The House Ways and Means Committee recently heard from two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers who claimed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had hindered U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax affairs.
These whistleblowers, including Gary Shapley, the lead IRS agent on the case, testified that there had been significant political interference in the proceedings. The whistleblowers’ testimonies presented a series of notable revelations about the Biden investigation.
- The whistleblowers alleged that the DOJ consistently resisted IRS efforts to escalate the investigation prior to the 2020 Presidential election. Shapley quoted, “By June 2020, those same career officials were already delaying overt investigative actions. It was apparent that DOJ was purposely slow-walking investigative actions in this matter.”
- Search warrants proposed by the IRS were repeatedly blocked by the DOJ, as Shapley revealed: “Even though the legal requirements were met and the investigative team knew evidence would be in these locations, AUSA Wolf stated that they would not allow a physical search warrant on Hunter Biden.”
- The investigators were prevented from interviewing Hunter Biden, as well as other family members. The unnamed whistleblower stated that attempts to interview the Bidens had been denied and they were only served with a records request.
- The whistleblowers also claimed that the DOJ prevented IRS agents from inquiring about President Joe Biden during the investigation. Shapley said: “Assistant U.S. Attorney Wolf, however, intervened and insisted they should not ask any questions about ‘dad,’ in an apparent reference to Joe Biden.”
- The agents were denied access to Hunter Biden’s laptop, with Shapley indicating that prosecutors decided to “keep it from the investigators.”
- The most serious charges were blocked by a key Biden appointee, Matthew Graves. Shapley said: “We knew that President Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves did not support the investigation, but DOJ and United States Attorney Weiss allowed us to believe that he had some special authority to charge.”
- Weiss’s request to be named as special counsel was rejected by the DOJ, preventing him from pursuing charges in the District of Columbia. Shapley continued: “This resulted in United States Attorney Weiss requesting special counsel authority from Main DOJ to charge in the District of Columbia, which was denied.”
- According to the second unnamed whistleblower, WhatsApp messages were discovered in which Hunter mentioned his father in the context of business deals.
- Joe Biden allegedly attended a meeting with the Chinese company CEFC, as per Shapley’s testimony: “Walker went on to describe an instance in which the former Vice President showed up at a CEFC meeting.”
- Lastly, the whistleblowers claim they were denied access to crucial information regarding an alleged bribery deal involving Hunter Biden, as detailed on a form known as FD-1023. The attorney for the IRS whistleblower wrote: “Mr. X has stated to me that he has never seen this FBI Form 1023 and that he does not recall ever hearing about this information being turned over in any meetings with the prosecution team in Delaware.”
IF true, these claims from the IRS whistleblowers suggest significant interference in the Hunter Biden tax investigation, revealing a landscape of political influence, withheld evidence, and hindrance of investigative proceedings.
