Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf refused to answer dozens of House Republicans’ questions last week about the role she played in blocking investigators from including now-President Joe Biden in multiple federal criminal investigations of Hunter Biden.
A 159-page transcript of the Dec. 14 testimony reviewed by The Federalist shows that Wolf, who quietly departed her position at the Department of Justice a few weeks ago, claimed nearly 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 family business endeavors.
Shortly before her testimony, the DOJ sent a letter to Wolf, which The Federalist has reviewed, offering guidance for her testimony that Wolf appeared to have solicited. The Biden Justice Department specifically primed her to dodge questions and remain vague about her involvement in the department’s Biden family investigation meddling.
House Republicans determined earlier this month that the DOJ slow-walked a federal tax crime inquiry into Hunter and “deviated from standard procedures” to protect the Bidens. Wolf’s attempt to cover for Joe by keeping his name out of probe contributed significantly to the GOP’s findings.
Testimonies from IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler released by the House Ways and Means Committee in September confirmed Wolf sought to shield then-Democrat presidential candidate Joe, “Political Figure 1,” by demanding investigators omit his name from a Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) related search warrant in August 2020.
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