Garland pledges 'there will not be interference' in DOJ's probe of Hunter Biden

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CNN — Attorney General Merrick Garland assured a Senate panel on Tuesday that there will "not be interference" in the Justice Department's probe into Hunter Biden's business activities, and emphasized an appointee of former President Donald Trump is leading the investigation.

Garland was pressed on the matter during a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, with Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty demanding to know whether he had been briefed on the probe. The attorney general noted that it's being run by David Weiss, the US attorney in Wilmington, Delaware.

"I'm aware of that, but he reports to you," Hagerty responded. "He is supervising the investigation and I'm not at liberty to talk about internal Justice Department deliberations, but he is in charge of that investigation," Garland said. "There will not be interference of any political or improper kind."

The probe began as early as 2018 and concerns multiple financial and business activities in foreign countries dating to when Hunter Biden's father was vice president. Investigators have examined whether Hunter Biden and some of his associates violated money laundering, tax and foreign lobbying laws, as well as firearm and other regulations, multiple sources previously told CNN.

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