Assistant Delaware Attorney Lesley Wolf refused to answer dozens of questions from House Republicans last week about the role she played in blocking investigators from including now-President Joe Biden in several probes federal criminal charges on Hunter Biden.
A 159-page transcript of Dec. 14 testimony reviewed by The Federalist shows that Wolf, who left quietly his position at the Ministry of Justice a few weeks ago, said almost 80 times that she was “not authorized” by the DOJ to speak about her obstruction of the investigation into Hunter’s and potentially Joe’s criminal business activities.
Shortly before his testimony, the DOJ sent a letter to Wolf, whom The Federalist examined, offering advice for his testimony that Wolf appeared to have solicited. The Biden Justice Department specifically urged her to avoid questions and remain vague about her involvement in the department’s interference in the Biden family investigation.
House Republicans determined Earlier this month, the DOJ slowed down a federal tax crime investigation against Hunter and “deviated from standard procedures” to protect the Bidens. Wolf’s attempt to cover up for Joe by keeping his name out of any investigation contributed significantly to the GOP’s findings.
Testimony of IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler released by House Ways and Means Committee in September confirmed that Wolf sought to protect then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe, “Political Figure 1,” by demanding that investigators omit his name from a search warrant related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). ) in August 2020.
“I don’t know what this was copied and pasted from, but other than the attribution, location, and identity stuff at the end, none of it is appropriate and falls within the scope of this mandate,” Wolf wrote. “Please focus only on the FARA evidence. There should be nothing about political figure 1 here.
In December 2020, Wolf also barred investigators from asking questions about the “big guy” or “dad.” Before that, in 2018, Wolf dissuaded IRS investigators, including whistleblower Shapely, searched Joe’s Wilmington guest house where Hunter was staying. His rationale was “that there was more than sufficient reason for the physical search warrant, but the question was whether the juice was worth it.”
Wolf’s repeated attempts to protect the Bidens from a full and fair investigation, his apparent involvement in Weiss’ decision to thwart Congressional Republican oversight of this obstruction and the DOJ’s refusal to let her testify prompted GOP House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan to formal subpoena her in November. The prosecutor ultimately agreed to a voluntary interview with committee members, but warned that “I will not be allowed to answer most of the questions you ask me.”
Republicans asked Wolf to explain his email to an FBI agent that said “there should be nothing about political figure 1.” They also demanded to know when the Hunter investigation was deemed “politically sensitive” and whether “any special precautions were taken regarding the Biden investigation.”
Instead of answering directly, Wolf repeated: several DOJ talking points insisting that partisanship did not affect the investigation and saying she was “unable to answer questions about this particular search warrant or this particular project.”
“I would just like to say, again, without commenting on the details of any investigation, that all appropriate policies and procedures and professional responsibility obligations were followed in this matter,” Wolf insisted.
At one point during the interview, Wolf even refused to admit that she was the “(Assistant U.S. Attorney) lead on the case.” She dismissed most other questions on the grounds that the Hunter investigation is an “ongoing investigation.”
When she wasn’t causing confusion, Wolf claimed she “acted in accordance” with DOJ policies.
It even echoed that of David Weiss insistence under oath that he had “ultimate authority” to accuse Hunter. Evidence and even testimony to Congress However, Attorney General Merrick Garland suggests Weiss could not do so without first getting permission from other U.S. attorneys and Biden’s DOJ tax division.
Weiss, as special counsel, recently indicted Hunter on nine federal tax crimes, but refused to hold his first son accountable for his family’s foreign influence peddling.
Wolf admitted during her testimony that prosecutors like her are “mindful of the statute of limitations” in each particular case and suggested that letting them expire is atypical.
Jordan Boyd is an editor at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. His work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.
