David C. Weiss

David Charles Weiss (born 1956) is an American attorney.

He was nominated by President Donald Trump to be United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and was retained by President Joe Biden.

He then served as an assistant United States Attorney in Delaware from 1986 to 1989, prosecuting violent crimes and white-collar criminal offenses.

Leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, he worked as a commercial litigation associate and partner at the Duane Morris firm and as an executive at a financial services firm.

He returned to the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office as First Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2007.

In this capacity, he served as Acting US Attorney for the District of Delaware from 2009 until the confirmation of Charles Oberly.

Weiss later served as Acting U.S. Attorney for Delaware again during the administration of Donald Trump following the resignation of Oberly.

He has served in that office since February 22, 2018.

Weiss received his bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his Juris Doctor degree from Widener University School of Law.

He clerked for Justice Andrew D. Christie of the Delaware Supreme Court.

He was subsequently nominated to officially fill that position, and on February 15, 2018, his nomination to be the United States Attorney was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote.

He was sworn in on February 22, 2018.

Weiss has been in charge of the investigations into the financial dealings of Hunter Biden and was asked to stay on during the Biden administration.

On August 11, 2023, Weiss was named special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

On February 14, 2024, he indicted a former FBI informant with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement in business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, undercutting a major aspect of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president.