by Ashley Oliver at Washington Examiner
Former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady found the Department of Justice’s process in 2020 for investigating public information about Hunter Biden’s involvement in Ukraine “very unusual” and heavily bureaucratic, he told Congress in closed-door testimony this week.
Brady, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, told the House Judiciary Committee, according to a transcript reviewed by the Washington Examiner, that he experienced abnormally elaborate approval processes and weekslong pauses in work.
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His testimony comes as House Republicans are leading an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over allegations he abused his power as vice president to personally profit off his son’s business dealings. Part of their inquiry involves examining whether Hunter Biden received special treatment from the DOJ while it was conducting its own investigation into the president’s son.
Brady, who worked as the top prosecutor in the Western District of Pennsylvania beginning in 2017, had been assigned by the DOJ in January 2020 to vet the credibility of information provided by the public related to corruption in Ukraine and Hunter Biden’s work there…
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