House Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicated Tuesday that the Delaware federal prosecutor leading the investigation into first son Hunter Biden will be forced to answer questions from lawmakers about allegations of a cover-up in the probe. 

McCarthy (R-Calif.) dismissed US Attorney David Weiss’ contention that he cannot answer specific queries about the case after IRS whistleblowers involved in the investigation alleged that the prosecutor’s request to be named special counsel was denied by the Justice Department — and that Weiss was prevented from charging the 53-year-old Hunter in both Southern California and Washington, DC. 

“There’s a lot of questions here that continue to rise from every time, the more you look at it, and I think for the American public you should look at all of it,” McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill. 

“Weiss has not come before us and talked to us. Weiss wrote a letter that raises even more questions,” the House speaker shot back when a reporter noted that the prosecutor in a letter had denied that he had asked to be named special counsel and maintained that he had “ultimate authority” in the investigation. 

Other than corroborating Attorney General Merrick Garland’s account of the control he had over the investigation, Weiss has refused to answer specific questions from lawmakers about the probe, citing the ongoing investigation. 

Earlier this month, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Weiss wrote: “The whistleblowers’ allegations relate to a criminal investigation that is now being prosecuted in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. At this juncture, I am required to protect confidential law enforcement information and deliberative communications related to the case. Thus, I will not provide specific information related to the Hunter Biden investigation at this time.”

McCarthy on Tuesday said Weiss is “gonna have to” answer questions about the investigation and accused him of hiding from lawmakers and the public. 

“I think you cannot sit back and hide behind and have an attorney general say one thing, you say something else in private. What do you have to hide?” McCarthy said. 

‘If you knew this was a question, if you knew because of the attorney that you were, because you worked for the Attorney General and others, and that it would rise to such a constitutional question, why wouldn’t you step out the first day and say, ‘I got nothing to hide, let’s talk about what was said.’ This was right or this was wrong. Why do you want to mince words inside a letter?” the speaker added. 

When asked about Congress issuing a subpoena to compel Weiss’ testimony, McCarthy said, “I believe the committees will do their work and will bring people in and we’ll get to the bottom of this.” 

Weiss’ office announced on June 20 that after a five-year-long investigation, Hunter Biden had agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay his taxes in 2017 and 2018, and had entered into a pre-trial diversion agreement to avoid a felony charge of possessing a firearm while under the influence of drugs.

US District Judge Maryellen Noreika must still approve the plea deal at a hearing scheduled for July 26.