Cal­i­for­nia US attor­ney who declined to charge Hunter Biden under scruti­ny

A U.S. attor­ney who whistle­blow­ers say declined to allow the Hunter Biden case to move for­ward in his juris­dic­tion last year came from a firm that donat­ed heav­i­ly to Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s elec­tion effort.
Joe Biden also appeared to nom­i­nate E. Mar­tin Estra­da, the U.S. attor­ney for the Cen­tral Dis­trict of Cal­i­for­nia, after Hunter Biden’s legal team had already begun meet­ing with Jus­tice Depart­ment offi­cials to dis­cuss the case pros­e­cu­tors were build­ing against Hunter Biden.
HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION: TOP TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HEARING
The time­line of Estrada’s nom­i­na­tion gained new sig­nif­i­cance after a pair of IRS whistle­blow­ers tes­ti­fied that Delaware U.S. Attor­ney David Weiss wait­ed months to present evi­dence in the Hunter Biden tax inves­ti­ga­tion to the Cal­i­for­nia office and did not do so until days after Estra­da took office.
Estra­da did not agree to allow Weiss to charge Hunter Biden in his dis­trict, mul­ti­ple wit­ness­es have now said.
Pri­or to being nom­i­nat­ed, Estra­da worked at a pres­ti­gious law firm, Munger, Tolles & Olson, …