共和党人尽搞这些捕风捉影的无厘头东西。调查亨特案的检查长，David Weiss是共和党人，是川普任命的。有点常识的人都知道，联邦检查官调查案子，没有地域的限制。
司法部长加兰已经澄清，David Weiss 从来没有请求他想做特别检查官。实际上David Weiss的权限范围，比特别检查官还要大。 加兰也从没有限制David Weiss的调查范围。
党记者问加兰，是否可以授权David Weiss接受采访澄清是，加兰说， David Weiss当然可以自己解释或者作证，究竟怎么回事。
"The only person with authority to make somebody a special counsel or refuse to make somebody a special counsel is the attorney general," Garland said. "Mr. Weiss never made that request to me."
Garland further said that the level of authority he had chosen to grant Weiss in determining to bring charges actually gave him "more authority than the special counsel would have had" to bring a case against Hunter Biden.
Garland also emphasized that Weiss was never prohibited from bringing charges in jurisdictions other than Delaware -- another one of the accusations put forward by the IRS agents.
"I don't know how it would be possible for anybody to block him from bringing a prosecution, given that he has this authority was never told no," Garland said.
David Weiss 自己也声明，他的调查权力没有受限制。
“我想澄清的是，正如司法部长所说，我已被授予对此事的最终权力，包括决定在何处、何时以及是否提出指控的责任，以及做出维护检方公正性所需的决定的责任”
“I want to make clear that, as the Atty Gen has stated, I have been granted ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges and for making decisions necessary to preserve the integrity of the prosecution”
Garland of Friday was asked about allegations of the Justice Department's politicization becoming a major campaign issue and theme among Republicans in Congress.
"I certainly understand that some have chosen to attack the integrity of the Justice Department and its components and its employees by claiming that we do not treat like cases alike," Garland said. "This constitutes an attack on an institution that is essential to American democracy, and essential to the safety of the American people. Nothing could be further from the truth."
He added, "You've all heard me say many times that we make our cases based on the facts and the law. These are not just words. These are what we live by. They're the foundation of the way we make these decisions. "
川普现在已完全绝望。6月22日，检察官办公室把第一批检方的证据转交给辩方的律师，这里面包含了更多的川普的录音带。证据是铁板钉钉。川普知道后，就绝望地在truth social media 发了几次贴，呼吁国会出门阻止调查。
“CONGRESS, PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE POLITICAL WITCH HUNTS AGAINST ME CURRENTLY BEING BROUGHT BY THE CORRUPT DOJ AND FBI, WHO ARE TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL,” Trump wrote Thursday morning.
之前川普关于机密文件有6种理论：
1） 他先是说海湖庄园没有任何机密档案，搜查是政治迫害；
2）又说如果有机密档案的话，是FBI 植入的
3）又说奥巴马也私藏几万份档案。国家档案局出门澄清，奥巴马的档案都是经过国家档案局管理的
4）又说他曾经颁发了一个standing order, 把文件都解密了，但他的幕僚，报告前国安顾问博顿，都否认有这个standing order
5)看掩盖不下去了，就说，他用脑子一想，就已经把文件解密了。
6）最新理论： 他是把机密文件带回家了，但很忙，没时间整理上交。
当检查官把第一批证据移交给辩方后，绝望的川普又回到第二种理论，又说机密文件是FBI植入的。
众议院共和党公开笔录资料，表示国税局（IRS）吹哨人接受议员约谈时，指责司法部曾经干预，总统拜登儿子亨特（Hunter Biden）所面对的刑事调查。
综合《华尔街日报》与英国《每日邮报》报道，众院赋税委员会22日通过表决后，公开国税局2名吹哨人的供词，其中1人为部门调查人员沙普利（Gary Shapley），他指责司法部的联邦检察官曾与国税局对峙，而司法部则涉嫌妨碍调查，拖慢以重罪起诉亨特的速度。
根据纪录，2名吹哨人指责亨特没有支付8300万元税项，而司法部又拒绝在其他州份起诉亨特。证供又显示，负责调查亨特案的德拉瓦州检察官韦斯（David Weiss），曾要求司法部委派他成为特别检察官，但遭到司法部拒绝，另外在2022年秋季，韦斯也曾要求在首都华盛顿和加州起诉亨特，但同样被司法部驳回。
众院共和党表示，在长达200页的供词内容中，沙普利曾说司法部某些决定似乎受到政治影响，但无论背后动机为何，每项决定均对亨特有利。据悉，国税局2名人员接受约谈时，众院赋税委员会的共和、民主两党成员都在场，2人又表示，担心吹哨后在部门内被人秋后算账。
国税局则发表声明，表示不会评论个别纳税人的事宜，另外部分员工担心遇到报复的事，已转介部门审计官员跟进。
对于共和党的指控，民主党表示纪录恰恰反映司法部没有政治干预调查，共和党的说法也不完整。