{"id":1976996,"date":"2023-07-19T05:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-comer-to-praise-irs-whistleblowers-in-oversight-hearing-while-raskin-targets-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T05:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:08:43","slug":"hunter-biden-plea-comer-to-praise-irs-whistleblowers-in-oversight-hearing-while-raskin-targets-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-comer-to-praise-irs-whistleblowers-in-oversight-hearing-while-raskin-targets-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden plea: Comer lauds IRS whistleblowers, Raskin takes aim at Trump in Oversight hearing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-plea-comer-to-praise-irs-whistleblowers-in-oversight-hearing-while-raskin-targets-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Engaging Opening Statements\u200c at Oversight Committee \u200cHearing<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2064 <\/p>\n<h3>Republicans\u2063 Blast DOE \u200bGas\u2064 Stove\u200c Proposal \u2064as &#8216;Alarming Violation&#8217; of Law<\/h3>\n<p>\u200b \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>In his opening\u200b statements \u200bduring the\u2064 hearing, \u2062House\u2062 Oversight \u200band Accountability Committee Chairman\u200c James \u200cComer (R-KY) will hit President \u2062Joe Biden\u2019s \u200bfamily on their foreign business \u2063dealings and praise the two\u2064 Internal\u200d Revenue \u2064Service\u2063 whistleblowers \u200dtestifying.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>To the contrary, Oversight\u200b Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin\u200d (D-MD) will \u200daccuse former President \u2062Donald Trump \u200cand House Republicans of\u200d political interference in the \u200ccase and conducting\u200d an assault on \u2062the rule of \u200blaw, \u2062according\u200c to \u2062excerpts of\u2062 his opening\u2063 statement obtained\u200d by the Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>IRS\u2062 whistleblowers \u2063\u2014 supervisory agent\u2062 Gary Shapley and an \u200canonymous whistleblower whose identity will \u2063be revealed\u200c during the\u2064 hearing \u200d\u2014 will testify\u200b before\u200c the full Oversight\u2063 Committee \u200band \u2063the\u200d Chairman of the House\u2063 Ways\u200c and Means Committee, \u2064Jason Smith (R-MO)\u200d at 1 p.m.\u200d today.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2064  \u2064<\/p>\n<h3>Brave Whistleblowers \u200dExpose Biden Family&#8217;s Business Activity<\/h3>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we\u200d have \u200dtwo\u200c brave\u2062 and \u2064credible IRS \u200bwhistleblowers\u200d who have \u200drisked their careers to\u2063 come \u2062forward\u200c and\u200d provide important\u2064 testimony,\u201d Comer will say, according to excerpts \u2064obtained by the Washington Examiner. \u201cTheir testimony\u2063 about the \u2063DOJ, FBI, and IRS\u2019s \u2063investigation \u200dof\u200c Hunter\u200d Biden\u200d confirms the committee\u2019s findings. \u200cThat there is \u200dnothing normal \u2064about the\u2063 Biden family\u2019s business \u200cactivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<br \/>\n\u2064  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d whistleblowers first\u2062 testified \u2062to the\u2064 Ways\u2062 and Means Committee, which is the committee\u200b of\u2063 jurisdiction. They alleged that the \u200cDOJ \u200cinterfered in Biden\u2019s\u200c criminal\u200d investigation by\u200c blocking \u2062David Weiss,\u200d the\u2062 lead \u200bU.S. attorney\u2062 on \u200cthe\u2063 case,\u200d from bringing charges\u2063 in\u200c the jurisdiction\u2062 of\u200d his choice\u200c and\u2062 denied \u2064his request for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-comer-to-praise-irs-whistleblowers-in-oversight-hearing-while-raskin-targets-trump\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden plea: Comer lauds IRS whistleblowers, Raskin takes aim at Trump in Oversight hearing.