Attorney General Merrick Garland did not respond to questions at a hearing Wednesday about allegations the Department of Justice allowed the statute of limitations for potential charges against Hunter Biden to expire.

Garland, facing accusations from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on the matter, deferred to special counsel David Weiss, the lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden's son.

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You will “at the appropriate time” be able to ask Weiss about it, Garland told Jordan, adding, “I don’t know the answer to those questions.”

Garland was responding to questions during the hearing from Jordan about claims brought by two Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators in the spring that the DOJ and IRS had been in agreement about bringing charges against Hunter Biden for the 2014 and 2015 tax years. The pair of whistleblowers alleged that the roughly five-year investigation had been "slow-walked," resulting in the statutes of limitations for crimes from those years expiring.

Whistleblowers and another FBI witness say Weiss was blocked from bringing charges against Hunter Biden in Washington, D.C., and California, where the alleged tax crimes, as well as possible Foreign Agents Registration Act violations, may have occurred.

Republicans have been angling to speak to Weiss about the issue, but the status of the Hunter Biden case as "ongoing" as well as Weiss's recently granted special counsel authority, have so far insulated the DOJ from answering direct questions about the IRS whistleblowers' claims.

During the tax years in question, Hunter Biden held a lucrative position on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, and Republicans this month launched an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden as they investigate whether the president was inappropriately involved in his son's business ventures.

Jordan suggested Weiss had intentionally allowed statutes of limitations to lapse, saying to Garland, “But Burisma, oh my, that goes right to the White House. We can’t have that.”

Prior to his appointment as special counsel, the DOJ vowed that Weiss would testify before the committee, and Republicans have since set a date in October on which they expect to be able to meet with him.

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The department has not rescinded its offer for Weiss to testify since his special counsel appointment but has suggested it would prefer lawmakers wait until after Weiss has concluded his investigation of Hunter Biden and issued the requisite special counsel report about it.

Weiss brought an indictment against Hunter Biden last week on three charges related to a 2018 gun incident, and based on a now-failed plea deal Weiss filed in June, tax charges against the president's son for the 2017 and 2018 tax years may be forthcoming.