The announcement by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday that he had appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe was likely — as noted by the New York Times chief White House correspondent — the last thing the White House wanted to see.
Referring to a plea deal Hunter Biden reached with federal prosecutors in June on charges of tax evasion and gun possession, Peter Baker wrote that President Joe Biden, his father, “had hoped the plea agreement would allow them to put this matter behind them to some extent, even knowing that Republicans on the Hill would keep investigating.”
However, the
