EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Justice informed the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night that it would not cooperate with subpoenas for two FBI agents involved in the department's investigation of Hunter Biden because of the committee's stipulations for their depositions.
Carlos Uriarte, DOJ assistant attorney general, claimed in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to committee Chairman Jim Jordan that his subpoenas to the two agents"lack legal effect and cannot constitutionally be enforced" because Jordan had prohibited DOJ lawyers at their depositions.
Negotiations seem plausible as Uriarte was deferential to the committee's oversight authority throughout the letter while continuously warning that its Hunter Biden investigation, led by newly appointed special counsel David Weiss, was ongoing and that information flow would be limited during that time.
The chairmen alleged that the investigation had been"purposely slow-walked," basing the allegations in part on whistleblower testimony from two veteran IRS agents involved in the investigation. The whistleblowers testified in May about a meeting that occurred last October during which Weiss allegedly said he lacked the necessary authority to bring certain charges against Biden.
The deal took an unexpected turn during a plea hearing in July, however, when a federal judge called into question its immunity provisions and whether it would prevent Biden from facing future charges, particularly for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
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