{"id":1977418,"date":"2023-07-19T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-jim-jordan-hammers-lead-investigator-after-whistleblower-reveal\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:01:28","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-jim-jordan-hammers-lead-investigator-after-whistleblower-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-jim-jordan-hammers-lead-investigator-after-whistleblower-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan criticizes lead investigator in Hunter Biden investigation following whistleblower disclosure."},"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\">24<\/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-investigation-jim-jordan-hammers-lead-investigator-after-whistleblower-reveal%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=1977418&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>House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Urges IRS Whistleblowers \u2064to Come \u2063Forward<\/h2>\n<p>During \u2062Wednesday&#8217;s \u2063IRS whistleblower hearing, House Ways \u2064and Means\u2063 Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) called\u2062 on other \u2062IRS employees \u2063to step forward. Meanwhile,\u200c Judiciary \u200dCommittee Chairman Jim Jordan questioned \u200dDavid \u2064Weiss about his \u200cstatements \u2063regarding &#8220;ultimate authority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith, \u200cwho joined the \u200ccommittee for \u2062the hearing, commended the credibility of\u200b IRS whistleblowers \u200cGary Shapley and\u200d Joe \u200bZiegler, both \u200dsupervisory \u200dagents. He praised \u2063their \u2063bravery in coming forward \u2064and\u2062 expressed gratitude for \u200ctheir testimony.<\/p>\n<h3>White House \u200cLaunches Program to Address Cybersecurity \u200bRisks<\/h3>\n<p>In other news, the\u200b White\u2063 House has \u200binitiated a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-education-group-launches-schoolhouse-shock-program-to-document-extremism-in-the-classroom\/\" title=\"North Carolina Education Group Launches \u2018Schoolhouse Shock\u2019 Program To Document Extremism In The Classroom\">program aimed<\/a> \u2063at\u2064 identifying \u2064and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-jim-jordan-hammers-lead-investigator-after-whistleblower-reveal\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan criticizes lead investigator in Hunter Biden investigation following whistleblower disclosure.\">labeling \u200bcybersecurity \u2063risks<\/a> associated with smart devices.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening \u2064statement, Smith criticized the treatment of the whistleblowers within\u200c the\u2064 IRS. He\u200d stated, &#8220;After\u200c raising their concerns internally at the\u200b IRS, these \u200dwhistleblowers were\u200c discouraged\u2063 and demoralized and turned to Congress \u200das a last resort. They bravely \u2064reported wrongdoing to us.\u2063 And what have \u200cPresident Biden\u2019s allies \u2013 \u2064including Hunter Biden\u2019s\u200c lawyers \u2013 done? They\u2019ve \u200bresponded with a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/producer-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-singer-kesha-receives-another-court-win\/\" title=\"Producer Accused Of Sexual Assault By Singer Kesha Receives Another Court Win\">vicious smear campaign<\/a> to discredit \u200cthese \u200bwhistleblowers \u2062and discourage\u2063 others from\u2062 coming \u200cforward \u2062and\u2064 may\u2063 have \u200deven coordinated with\u2063 the White House\u2064 on that effort. This\u200c is \u2063a\u200c disgrace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith encouraged other\u200d potential\u200b whistleblowers\u200b at\u200c the\u200b IRS to\u200d come forward \u200bto his \u200bcommittee,\u200c assuring\u2064 them that \u2064there\u2062 would be\u2064 &#8220;zero tolerance for\u2062 any \u200cretaliation against whistleblowers by DOJ\u2062 or the IRS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, a member of the \u2062Oversight \u2063Committee, \u200bconfronted Weiss, the lead U.S. attorney overseeing\u2062 the Hunter Biden\u200d investigation, about inconsistencies in his statements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On \u2064April 26,\u200d in front of \u2063the United \u200bStates Senate, \u2063the\u200c Attorney \u2062General\u2064 said David \u2062Weiss is\u200b in \u200ccharge of the \u200binvestigation,&#8221;\u200c Jordan\u2063 stated. &#8220;On\u200c October 7,\u2063 in\u200d a meeting with Gary\u200b Shapley, one\u2063 of the whistleblowers, \u200cDavid\u2062 Weiss\u2063 said I&#8217;m\u2062 not the\u200b deciding\u200c official. Who\u200c you\u200c going \u2064to \u200bbelieve?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weiss had previously claimed &#8220;ultimate\u200d authority&#8221; in the case \u200cin \u200ba letter \u200ddated\u2063 June \u20647,\u200b but later sent\u2064 a letter \u200dto \u200cJordan on\u2064 July\u2062 1\u2064 reaffirming his \u200bprevious \u2064statements while providing\u200b further clarification.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan criticized Weiss \u2062for his inconsistent statements, stating,\u200c &#8220;Mr. \u200cWeiss can\u2019t \u2063keep \u2063his story straight. \u200bThree different stories in a five-week\u200d time \u200dframe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan \u2062also \u200dpraised the whistleblowers \u200bfor \u2063their\u200d consistent \u2062testimonies,\u2063 highlighting\u200c the\u200b fact that\u200d their\u200d accounts \u2064have \u200dremained unchanged.\u200d He pointed out that\u2064 an\u2064 FBI agent had recently \u200dconfirmed \u2063their testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley\u200d and Ziegler, both \u200cinitially\u2063 involved in the Biden \u200ccriminal investigation, \u200dalleged \u200cin\u2062 their\u2062 testimonies \u200cthat the\u200d Justice\u200d Department&#8217;s \u2064decisions in the \u200bcase were \u200cinfluenced by\u200d political\u200b factors.\u200c They \u200cclaimed \u2063that\u2062 investigators were prevented from \u2062questioning Hunter Biden, Weiss was restricted from filing \u200ccharges\u200c in\u2062 his \u2063preferred \u200bjurisdiction, and \u200dhis\u200d request for \u2062special \u2064counsel\u200d status was\u200c denied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click \u200dhere<\/a> to \u200bread more from The\u2062 Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) encouraged IRS employees to step forward, while Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan questioned David Weiss about his claims of &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; at the IRS whistleblower hearing. Smith, a committee member for the hearing, emphasized the significance of the whistleblowers&#8217; testimonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1977419,"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-1977418","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\/1977418","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=1977418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}