Federal prosecutor accused of obstructing Hunter Biden investigation quietly LEAVES office: Bombshell departure of attorney who was ‘friends’ with White House counsel revealed on the day she is grilled in Congress
- Leslie Wolf testified behind closed doors on the House floor Thursday.
- She is accused of trying to “restrict” fellow investigators in the Hunter Biden investigation.
- She is no longer employed by the Justice Department, according to a statement released Thursday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie Wolf, who is accused of obstructing the investigation into Hunter Biden, has left her post at the Justice Department, the House Judiciary Committee said Thursday.
Wolf, who was questioned behind closed doors Thursday to have the interview transcribed, appeared under subpoena a day after the full House voted along party lines to formalize an impeachment inquiry into the president.
It came on the day Hunter Biden made a strong statement outside the Capitol but declined to appear for a closed-door interview with lawmakers, saying he would speak in a public forum.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan told Wolf in a letter she had:specialized and unique information not available to the Committee from other sources.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney for Delaware Leslie Wolfe was interviewed by House
She left the Department of Justice and no longer works there. Fox News reported on Thursday.
Wolf was the lead investigator in the Hunter Biden case, which was led by special counsel David Weiss. Last week, Los Angeles prosecutors unsealed a new grand jury indictment on nine counts of tax fraud.
IRS whistleblower David Shapley testified that Justice Department investigators tried to “limit” the questions investigators could ask about President Biden.
Shapley said Wolf sought to limit questions that could link the investigation to the current president, including in 2020 in preparation for an interview with Hunter’s business partner Robert Walker.
Wolf “interjected and said she didn’t want to ask about the big guy and said she didn’t want to ask questions about ‘Daddy.’
House Republicans held a closed-door interview with former U.S. Attorney Leslie Wolf on Thursday, a day after the House voted to formalize the impeachment inquiry.
Rep. Jim Jordan told Wolf in a letter that she has “specialized and unique information that is not available to the Committee from other sources.”
House Republicans vote to formally impeach President Biden
Investigators were interested in asking questions based on a 2017 email about people involved in a deal involving now-bankrupt firm CEFC China Energy Co.
It included a line that sparked speculation that the “big guy” was the current president and that the instruction represented an attempt to hold back the investigation. House Republicans’ party-line vote on Wednesday will likely strengthen their ability to obtain other testimony, although some Republicans said they do not have that option. proof about the President’s misconduct.
Last summer, DailyMail.com reported that Wolf was a friend and colleague of Alexander Mackler, who served as deputy White House counsel under Joe Biden from 2014 to 2016, when he was vice president.
Jordan subsequently complained that Wolf “refused to answer most of our questions” about the ongoing investigation. Rep. Grenn Ivey of Maryland called the interview a “huge waste of time,” saying she was not allowed to say much about the investigation.