former President Donald Trump, who is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination to take on Biden again in the 2024 election. Trump was also the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. The Senate acquitted him both times.
Trump is facing four criminal indictments for charges related to his business activities, mishandling of classified documents and attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
It is not clear if the full House of Representatives, controlled by a narrow 221-212 Republican majority, would support impeaching Biden.
A mob shouting anti-Jewish epithets stormed and shut down the airport in the Russian city of Makhachkala in the predominantly Muslim region of Daghestan after a flight arrived from Israel on Sunday night.
The crowds were filmed ‘questioning’ random people at the airport’s terminal to determine whether they were Jewish, and also swarmed just-landed planes with the apparent intent of entering the aircraft.
“Take his passport, search his phone,” the mob shouted when they found a suspected Jew, according to video posted on the X social media platform.
In one video, a child said he “came for the Jews,” and that he brought a knife.
The unrest at the airport was apparently prompted by rumors spread on local social media channels claiming that a flight from Tel Aviv inbound for Makhachkala was carrying a group of “Jewish refugees,” purportedly fleeing the conflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel.
Riot police arrived at the airport, while the Interior Ministry office in Makhachkala said reinforcements, including National Guard units, were being sent to “ensure the safety” of arriving passengers, according to the Baza Telegram channel.
Russia’s aviation authority later said the airport would remain closed until November 6.
“After unidentified persons appeared in the landing area of the Makhachkala airport it was decided to temporarily close the airport for arrivals and departures,” it said. “Flights that were to land in Makhachkala have been directed to other airports.”
Elsewhere, a mob swarmed a hotel in Dagestan, shouting threats about a Jewish guest.
“Show your face, or we will come into the hotel and pull you out of there!” the horde threatened.
While their people languish in poverty and are treated as human shields, the leaders of Hamas live billionaire lifestyles.
The terror group’s three top leaders alone are worth a staggering $11 billion between them and enjoy a life of luxury in the sanctuary of the emirate of Qatar.
The emirate has long welcomed the leaders of the terror group and installed them in its luxury hotels and villas at the same time as hosting a vast American military presence.
Now Republican Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles is co-sponsoring a bill that would strip Qatar of its status as a key US ally, The Post has learned, unless it kicks out the Hamas leadership.
The head nurse in Slovenia resigned over claims that the #Covid #Vaccine has different versions
Look at what she told the public before she resigned
NEW: The House has approved an amendment to cut Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s salary to $1. The amendment, which was introduced by Marjorie Taylor Greene, was brought forward due to Buttigieg’s failure to “serve the American people.” MTG specifically pointed to how Buttigieg staged fake bike rides. “Pothole Pete staged fake bike rides to the White House and used private planes funded by taxpayers to receive awards for the way certain people have s*x,” she said on X. The video below is Buttigieg being caught red handed unloading a bike from an armored SUV before heading to a Cabinet meeting to show off for the cameras.
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Oncologist: "Cause Unknown" Is a Crime and a Cover-Up "The number one cause of death in Alberta in 2021 was 'cause unknown,' and that's never happened before," lamented
@MakisMD.........
Massive Saudi Arabia Flooding ! Heavy Downpours Today and the Past Week have Contributed to Massive flooding Across parts of Saudi Arabia…. Floods resulting from torrential rain have paralyzed traffic in the city of Ha’il in north-western Saudi Arabia and Mecca as Well…
Heavy flooding struck the city of Bonao in the Dominican Republic.
Current flooding at North horr , Marsabit County
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It makes me wonder about the white nose fungus that was killing off bat's in the states. Was it part of a bio-weapons project? Or worse was all the research into bat's what caused the outbreak in the first place, considering how lazy protocols seemed to be in that type of research.