{"id":1978250,"date":"2023-07-20T07:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-ridiculous-narratives-democrats-tried-in-response-to-irs-whistleblowers-damning-biden-testimony\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:58:04","slug":"6-ridiculous-narratives-democrats-tried-in-response-to-irs-whistleblowers-damning-biden-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-ridiculous-narratives-democrats-tried-in-response-to-irs-whistleblowers-damning-biden-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Absurd Stories Democrats Used to Dismiss Damning Biden Testimony from IRS Whistleblowers"},"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\">26<\/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%2F6-ridiculous-narratives-democrats-tried-in-response-to-irs-whistleblowers-damning-biden-testimony%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=1978250&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 class=\"article-content\">\u2063 \t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>IRS\u2064 whistleblowers Gary Shapley\u2062 and Joseph \u200bZiegler\u2019s testimony \u2062Wednesday before \u2063the\u2064 House \u200cOversight\u2064 Committee \u2063about the \u200dpolitical interference\u2063 in the \u2062Biden\u200b investigation\u200b proved \u2064so \u2064unimpeachable that\u2062 Democrats \u200dresorted to \u200da shotgun\u200c attack \u200don everything except \u200bthe facts. \u200bHere are \u2063the top \u200bsix themes the left\u200b hammered during the \u2063hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2062   <h2\u2064 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Orange \u200bMan\u2064 \u2014\u200d and \u2064His\u200d Family And\u2064 Associates\u2064 \u2014 \u200cBad<\/h2>\n<p>\u2062    \u2062<\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p> \u200c  \u200c \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s \u200bhearing began\u200b promptly at 1:00\u2062 with \u2063opening statements\u200b by\u2062 Republican\u200b Chair James Comer\u200c and Democrat Ranking Member Jamie \u200bRaskin.\u2064 From the \u2062get-go\u2062 Raskin\u200d set \u200done\u200d theme Democrats\u2064 would continue\u2063 to \u200cpeddle over the course of the\u2062 next \u200dsix\u2063 hours:\u200b Donald \u200cTrump\u2064 is\u200d a terrible, horrible, no good,\u200c very bad \u2063man.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\u2063 class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long \u200dd-flex justify-content-center\"\u2062 style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: \u200bauto;\u200c text-align: center;\u2062 \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1452831604\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div\u2063 class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e79590edf287e4943ab884d563635be9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e79590edf287e4943ab884d563635be9\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200b  \u200b \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was impeached \u200band \u2062is \u200dunder \u2062indictment.\u2062 His daughter was \u2064under \u2063investigation, and\u2063 her \u200bhusband sold\u2063 out \u2063to\u2062 the Saudis. \u2063Trump\u2019s \u2063cronies \u2014 Manafort, Stone, \u200bFlynn, and\u2062 Cohen \u2014 \u2062committed crimes, \u200band \u2064Trump\u200d pardoned them. On and on \u2064they went, pointing\u2063 to Trump \u2062to \u200bturn the \u2064focus \u200cfrom \u2064the whistleblowers\u2019 testimony: that \u2063the evidence \u2064indicates Hunter\u200c Biden committed felonies\u2062 and \u2063now-President Joe \u200cBiden \u2062may \u200dhave\u200c been complicit \u2064in \u200bthe illegality.