Agents advised against interviewing Hunter Biden’s adult children during the investigation.
The Hunter Biden Criminal Case: Investigator Obstacles and Blocked Leads
The IRS whistleblowers have shed light on adult children during the investigation.”>significant hindrances faced by investigators in the Hunter Biden criminal case. According to IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley, they were not allowed to follow up on crucial leads or interview relevant individuals, impeding their investigations.
“Investigators were not allowed to follow up on WhatsApp messages from Hunter Biden’s Apple I-Cloud backup,” Shapley revealed. “Where he suggested he was sitting next to his father.”
One particular text message, sent on July 30, 2017, to Chinese businessman Henry Zhao, caught attention. In the message, Hunter Biden invoked his father’s name and exerted pressure on CEFC executives, threatening consequences unless a lucrative deal was struck with Ye Jianmin, the chairman of CEFC, a Chinese energy company closely tied to the Chinese Communist Party.
“I am sitting with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment has not been fulfilled,” Hunter Biden conveyed to Zhao. “I am very concerned that [Ye] has either changed his mind and broken our deal without telling me or that he is unaware of the promises and assurances that have been made have not been kept.”
These messages ultimately resulted in substantial sums of money being directed to Hunter Biden’s bank accounts.
Shapley further disclosed that special agent Joe Ziegler, the other IRS whistleblower, had requested to follow up on the messages but was not supported by the prosecutor.
Additionally, the investigators expressed a desire to interview Hunter Biden’s adult children, only to be warned that doing so would land them in “hot water.”
Ziegler emphasized the necessity of speaking to Hunter Biden’s adult children due to listed deductions on his tax returns, stating, ”There’s some special situation that might come up that might cause caution to interviewing that witness, but I’ve never been told that you couldn’t approach someone to interview them as a part of an investigation.”
These revelations highlight the challenges faced by investigators and the potential impact on the Hunter Biden criminal case.
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