- Lesley Wolf offered closed-door testimony in the House of Representatives on Thursday
- She is accused of 'restricting' fellow investigators in the Hunter Biden investigation
- She no longer works at DOJ, according to a report Thursday
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, who is accused of obstructing Hunter Biden's investigation, has left her post at the Justice Department, it was reported Thursday as she sat down for an interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
Wolf, who was interviewed behind closed doors for a transcribed interview on Thursday, appeared under a subpoena, a day after the full House voted on a party-line basis to formalize an impeachment inquiry into the president.
That came on a day when Hunter Biden made a blistering statement outside the Capitol but declined to appear for a closed-door interview with lawmakers after saying he would appear at a public forum.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan had told Wolf in a letter that she “possessed”specialized and unique information not available to the Commission through other sources.'
Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf interviewed House
She has left the Department of Justice and is no longer employed there. Fox news reported Thursday.
Wolf was a top investigator in the Hunter Biden investigation led by Special Counsel David Weiss. Prosecutors unsealed a new nine-count tax indictment last week in Los Angeles.
IRS whistleblower David Shapley has testified that DOJ investigators tried to “limit” the questions investigators could ask regarding President Biden.
Shapley said Wolf tried to limit questions that could tie the investigation to the current president, including in 2020 to prepare for an interview with Hunter business partner Robert Walker.
Wolf “interjected and said she didn't want to ask about the big man and said she didn't want to ask questions about 'daddy.'”
House Republicans sat down with former U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf for a closed-door interview Thursday, a day after the House of Representatives voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry
Representative Jim Jordan had told Wolf in a letter that she had “specialized and unique information not available to the committee through other sources.”
Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to formalize an impeachment investigation into President Biden
Researchers were interested in asking questions based on a 2017 email about people involved in a deal involving the now-bankrupt company CEFC China Energy Co.
It included a sentence that sparked speculation that the “big man” was the current president, and that the leadership was an attempt to block the investigation. The party-line vote by Republicans in the House of Representatives Wednesday will likely strengthen their ability to obtain other testimony, even though several Republicans have said they have not. proof of presidential misconduct.
DailyMail.com reported last summer that Wolf was friends and colleagues with Alexander Mackler, who served as Joe Biden's White House vice president from 2014 to 2016 when he was vice president.
Jordan then complained that Wolf “refused to answer most of our questions” about the ongoing investigation. Representative Grenn Ivey of Maryland called the interview a “huge waste of time” and said she was not allowed to say much about the investigation.