\u200b Democrats likewise\u2062 used this misdirection to\u2064 avoid \u2062confronting \u200cthe \u2064overwhelming evidence\u200b that the\u200d DOJ and \u200cFBI\u2064 interfered in\u200c the investigation \u2064and \u2063protected the Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u200c   <\/p>\n<h2 \u200dclass=\"wp-block-heading\">2. How \u2063Dare\u200c Republicans \u2062Say \u200b\u2018Two-Tier \u2064Justice System\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u2063  \u2062\u200d  \u2062<\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>  \u2064 \u200c \u2063<\/p>\n<p>A second\u200c prevalent tactic\u200b on display during \u200cWednesday\u2019s hearing \u2064was\u2062 Democrats\u200b feigning outrage\u200b over \u200bRepublicans\u2019 \u200bcomplaints\u200d of \u2064a \u201ctwo<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-if-youre-appalled-about-unequal-justice-get-joe-biden-out-of-office\/\" title=\"Bill Barr: If You\u2019re Appalled About Unequal Justice, Get Joe Biden Out Of Office\">-tier justice system<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2064\u200c   <\/p>\n<p>According to Democrats on the committee, that \u2064phrase belongs \u2062to the \u2064civil rights \u2064movement and\u200b may only \u200bbe invoked \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-losers-of-this-game-are-the-american-people-young-medical-entrepreneur-is-defecting-from-leftist-corporate-america\/\" title=\"\u2018The Losers Of This Game Are The American People\u2019: Young Medical Entrepreneur Is \u2018Defecting\u2019 From Leftist Corporate America\">condemn systemic racism<\/a>.\u200d Some representatives ran\u2064 so \u200bhard with this \u200dtheme that \u2062they spent their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-ridiculous-narratives-democrats-tried-in-response-to-irs-whistleblowers-damning-biden-testimony\/\" title=\"6 Absurd Stories Democrats Used to Dismiss Damning Biden Testimony from IRS Whistleblowers\">allocated time highlighting\u2063 decades-<\/a>old \u2062hate\u200d crimes \u2063rather than asking the\u2064 IRS whistleblowers\u2062 questions concerning their\u2064 testimony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2062  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>One\u200b representative even quizzed Shapley on\u2062 his knowledge\u200d of \u200bthe \u200dracial\u2064 disparity\u200d seen \u2063in the prosecution \u200cof\u200c tax cases. \u2062Shapley said\u200c he\u200c was unaware of the statistic. \u2063The\u2063 Democrat\u2064 lawmaker \u2064then\u2063 cited the relative\u200d percentages for\u2062 the \u200bIRS\u200b agent, \u2062while remaining \u2064oblivious\u2062 to the \u2063fact that \u2063Shapley \u200cwas complaining of favoritism bestowed \u200don \u2064the white, \u200cprivileged \u200dHunter\u2063 Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div \u2063class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ad1202aa3c503865a9f3e7724db2ed6d \u200cfdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" \u2064id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ad1202aa3c503865a9f3e7724db2ed6d\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200b  \u200d <h2\u2064 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. \u2064Never \u2062Mind the \u2063Whistleblowers,\u2064 Let\u2019s \u2063Talk \u2064About \u2063Rudy and the\u2062 Arms Dealer<\/h2>\n<p>\u200b  \u2064\u200c  \u2064<\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>    \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u200b also \u200csought \u200cto \u2063distract \u200cfrom the whistleblowers\u2019\u2063 testimony\u200c by framing the \u200cevidence detailed\u200d by the\u200c two\u2064 experienced and well-credentialed \u2062IRS agents\u200b as\u200b flowing \u200bfrom\u2063 Rudy Giuliani. \u200dBut\u2064 as\u2064 Ziegler\u200b testified,\u2064 he launched\u2062 the investigation \u2064into \u200bHunter Biden after\u200b evidence \u2062implicating him \u200dwas \u2063discovered\u200b pursuant to \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-democrat-group-under-criminal-investigation-for-work-with-firm-tied-to-hunter-biden\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Democrat Group Under Criminal Investigation For Work With Firm Tied To Hunter Biden\">separate criminal investigation<\/a>.\u2062 None\u2063 of the evidence Ziegler and\u200d Shapley\u2064 developed\u2064 came from Giuliani.