The Justice Department’s cover-up of the Hunter Biden case is unraveling in a series of unnecessary and ridiculous lies. After the IRS whistleblowers came forward and stated that the case has been stalemated and blocked by Biden appointees in D.C. and California, and by AG Garland, the denials poured in.

Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Wednesday against GOP accusations that the Justice Department’s plea agreement with Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, reflects a double standard of preferential treatment for Democrats.

Garland rejected the idea, pointing to the fact that the US attorney in Delaware tasked with investigating Biden’s son was appointed under the Trump administration.

“As I said from the moment of my appointment as attorney general, I would leave this matter in the hands of the United States attorney who was appointed by the previous president, and assigned to this matter by the previous administration, that he would be given full authority to decide the matter as he decided was appropriate,” Garland said. “And that’s what he’s done.”

The attorney general said that any further questions to “explain” the plea agreement should be directed to the US attorney in Delaware.

That’s David Weiss who issued a misleading statement on the matter.

“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, consistent with federal law, the Principles of Federal Prosecution, and Departmental regulations,” Weiss wrote in the letter.

Ultimate authority… consistent with federal law is a misleading contradiction in terms. No one has ultimate authority under federal law and Weiss never had special counsel status.

So Weiss issued a clarification.

Second, in my June 7 letter I 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, consistent with federal law, the Principles of Federal Prosecution, and Departmental regulations.” I standby what I wrote and wish to expand on what this means

As the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, my charging authority is geographically limited to my home district. If venue for a case lies elsewhere, common Departmental practice is to contact the United States Attorney’s Office for the district in question and determine whether it wants to partner on the case. If not, I may request Special Attorney status from the Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 515. Here, I have been assured that, if necessary after the above process, I would be granted § 515 Authority in the District of Columbia, the Central District of California, or any other district where charges could be brought in this matter.

If necessary.

This is not any kind of ultimate authority. Doing anything required approval from either AG Garland or Biden appointees.

“As I said at the outset, Mr. Weiss, who was appointed by President Trump as the U.S Attorney in Delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration, would be permitted to continue his investigation and to make a decision to prosecute any way in which he wanted to and in any district in which he wanted to,” Garland claimed.

Being ‘permitted’ to do something and having the matter ‘left in his hands’ and given ‘full authority’ are all very different things.

Weiss had a hypothetical pathway to prosecutions that required the approval of AG Garland and other Biden appointees. Such limited arrangements depend on not testing their limits too hard. Weiss tested them and pulled back. Now he’s caught between AG Garland and the IRS whistleblowers.

In the ultimate lie, AG Garland claimed, “I don’t know how it would be possible for anybody to block him from bringing a prosecution, given that he has this authority.”

How could AG Garland block the guy who needs his approval to prosecute Hunter Biden? It’s a mystery alright.