{"id":1977043,"date":"2023-07-19T06:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-irs-whistleblowers-testimony-to-reveal-abuse-of-power-that-threatens-us-at-oversight-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T06:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T10:55:36","slug":"hunter-biden-plea-irs-whistleblowers-testimony-to-reveal-abuse-of-power-that-threatens-us-at-oversight-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-irs-whistleblowers-testimony-to-reveal-abuse-of-power-that-threatens-us-at-oversight-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden plea: IRS whistleblower&#8217;s testimony exposes &#8216;power abuse&#8217; endangering US at 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\">28<\/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-irs-whistleblowers-testimony-to-reveal-abuse-of-power-that-threatens-us-at-oversight-hearing%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=1977043&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>Testimony from\u200b IRS Whistleblowers\u2062 Exposes Threats \u2063to\u200d Ethical Standards\u2062 and Abuse \u200bof\u2063 Power<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Testimony from \u200cIRS\u200d whistleblowers,\u200b one of \u2064whom\u200c will\u2063 reveal\u200b himself \u2063for\u2063 the\u2063 first time \u200don Wednesday,\u2064 will\u2063 detail the &#8220;corrosion \u200bof\u2062 ethical standards \u2063and \u200bthe \u2062abuse of power that threaten&#8221;\u2063 the\u2063 United \u2064States, according to \u2062written \u2064testimony\u200d obtained by the \u2064Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b whistleblowers\u2062 have come \u2064forward\u200c alleging\u200b politicization \u2062in the\u200d investigation into\u200c Hunter Biden \u2064and his\u2063 family. Both the \u200cunnamed \u200dIRS\u200b agent, \u2063referred\u200d to \u2063as\u2064 &#8220;Whistleblower \u2064X,&#8221;\u200c and veteran \u2064IRS\u2063 Supervisory Special\u200d Agent Gary Shapley will appear \u200cat\u200c the public hearing, according\u2063 to House\u2064 Oversight Committee \u2062Chairman \u2062James\u2062 Comer \u2062(R-KY).<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Blast\u2064 DOE \u2062Gas \u200cStove Proposal \u200cas &#8216;Alarming\u2063 Violation&#8217; \u2064of\u200c Law<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to alleging\u2062 political obstruction\u200d by\u200b the Justice\u2063 Department \u200din the Biden family\u200d investigation, \u2062both whistleblowers\u2064 claimed they\u200d were \u200cretaliated \u200bagainst for\u2062 raising \u200csuch\u200b concerns. Comer \u200dsaid he does\u200b not\u2062 expect \u2062new information\u2063 to\u2064 be uncovered\u200d on\u2063 Wednesday \u2064but \u200cthat he \u2064wants to\u200b &#8220;see\u2064 what the IRS whistleblowers think&#8221; regarding information\u2062 his \u200dcommittee has\u200b uncovered.<\/p>\n<p>Whistleblower X said\u2062 his testimony is \u200bnot \u200dmeant as &#8220;an\u2063 attack\u2064 on any specific \u2064individual or \u200dpolitical\u2062 party,&#8221; \u2063but\u2064 rather,\u2062 he aims \u2064to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-kicks-off-so-called-progressive-package-with-decades-old-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden kicks off so-called progressive package with decades-old policies\">address systemic problems<\/a> \u2063that\u2063 have \u2063allowed misconduct to \u2062flourish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shapley \u2063said that the &#8220;handling of \u2064the \u200bHunter \u200cBiden tax investigation \u200cwas\u200c very \u2062different \u2064from\u200b any\u200d other\u2064 case\u200c in \u200dmy 14\u200d years \u2063at\u2062 the IRS&#8221;\u2064 and said there was a \u200bclear\u2064 difference in how \u2062the Hunter Biden \u200cinvestigation\u200b was handled and how\u200d others\u200d are.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At\u2062 every stage\u2064 decisions were made that\u2062 benefited \u2063the\u200b subject of the investigation,&#8221; Shapley testified.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden reached a\u2063 plea \u2062deal on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-irs-whistleblowers-testimony-to-reveal-abuse-of-power-that-threatens-us-at-oversight-hearing\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden plea: IRS whistleblower's testimony exposes 'power abuse' endangering US at Oversight hearing.\">federal\u200c charges \u200brelated<\/a> to tax \u2063crimes and the \u200cillegal purchase of \u2064a \u200chandgun \u2063while \u2062he was\u2062 an illicit\u200c drug\u200d user\u2064 in\u2064 June. Republicans lambasted it\u2062 as a &#8220;sweetheart deal,&#8221;\u2063 and \u200cjust under\u2062 half \u2062the country \u200cbelieved President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2064 son was shown \u2062preferential \u2062treatment by \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appointed-federal-judge-assigned-to-have-the-final-say-in-hunter-biden-case\/\" title=\"Trump-appointed judge to decide Hunter Biden case.\">avoiding prison time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both \u2063whistleblowers struck \u2062a sobering note\u2063 in\u2062 their \u200ctestimony, saying\u2064 they \u200bknew coming \u2063forward\u200b would result in \u2062unwanted \u2062attention and \u2062perhaps even retaliation, but that\u2064 it\u200d was \u2063incumbent upon\u2062 them\u2062 to\u200b do\u2063 what \u200dwas\u2064 right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2064 American people \u2063deserve to \u2063know \u2062the\u2064 truth, no \u2062matter \u2064how \u2063uncomfortable \u200dor inconvenient it may be\u200c for \u200ceither political party \u200bor\u200b those\u200b in\u200b power,&#8221;\u2062 Whistleblower\u200b X testified.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK\u200c HERE TO \u2062READ \u200dMORE FROM THE WASHINGTON \u200bEXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>In his \u2064testimony, Shapley \u2064was adamant\u200d that\u200d he gains \u200cnothing from his\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">coming forward<\/a>,\u2062 and that he is &#8220;putting \u200cmyself at risk for the\u200c American \u2062people who\u2063 support me \u2062and \u200dfor those \u200dwho do \u200bnot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whistleblower X and Shapley \u200dspoke\u200d to the \u200bHouse Ways\u200d and Means Committee in \u200dMay\u200c and\u2063 testified\u200c that\u2062 U.S. Attorney \u2062David\u200c Weiss of Delaware \u2063had been \u2062blocked from \u200dcharging \u200dthe \u2064president&#8217;s \u200bson in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-agent-corroborates-whistleblower-claim-that-fbi-interfered-with-irs-investigation-of-hunter-biden-comer-reveals\/\" title=\"Ex-agent confirms FBI meddling in IRS probe of Hunter Biden, Comer reveals.\">criminal \u200ctax \u200cinvestigation<\/a>\u2063 in two separate\u200c jurisdictions, California and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS whistleblowers will expose the erosion of ethical standards and abuse of power endangering the US, as per written testimony obtained by the Washington Examiner. One whistleblower, revealing their identity for the first time on Wednesday, will shed light on alleged politicization in the investigation of Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1977044,"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-1977043","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\/1977043","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=1977043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}