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2064  \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Nor\u200c did\u2063 the\u2062 allegations\u2063 that\u2062 Joe \u200cand\u2063 Hunter \u2063Biden\u2064 each received $5\u200d million \u200cin \u200cbribes \u2064from\u200b Burisma, \u2063as \u200dreported\u200c by an FBI \u2062confidential\u200d human \u200dsource and \u2063summarized\u200c in\u2062 the FD-1023, \u2064come from \u2063Giuliani. \u2062The\u2062 IRS agents \u200bnever \u200bsaw \u200dthe \u200cFD-1023 in\u2063 any \u200cevent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062 \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>House\u2062 Democrats \u2064likewise attempted to minimize the whistleblowers\u2019 testimony by\u200c pretending \u2062that, beside Giuliani, the\u2062 only evidence \u2063of misconduct came \u2063from a \u200dwitness charged with being\u200d an\u2063 arms\u2062 dealer, namely \u2062Gal Luft.\u2064 Whether\u2064 Luft \u200dhas \u2063credible\u2063 evidence \u2064of Biden-family\u200c corruption, \u2064however,\u200d has nothing \u2062to\u200c do with \u200cZiegler and Shapley\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u200c  \u2062<h2\u200b class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Merely a \u200dMisunderstanding<\/h2>\n<p> \u2064  \u200c <\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>In their\u200b less\u200d hysterical moments, the \u200bDemocrats\u2064 offered \u2064a gentler spin, \u2063framing\u2062 the House\u2019s hearing as much\u2063 ado about a\u2063 misunderstanding. \u200dIt \u200calso came\u2064 down to \u200bthe whistleblowers \u2062not \u2064grasping \u200cthe difference between a \u2064special \u2064counsel\u200d and a \u2063special attorney,\u200c several \u200cBiden\u2064 apologists\u2064 suggested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6405a39bf24725d054287bb41c15dc56 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6405a39bf24725d054287bb41c15dc56\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200b  \u200c\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>But \u2062as \u2063Shapley \u200bmade\u200d clear,\u2063 he \u200bhad documented\u200d U.S.\u200c Attorney\u2064 David Weiss\u2019s statement \u2014 \u200dthat \u2062the DOJ \u2063had\u200c denied \u200dWeiss special counsel authority\u200b \u2014\u2063 soon after Weiss\u200b made that \u200crepresentation, and thus while \u2063Shapley\u2019s memory was\u2064 clear.\u2063 In\u200c any event, according \u200cto \u200cShapley, Weiss had\u200c also\u200c said \u200cduring\u200b that\u200d meeting\u200c on\u200c Oct. 7, 2022,\u2062 that he\u200d was not \u2063the\u2064 final \u2064decision maker \u2062on \u2063whether\u200c to\u2064 bring\u2062 charges against Hunter\u200c Biden.\u200b That\u200b fact \u2064makes \u2064the \u200cdistinction \u200bbetween a special\u2062 counsel\u200d and\u2064 a special \u200cattorney irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d \u2062\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Raskin also\u200b suggested Shapley was \u200bconfused about\u2063 Weiss\u2019s authority, \u2064claiming the Delaware \u200cU.S. Attorney made clear \u2063in\u2062 his letters\u2063 to Congress\u200b he \u200bhad ultimate\u2063 authority\u2062 to \u200ccharge\u200c Hunter \u2063Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Both\u2064 whistleblowers \u200cdecimated\u2064 that \u2063line\u200d of\u2064 argument by\u2064 highlighting\u200c what \u200cWeiss actually said, \u2062which was \u200cthat\u200b he lacked \u200bcharging authority outside\u200c of Delaware. \u200bIn\u200d fact, if \u200banything, \u200dRaskin \u2064hurt his cause\u200b by highlighting \u2062the \u200ccontradictions\u2064 between Weiss \u200band\u200d Attorney \u2064General \u2064Merrick\u2064 Garland\u2019s statements, establishing \u200cthe \u200dnecessity \u200bfor both\u200b DOJ \u200bbigwigs to testify\u2064 before Congress to \u2063resolve the inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u200b  \u2064<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Just\u200b a\u200b Difference\u2064 of Opinion\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>\u2062 \u2064   \u2062<\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>  \u200b  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>A \u2063related theme\u2062 Democrats peddled\u200c during \u200bWednesday\u2019s hearing\u2062 centered on prosecutorial \u2063discretion. The \u200dleft side \u2062of the aisle painted\u200c the whistleblowers\u2019 testimony as merely a \u2062professional \u2063disagreement between\u200c