Hunter Biden plea: IRS whistleblower’s testimony exposes ‘power abuse’ endangering US at Oversight hearing.
Testimony from IRS Whistleblowers Exposes Threats to Ethical Standards and Abuse of Power
Testimony from IRS whistleblowers, one of whom will reveal himself for the first time on Wednesday, will detail the “corrosion of ethical standards and the abuse of power that threaten” the United States, according to written testimony obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The whistleblowers have come forward alleging politicization in the investigation into Hunter Biden and his family. Both the unnamed IRS agent, referred to as “Whistleblower X,” and veteran IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley will appear at the public hearing, according to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY).
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In addition to alleging political obstruction by the Justice Department in the Biden family investigation, both whistleblowers claimed they were retaliated against for raising such concerns. Comer said he does not expect new information to be uncovered on Wednesday but that he wants to “see what the IRS whistleblowers think” regarding information his committee has uncovered.
Whistleblower X said his testimony is not meant as “an attack on any specific individual or political party,” but rather, he aims to “address systemic problems that have allowed misconduct to flourish.”
Shapley said that the “handling of the Hunter Biden tax investigation was very different from any other case in my 14 years at the IRS” and said there was a clear difference in how the Hunter Biden investigation was handled and how others are.
“At every stage decisions were made that benefited the subject of the investigation,” Shapley testified.
Hunter Biden reached a plea deal on federal charges related to tax crimes and the illegal purchase of a handgun while he was an illicit drug user in June. Republicans lambasted it as a “sweetheart deal,” and just under half the country believed President Joe Biden’s son was shown preferential treatment by avoiding prison time.
Both whistleblowers struck a sobering note in their testimony, saying they knew coming forward would result in unwanted attention and perhaps even retaliation, but that it was incumbent upon them to do what was right.
“The American people deserve to know the truth, no matter how uncomfortable or inconvenient it may be for either political party or those in power,” Whistleblower X testified.
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In his testimony, Shapley was adamant that he gains nothing from his coming forward, and that he is “putting myself at risk for the American people who support me and for those who do not.”
Whistleblower X and Shapley spoke to the House Ways and Means Committee in May and testified that U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware had been blocked from charging the president’s son in a criminal tax investigation in two separate jurisdictions, California and Washington, D.C.
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