Special Counsel Weiss expected to release Hunter Biden’s report as early as next week

FIRST ON FOX: Special counsel David Weiss is expected to release his final report on his years-long investigation Hunter Biden as early as next week, Fox News found out.

Hunter Biden was found guilty of three firearms offenses stemming from the investigation by special counsel David Weiss. The first son was also charged with federal tax crimes for failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes. Before his trial, Hunter Biden entered a surprise guilty plea.

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The charges led to up to 17 years behind bars. His sentencing was scheduled for Dec. 16, but his father, President Joe Biden, pardoned him on all charges in December.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday appointed investigator David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation. (Fox News)

The federal investigation into Hunter Biden began in November 2018.

But it wasn’t until 2023 that IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler presented Congress with allegations of politicization in the federal investigation of Hunter Biden.

The two alleged that political influence had infected prosecutorial decisions in the federal investigation, which was led by Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, who they said sought to turn se in a special lawyer.

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After Shapley and Ziegler testified publicly, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss as special counsel to continue his investigation into the first son and eventually bring federal charges against him in two different jurisdictions: Delaware and California.

Justice Department regulations require Weiss to forward any final report to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has pledged to release as much as possible to the public.

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is on trial for gun crimes. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The Justice Department and Special Counsel Weiss’ office declined to comment.

Meanwhile, President Biden’s pardon of his son came after months of promising the American people he wouldn’t.

But last month, the president announced a blanket pardon that applies to any crime against the United States that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed” from January 1, 2014, to December 1 of 2024.

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“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere in the decision-making of the Department of Justice, and I have kept my word even though I have watched my son be prosecuted selectively and unfairly,” he said. Biden. “There has been an effort to break Hunter, who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of relentless attacks and selective prosecutions. In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me, and there’s no reason to do it. I think it will stop there.”

Biden added: “I hope the American people will understand why a father and a president would make this decision.”