When previous special counsels have answered congressional questions, they’ve done so after the completion of their investigations. This has always made sense: Federal investigators, working independently, can’t comment on ongoing probes, so it stands to reason that they’d remain silent until their examinations are complete. This week, however, offered an unprecedented exception.
Weiss has also been at the heart of a variety of partisan conspiracy theories, which led to his closed-door testimony before Chairman Jim Jordan’s House Judiciary Committee. “At no time was I blocked, or otherwise prevented from pursuing charges or taking the steps necessary in the investigation by other United States Attorneys, the Tax Division or anyone else at the Department of Justice,” Weiss told lawmakers, according to prepared remarks obtained by NBC News.