Biden-appointed prosecutor DENIES whistleblower allegations that he blocked charges against Hunter Biden in DC requested by U.S Attorney David Weiss

A Biden-appointed prosecutor is denying allegations that he engaged in improper political interference during the federal investigation into Hunter Biden.

IRS whistleblowers who worked on the Hunter tax fraud case previously told Congress that U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware tried to bring tax fraud charges against the president’s son in Washington, D.C., but was denied.

They said Weiss was blocked by the district’s top federal attorney Matthew Graves, a former Democratic campaign official appointed by Biden.

“Special treatment” of Hunter by U.S. Attorney Graves and others became an ongoing pattern, the complainants charged.

However, Graves retracted those claims during a closed-door interview with Republican-led investigators on Oct. 3.

According to a transcript reviewed by DailyMail.com, Graves said he was “surprised” by the whistleblowers’ claim that his office blocked a request by Weiss to press charges against Hunter.

The allegations “were not consistent with my recollection,” Graves told congressional investigators.

During a phone call in February or early March 2022, Graves said Weiss told him he was preparing to press charges against the president’s son in Washington.

The charges included $124,000 that Hunter failed to pay in taxes in 2014 while serving on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.

Graves said he dismissed Weiss’ suggestion during the call that the two U.S. attorneys’ offices are cooperating on the case — calling it unusual for him to do so.

But he said he made it clear that his office would provide “all the logistical support” needed for Weiss to pursue the charges in D.C.

Graves went on to say that he has personally worked on many whistleblower cases and understands the “confusion” that can arise when you “label rumor on top of rumor on top of rumor.”

Additionally, Graves said that despite his previous work on the Biden campaign, there was “no conflict of interest” when the Hunter case was discussed.

“We have inquiries all the time … about people who are members of the administration. … Member of the management family? I don’t necessarily see it as a conflict of interest or a perception of a conflict of interest,” he told investigators.

Attorney General Merrick Garland argued that Weiss always had “full authority” to bring charges against Hunter without restriction and in any area across the country.

But Weiss has contradicted himself, first telling the House Judiciary Committee over the summer that he “had the responsibility to decide where, when and whether to file charges,” then saying his charging authority was “geographically limited to my home district ».

Graves’ transcript of the interview also states that Weiss would need to get permission from the DOJ’s tax division to move the Hunter case to a panel in D.C.

This contradicts Weiss’s public statements.

As a result of increased scrutiny following the IRS whistleblower allegations, Garland appointed Weiss to special counsel status in August, giving him immediate authority to bring charges in any area.

Weiss charged Hunter last month with three felony counts related to lying on a federal gun application while under the influence of drugs. The president’s son pleaded not guilty.

The new guilty plea comes after what Republicans called a “sweetheart” plea deal – which would have seen Joe Biden’s son avoid prison – collapsed over the summer.

Last month, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden over his alleged connections to his son’s business dealings.

As part of the investigation, the GOP is also looking into possible political interference by the Justice Department in the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden.