Half of Americans are not convinced that President Biden’s Justice Department is handling the Hunter Biden case fairly and impartially, according to a new poll.
A total of 28% of voters are “not very confident” and 22% are “not at all confident” that the DOJ’s investigation into the eldest son’s alleged tax and gun crimes is being handled in a fair and impartial manner, according to an Associated Press-Public Affairs Research Center poll. The NORC was released on Thursday.
Only 19% said they were “very” or “very confident” in the government’s handling of the investigation.
The investigation has been shrouded in political intrigue for months. In May, IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, an investigator involved in the Hunter Biden investigation, testified to the House Ways and Means Committee alleging a cover-up in the case.
Shapley claims the FBI told people close to Hunter Biden and his father about investigative steps taken in the case and that the DOJ limited which witnesses he could interview and the questions he could ask them during the investigation.
The poll found that 28% of respondents were “not very confident” and 22% were “not at all confident” that the DOJ’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged tax and gun crimes was handled fairly and impartially. AP
IRS whistleblowers have alleged that the Justice Department engaged in a cover-up throughout the five-year investigation. Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Shutterstock
He further claimed that Delaware US Attorney David Weiss, who was tasked with overseeing the investigation, informed investigators that he did not have full authority to prosecute Hunter Biden where he saw fit and that he had been denied his request to be made a special counsel in the case. .
Aspects of Shapley’s allegations were corroborated in part by fellow IRS investigator and whistleblower Joseph Ziegler and by recently retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Joe Gordon.
The poll also found that 1 in 3 Americans – 33% – said they were “very” or “extremely” concerned about whether President Biden may have engaged in wrongdoing related to his 53-year-old son’s business dealings.
However, more Americans, 41%, responded that they were “not very concerned” or “not concerned at all” that the 80-year-old president was involved in misconduct related to Hunter Biden’s business.
An impeachment inquiry against President Biden has been opened in Congress regarding his involvement in his son’s foreign business affairs. AFP via Getty Images
The survey was conducted between September 7-11, before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Tuesday that a formal impeachment inquiry would be opened against the president related to his alleged involvement in the Biden family’s foreign influence peddling operation. .
Hunter Biden was charged Thursday by Weiss, who was promoted to special counsel in the case by Attorney General Merrick Garland after a plea deal in the case failed in a Delaware court in July.
The first son was charged with three counts related to lying about being addicted to cocaine when he bought a gun nearly five years ago.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and Hunter could face additional criminal charges in DC and Los Angeles for tax fraud and illegal foreign lobbying, among other potential charges.
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