Hunter Biden’s prosecutor David Weiss will face grilling by Republicans in Congress: November 7 date set for closed-door interview as the special counsel faces accusations that Joe’s son received special treatment

Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be questioned behind closed doors in Congress as Republicans investigate allegations of politicization in his investigation into the president’s son.

Weiss — the lead investigator into Hunter Biden’s gun and tax crimes — was named special counsel in August after new testimony from IRS whistleblowers alleged the department engaged in preferential treatment for the president’s son.

A source in the know confirmed to DailyMail.com that Weiss will participate in a behind-closed-doors interview on November 7.

Weiss charged Hunter last month with three felonies related to lying on a federal gun application form while under the influence of drugs. He faces a prison sentence of up to 25 years.

The president’s son pleaded not guilty at his first hearing. The guilty plea comes after what Republicans called a “sweetheart” plea deal — which would have seen Joe Biden’s son avoid prison time — collapsed this summer.

The Justice Department had apparently accepted an invitation from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan to have Weiss testify at a “public hearing” in September or October.

U.S. Attorney Weiss will be available to testify on September 27, September 28, October 18 and October 19

“The Department is prepared to offer U.S. Attorney Weiss to testify shortly after Congress returns from the August district work period,” says a letter obtained by DailyMail.com in July from Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte to Jordan, R -Ohio, has received.

Uriarte wrote that DOJ is concerned about “misrepresentations” about its work on the Hunter Biden investigation.

Over the summer, two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, testified under oath that Hunter Biden received “special” treatment in the investigation into his financial dealings led by Weiss.

They said Hunter’s tax assessment should have been a crime, but political pressure instead led to the first son’s “love deal.”

Republicans, including Jordan, have pointed to discrepancies between Attorney General Merrick Garland’s and U.S. Attorney Weiss’ public statements on the Hunter Biden case and who had “full authority” to charge the president’s son.

Ziegler and Shapley testified that Weiss asked DC U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves to file “crimes and misdemeanors” charges against the president’s son.

But after Graves declined, Weiss threw out the possible misdemeanor charge and struck a plea deal with the president’s son that included no jail time. Hunter is expected in court Wednesday to make the plea deal official.

“I watched as U.S. Attorney (David) Weiss told a room full of senior FBI and IRS leaders on October 7, 2022 that he was not the final decision on whether charges were filed,” Shapley said, contradicting Weiss’ previous public statements.

“If Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss had followed DOJ policy as he stated in his most recent letter, Hunter Biden should have been charged with a tax crime, not just the tax crime,” Ziegler said.

“We must treat every taxpayer the same under the law.”

Graves has denied allegations that he contributed to improper political interference during the federal investigation into Hunter Biden.

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 file charges against Hunter.

The allegations were “not consistent with my recollection,” Graves told congressional investigators on Oct. 3.

Hunter Biden was in court to make the plea deal official

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan will question Weiss behind closed doors in November

Weiss also sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee seeking to clarify his role in the investigation and emphasizing that he actually has the “ultimate authority” in the criminal gun and tax case against the president’s son.

He explained that as the U.S. attorney for Delaware, his charging authority is normally “geographically limited” to that district, but said Attorney General Merrick Garland had promised to grant him special attorney status to bring charges anywhere.

However, Garland said Weiss was free “to make a decision to prosecute in any way he wanted and in any district in which he wanted to.”

DOJ attempted to clarify the discrepancies in the letter to Jordan.

“Although testimony at this early juncture should be appropriately limited to protect the ongoing case and important confidentiality interests, the Department recognizes your stated interest in addressing aspects of this case at short notice, such as the authority and jurisdiction of the United States Attorney Weiss to press charges anywhere. he deems appropriate.’