{"id":1977687,"date":"2023-07-19T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-house-dem-compares-irs-whistleblower-to-villain-from-les-mis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:32:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:32:02","slug":"watch-house-dem-compares-irs-whistleblower-to-villain-from-les-mis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-house-dem-compares-irs-whistleblower-to-villain-from-les-mis\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: House Dem likens IRS Whistleblower to &#8216;Les Mis&#8217; villain"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-house-dem-compares-irs-whistleblower-to-villain-from-les-mis%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=1977687&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--><div>\n \u200b \u2062<\/p>\n<h2>IRS Whistleblower Compared to\u2064 &#8220;Les\u2064 Mis\u00e9rables&#8221;\u200b Antagonist<\/h2>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna\u200b (D., Calif.)\u200b on\u2064 Wednesday \u200ccompared \u200can IRS whistleblower\u200d to\u200d the\u200b antagonist \u2062in\u2063 the Victor Hugo novel\u200d <em>Les \u2063Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d<\/p>\n<div>\n  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p><a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u2064   \u2062<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2064target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u200b are\u200d a stickler \u200cfor\u2063 the\u200c law. It \u200breminds me \u200cof <em>Les \u200cMis<\/em> \u2062and\u200d the \u2064famous\u200b person\u2064 who\u200d wanted\u2064 to get the person who had a \u2062sandwich,&#8221; Khanna told whistleblower\u2063 Gary \u200bShapley, \u2062suggesting\u200d he\u2062 is \u2062excessively committed \u200dto enforcing the \u2064law and\u2063 self-righteous.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<h3>The Comparison to \u200dInspector \u2062Javert<\/h3>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064comparison \u200brefers \u2062to the antagonist Inspector\u2063 Javert, \u200ca\u200b central\u200b character in\u200d the\u200d novel\u2062 <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> and\u2062 its \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roll-the-credits\/\" title=\"Roll the Credits\">musical adaptation<\/a>.\u200b Javert pursues\u200b the\u2064 protagonist, Jean Valjean,\u200c for breaking his parole after serving\u200c prison time for stealing \u2062a loaf \u2062of bread to \u200bfeed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-must-betray-you-illuminates-for-teens-the-true-evils-of-communism\/\" title=\"\u2018I Must Betray You\u2019 Illuminates For Teens The True Evils Of Communism\">starving child<\/a>. Javert \u200clacks\u200c empathy\u200c for\u2064 criminals and\u200d is obsessively \u2063devoted to returning \u2062Valjean to\u200d prison\u2062 for the \u2062minor\u2064 offense.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>IRS whistleblowers\u200c Shapley and \u2063Joseph\u2062 Ziegler \u2064testified \u200cbefore\u200d Congress \u200dWednesday \u200dsurrounding \u200cthe agency&#8217;s investigation into \u200bfirst son \u200dHunter \u200bBiden,\u200b which\u2062 they\u2063 say was \u200bsabotaged\u2064 by\u2062 the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dwhistleblowers\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watch-the-irs-whistleblowers-tell-all-interview-in-one-minute\/\">allege<\/a> \u200cthat \u2062the DOJ\u2063 shielded Hunter Biden\u2063 and his\u200c father President \u2062Joe\u2063 Biden from\u2062 scrutiny,\u2064 preventing\u200d prosecutors\u200b from\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-house-dem-compares-irs-whistleblower-to-villain-from-les-mis\/\" title=\"VIDEO: House Dem likens IRS Whistleblower to 'Les Mis' villain\">filing\u2063 felony charges<\/a> \u200cand undermining the\u2064 tax investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \u200d <\/p>\n<div>\n\u200d   \u200c <\/p>\n<p><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u200b \u2062 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u200b <\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u200b were\u2064 certain investigative\u2063 steps\u2062 that \u2064we weren&#8217;t \u2063allowed to take\u200c that\u2063 could\u200c have led \u2062us \u2064to President \u2064Biden,&#8221; Shapley\u200b <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watch-the-irs-whistleblowers-tell-all-interview-in-one-minute\/\">said<\/a> when\u200b he came\u200c forward. &#8220;We needed \u2062to take \u2062them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Hunter \u200bBiden <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/hunter-biden-felony-gun-charge-tax-charges\/\">agreed<\/a> in June\u2064 to \u200bplead \u2062guilty \u2062to \u200cmisdemeanor \u200btax \u200ccrimes, a \u200dmove\u200c that will\u200b likely keep him out of \u200bprison. The plea deal \u2062ended a \u2063five-year \u200dprobe\u2062 into\u200d Biden&#8217;s\u200b taxes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) likened IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley to Les Mis\u00e9rables&#8217; antagonist, praising his commitment to the law. 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