\">special\u200d counsel status<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Comer will\u200b also talk up \u2063his\u2062 committee\u2019s investigation and how fast \u200dthey have \u200duncovered \u200binformation \u2063about \u201cthe\u200d Biden \u200bfamily\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-gop-committee-chairman-to-treasury-hand-over-info-on-biden-family-business-deals\/\" title=\"New GOP Committee Chairman To Treasury: Hand Over Info On Biden Family Business Deals\">influence peddling schemes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  \u2062<\/p>\n<h3>Uncovering \u200cAstonishing \u200cFinancial Records<\/h3>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn just\u200c six months,\u2062 we have \u2062obtained thousands \u200bof pages of financial \u200drecords.\u2064 What these \u200drecords reveal is astonishing,\u201d he\u200b will say. \u201c[W]hat were the\u2064 Bidens\u2019\u2064 selling? Nothing\u2062 but \u200dinfluence and access\u2063 to\u200b the \u200bBiden network. This is an influence peddling \u200cscheme\u2063 to\u200b enrich the\u200c Bidens. We need to \u2064know whether Joe\u200b Biden \u200dis\u2063 compromised \u200dby \u2064these\u2062 schemes and \u2063if our \u200cnational security\u200c is threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raskin, on \u2062the\u2062 other hand, will attempt to\u200b discredit\u200c the \u2063whistleblowers&#8217; \u2062testimony,\u2063 claiming\u2063 they will \u200cdescribe\u2063 their &#8220;disagreements and \u200bfrustrations with \u2062their supervisors&#8221; \u2063and \u2064clarify\u2064 that their disagreements were with\u2062 a &#8220;Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney&#8221; \u2064in David Weiss\u200d who led \u2063the\u2062 Hunter \u200cBiden investigation and \u200cTrump&#8217;s \u200down\u200b Department\u200d of Justice \u2062and \u200cIRS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2063 <\/p>\n<h3>Retaliation and\u200c Political \u200dInterference<\/h3>\n<p> \u2063<br \/>\n\u2062 \u200c <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2064 will also\u2063 hear \u200cabout the \u200bapparent confusion \u200dand misunderstandings which embittered\u2062 them toward\u200d Mr. \u2063Weiss \u2063as he \u200dreviewed\u200d the evidence and \u2064then \u200dmade\u200b the \u200dultimate decision about \u200dhow, when,\u2064 and\u2063 where to\u200d charge \u2062Hunter Biden,&#8221; Raskin will say.\u200c &#8220;But \u2062make no\u2063 mistake, \u2062the only \u200bpolitical\u2062 interference at play in this case\u2064 is taking\u2064 place right now \u2064with Donald Trump\u200b and our GOP colleagues who \u2064continue\u200b their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-raises-refugee-cap-after-backlash-from-democrats\/\" title=\"Biden Raises Refugee Cap After Backlash From Democrats\">full-scale assault<\/a> on \u200bthe \u200crule of\u2063 law and our independent justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The hearing \u2064will be focused on\u200b the IRS \u200dwhistleblowers&#8217; \u200cpast \u2062testimony to the\u2063 Ways\u2063 and \u200cMeans \u2064Committee, \u2064as well as getting their thoughts on\u200b information \u200cthe Oversight\u200d Committee \u200dhas found and released \u200dto\u2062 the\u200d public, Comer said.<\/p>\n<p>Also\u200d likely \u2062to be addressed \u2063during the testimony are the\u2064 allegations of \u200cretaliation against the two\u2063 IRS\u200b whistleblowers. Once it\u2063 was\u200b revealed that\u2062 they\u200d were\u2063 making \u200dprotected disclosures\u2064 to Congress, they were removed from \u2064the Biden investigation, and Shapley also \u200bclaimed he was passed \u200bover for a promotion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE\u2064 TO \u2063READ\u200d MORE \u2062FROM \u2062THE WASHINGTON \u2063EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the hearing, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will criticize President Biden&#8217;s family&#8217;s foreign business dealings and commend the IRS whistleblowers. Conversely, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) will blame former President Trump and House Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}