Behind the Hunter Biden Investigation: Mistrust, Mutual Suspicion, Delays

The yearslong criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has aired a lot of dirty laundry about the president’s son’s attempts at foreign business and his descent into drug addiction. A parallel congressional probe is now airing a lot of dirty laundry about the government officials investigating him.

The younger Biden was indicted in September on three felony gun charges and pleaded not guilty last month in Delaware federal court. In the lead-up to that indictment and in recent weeks, House Republicans have collected internal government records and interviewed prosecutors and federal agents, after two Internal Revenue Service agents alleged Justice Department officials had interfered in the probe.