{"id":2001158,"date":"2023-08-15T11:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:44:01","slug":"ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former FBI agent confirms IRS whistleblower&#8217;s claim: Bidens received advance notice of investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation%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=2001158&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>A Former FBI Agent Corroborates Whistleblower&#8217;s Claim on Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>A former FBI agent\u200b who played a crucial role in the investigation into Hunter Biden has\u200b come forward to support a\u200d major claim made by\u200c whistleblower\u2064 and IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\/\" title=\"Footage Released Of Violent Myanmar Protests After At Least 38 People Killed\">closed-door session<\/a> with\u200b the\u200b House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on July 17, the unnamed retired \u200cFBI supervisory special agent provided testimony that has now been released to the public. The 65-page transcript \u200cof the testimony confirms the allegations made by Shapley that President Joe Biden&#8217;s transition team was informed about the FBI&#8217;s plan to interview Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200c was refreshed by the testimony of supervisor No. 2, and\u200c I believe he&#8217;s correct. I \u2062believe I \u2013 \u2063you know, and\u2063 now getting into \u2063the frame of mind, I know I was upset when \u2063I learned about it,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation\/\" title=\"Former FBI agent confirms IRS whistleblower's claim: Bidens received advance notice of investigation.\">agent told lawmakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only was the transition team notified, \u200dbut \u200cthe Secret Service, responsible for guarding Hunter at the time, was also warned. The former agent justified \u200cthis action, \u2062stating\u2063 that it \u200cwas reasonable to inform the Secret Service about the FBI&#8217;s intention to interview Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2064 asked why \u2064he was upset, the former agent explained, &#8220;I felt \u200cit\u200b was people that did not need to know about our intent.&#8221;\u200d However, he could not recall the specific \u2064individuals on the Biden transition team who were informed.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the former agent revealed that he\u2063 and Shapley were instructed to wait for a phone call from Hunter Biden to proceed \u2063with the interview.\u2064 However, that call never came, and the\u200b interview never \u200ctook place.<\/p>\n<p>Two IRS agents who\u200d collaborated with the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on\u2063 the\u200b investigation into Hunter Biden&#8217;s finances and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-secret-service-intervened-in-hunter-biden-gun-incident-lied-on-background-check-form-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Secret Service Intervened In Hunter Biden Gun Incident; Lied On Background Check Form, Report Says\">overseas business dealings<\/a> have also \u200braised concerns about political interference in the case.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1691837172997000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3L5AES424lnmUopfduGAIe\">CLICK \u2064HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+\u200c APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shapley \u2063and Joseph Ziegler, the lead case agent on the Hunter Biden investigation\u2063 and a \u206313-year veteran of the IRS, expressed their concerns to\u200d the House Oversight \u2063Committee in July.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2062 have witnessed the corrosion of ethical\u2062 standards and the abuse of power that threaten our\u200d nation.\u2062 It is within this context that I\u200b have chosen to shed light on these actions and expose those responsible. I recognize that while I was present at the \u200cstart of this investigation and was closely involved with the investigation for roughly five years \u2014 that I am just a\u2064 part of the story,&#8221; Ziegler testified \u2063at the time. &#8220;My aim\u2062 is to address systemic problems that have allowed misconduct to flourish. It is not a call for blame but a\u2062 call for\u200d accountability and reform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retired FBI agent, who previously investigated Hunter Biden, has supported a significant claim made by whistleblower Gary Shapley, an IRS supervisory special agent. Testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on July 17, the unnamed agent&#8217;s testimony was released in a 65-page document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2001159,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2001158","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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}