{"id":1980415,"date":"2023-07-22T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-rep-khann-claims-irs-hearing-proves-hunter-biden-did-not-get-special-treatment\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T21:11:24","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-rep-khann-claims-irs-hearing-proves-hunter-biden-did-not-get-special-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-rep-khann-claims-irs-hearing-proves-hunter-biden-did-not-get-special-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Khann argues that the IRS hearing on Hunter Biden&#8217;s case demonstrates that he did not receive preferential treatment."},"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\">38<\/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-rep-khann-claims-irs-hearing-proves-hunter-biden-did-not-get-special-treatment%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=1980415&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>Rep. \u200dRo Khanna \u2064Shares Takeaways from Congressional Hearing with IRS Whistleblowers<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna\u200d (D-CA), a\u2064 member of \u2063the House Oversight \u200dand Accountability \u200bCommittee,\u200b recently\u2063 had\u200b the opportunity to question IRS\u200b agents\u200b Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler during a Congressional hearing. This\u200b hearing provided valuable insights into the \u2063treatment of President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u2064son, Hunter\u2062 Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>Shapley&#8217;s \u200cTestimony Debunks Claims of \u2062Special Treatment<\/h3>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-companies-want-to-defend-biden-the-scoop-ceo-steeve-strange-says-in-he-was-permanently-banned-from-facebook-after-creating-patriots-against-joe-biden\/\" title=\"\u201cSocial Media Companies Want To Defend Biden\u201d: The Scoop CEO Steeve Strange Says In He Was Permanently Banned From Facebook After Creating \u2018Patriots Against Joe Biden\u2019 Group\">television interview<\/a>\u200d with MSNBC, Khanna expressed his opinion that\u2063 Shapley&#8217;s testimony effectively debunked \u200bthe notion that \u2064Hunter Biden received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-halts-guantanamo-bay-prisoner-vaccine-plan-amid-backlash\/\" title=\"Pentagon halts Guantanamo Bay prisoner vaccine plan amid backlash\">special treatment<\/a>. The discussion between\u2062 Shapley\u2063 and\u2062 Khanna revolved\u2063 around the agent&#8217;s recommendation to charge the president&#8217;s\u200c son with more severe crimes than he\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-taliban-members-released-from-gitmo-in-trade-for-bowe-bergdahl-now-part-of-hardline-afghan-government\/\" title=\"Four Taliban Members Released From GitMo In Trade For Bowe Bergdahl Now Part Of Hardline Afghan Government\">ultimately pleaded guilty<\/a> to. Shapley admitted that his recommendations are\u2063 often\u2064 ignored, highlighting a disconnect between agents and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-lawmakers-call-icc-anti-semitic-a-sham-after-ruling-regarding-war-crimes-investigation\/\" title=\"Israeli lawmakers call ICC \u2018anti-Semitic\u2019, a \u2018sham\u2019 after ruling regarding war crimes investigation\">judicial process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This pattern of \u200bagents being more aggressive than\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-rep-khann-claims-irs-hearing-proves-hunter-biden-did-not-get-special-treatment\/\" title=\"Rep. Khann argues that the IRS hearing on Hunter Biden's case demonstrates that he did not receive preferential treatment.\">actual law enforcement\u200d process<\/a> \u2062is \u200dnot uncommon,&#8221;\u2064 Khanna explained. &#8220;Shapley&#8217;s testimony clearly \u200cdemonstrates\u200d that there was no special treatment\u2064 for Hunter Biden.\u200c It also reveals \u2063that\u200b Shapley holds \u2063a more zealous \u2063view of prosecution in cases \u2063unrelated \u200bto Hunter Biden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Zeigler Supports Shapley&#8217;s Statements<\/h3>\n<p>As \u2063the hearing\u200b progressed,\u200b Ziegler, another IRS agent, echoed Shapley&#8217;s sentiments. He stated that \u2063he believed felony charges against Hunter\u2062 Biden were \u200dwell-supported. Ultimately, Hunter\u200d Biden pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure\u200d to pay\u200b income taxes \u200band agreed \u2063to\u2062 a diversion\u200d program to dismiss his gun charge.<\/p>\n<h3>Whistleblowers Step Forward<\/h3>\n<p>While\u200c Shapley openly \u200bidentified himself as a whistleblower from the beginning,\u200b Ziegler chose to \u2063remain anonymous until \u200dthe hearing. Their testimonies shed light on the inner workings of the IRS and raised \u200cimportant questions about the treatment of high-profile \u200cindividuals.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna, who also chairs the\u200d Reform Environmental Subcommittee, has been a member of the Oversight Committee since 2019. His active involvement in this hearing \u2062demonstrates his commitment to transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u200b to read more from The\u2064 Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional hearing, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) gained insights from IRS whistleblowers. As a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Khanna directly questioned agents Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler. These findings could potentially energize voters for the Biden campaign&#8217;s reelection efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980416,"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-1980415","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\/1980415","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=1980415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}