"Approximately one month before Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Hunter Biden hired a new attorney to assist with his federal criminal defense.
In December, the younger Biden hired former federal prosecutor Chris Clark, a partner at Latham & Watkins, to defend him against alleged tax and money laundering activities, as well as potential counterintelligence concerns.
... the Biden investigation is being run by the US Attorney in Delaware - not the main Justice Department, according to Axios' Lachlan Markay - who notes that it "shows the need for strict ethics enforcement right off the bat."
Clark worked at Latham with Nicholas McQuaid on multiple cases involving white-collar defense.
The two were jointly representing at least one Latham client when McQuaid was tapped for his new Justice Department job on January 20, 2021.
... there's no indication McQuaid did any work on the Hunter Biden case.
McQuaid, a former federal prosecutor, was tapped in January to serve as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division.
Additionally, he was installed as the acting assistant attorney general to replace a Trump appointee, making McQuaid one of a handful of acting AAGs appointed on Biden’s first day in office.
According to the report, federal ethics laws and DOJ regulations would typically bar McQuaid from working on the Biden investigation without a sign-off from Justice ethics officials.
... One can only imagine how the press would cover this if it was Donald Trump Jr."