the IRS \u2063agents and Weiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    \u2064<\/p>\n<p>But\u200d there\u2064 was no\u2064 disagreement in\u2063 opinion, Shapley \u200band \u2064Ziegler \u2062stressed:\u200c Both\u200d the\u2064 IRS and\u2064 Weiss agreed\u200d that Hunter Biden should \u2062be charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-probers-unlike-fbi-seek-conspiracy-behind-jan-6-capitol-incursion\/\" title=\"House Probers, Unlike FBI, Seek Conspiracy Behind Jan. 6 Capitol Incursion\">multiple felony counts<\/a>. \u200bWeiss,\u200d however, lacked\u2062 the \u200dability \u200cto bring \u2062charges in\u2062 D.C., and it was \u200dthe \u200dBiden-appointed U.S. attorney there, \u200bas \u2062well as in California, \u200dthat kept\u2064 the Delaware\u2063 U.S.\u2063 attorney from \u2064filing \u200ccriminal felony charges\u2062 against\u200b the \u200dpresident\u2019s \u2063son.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2062  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Further, \u200bthat the\u2063 D.C. and California U.S. \u200cattorneys\u2063 thwarted\u200b efforts\u200b to \u200cbring \u200cfelony \u2063charges\u200b against Hunter\u200b Biden proved \u2063especially\u2063 rich\u2063 given the Democrats\u2064 continued\u2063 references\u200c throughout\u200b the hearing to Weiss \u200dbeing \u2063Trump\u2019s \u200d\u201chand-picked U.S. attorney.\u201d \u2063Beyond \u2063the\u2064 obvious point that\u200d being a Trump \u200bappointee establishes nothing, \u2064under \u200cthe\u2064 Democrats\u2019 \u2063standard,\u200b the\u2062 involvement\u200c of\u2062 the Biden-appointed\u200d U.S. attorneys removes\u2063 this\u2064 case\u200c from \u2064the \u2064\u201cdifference\u2063 of opinion\u201d scenario.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b \u2062 <h2\u200c class=\"wp-block-heading\">6.\u2062 There\u2019s No\u200d Evidence, I\u200b Tell\u2062 You, No \u200bEvidence<\/h2>\n<p> \u200c  \u200c <\/p>\n<p>A sixth narrative\u200b Democrats pushed \u200dduring the Oversight \u2062hearing was\u200c that there\u2019s \u200dno evidence \u2063of \u2063misconduct or favoritism. But \u2062to\u2062 paraphrase \u2064Shapley\u2019s \u200bline, just \u2063repeating \u2062the same \u200blie\u200c multiple times doesn\u2019t make\u200b it\u200b true. And to say \u200cthere\u2019s no\u200d evidence of \u200bmisconduct\u200b or favoritism is \u200ba whopper of\u2062 a \u2064lie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>The\u200c evidence \u200bof \u200cmisconduct by\u2062 the \u2062Bidens\u2063 exists\u200b in the form \u200cof texts, emails, chat\u200d messages, bank \u2064records,\u200b suspicious \u200bactivity reports, the FD-1023 report, \u200band statements\u2062 made by \u2064former \u200dbusiness partners \u200dsuch \u200bas\u200d Tony\u200d Bobulinski. The public record\u2063 is\u200c also replete with\u200b evidence\u2062 of \u200dDOJ \u200cand FBI\u2064 favoritism,\u2063 including \u200dthe\u2064 extensive \u200btestimony\u200d of these two \u200bwhistleblowers, \u200cparts \u2062of which \u200da \u2062third whistleblower \u2064has \u2063already \u2064corroborated.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b  <\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Democrats may not \u200dlike \u200dthe \u200devidence or\u200b want\u2062 to \u200btalk\u2063 about \u2062it, but\u200d to \u2062say\u2064 none\u200b exists is\u200b about \u200das believable\u200b as \u200bthe Secret Service\u2019s \u2063claim that they\u2062 cannot\u2063 determine \u2063whose cocaine \u200bwas\u200c recovered \u200din\u2063 the White \u2063House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f56460d9c9937b2830159a3df56d00ed\u200b fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" \u200bid=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f56460d9c9937b2830159a3df56d00ed\"><\/div>\n<p>\u200d \t\t\t\t\t\u200c <hr\u200d class=\"wp-block-separator\">\u2064  \u2063  \u2064\t\t\t\t\t   \u2062\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler&#8217;s testimony on political interference in the Biden investigation was irrefutable. Democrats, unable to challenge the facts, resorted to attacking everything else. 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