U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters before the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at the U.S. Capitol on July 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — After more than two years of demanding that the Justice Department appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, Republicans in Congress finally got their wish on Friday. And they were furious.Reactions from the GOP began pouring in within minutes of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement on Friday of a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.”If Weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn’t get approved, how can he be trusted as a Special Counsel?” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted shortly after the announcement.McCarthy said the decision to appoint David Weiss, a federal prosecutor in Delaware who was assigned by former President Donald Trump to lead the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, “cannot be used to obs …
