Garland Appoints Weiss as Special Counsel in Hunter Biden Inquiry The attorney general said he decided to elevate David C. Weiss after the prosecutor informed him that the powers of a special counsel were necessary to continue the investigation. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812212957/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/garland-weiss-hunter-biden-special-counsel.html