On Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's "Inside Politics," former federal prosecutor Shanlon Wu, who worked in the Justice Department during the Clinton administration, stated that the DOJ's assertion during the Hunter Biden plea hearing that the investigation is ongoing will be "like a complete shield" for the Department of Justice to avoid oversight from Congress and that while one reason for the posture that the investigation is ongoing could be simply because a plea deal hadn't been reached, but another potential reason is for that "political cover" to duck Congress. "And that will help him when he goes to the Hill to say, oh, I have an ongoing investigation, can't talk about it."