{"id":2207565,"date":"2024-03-27T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T19:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-seeks-house-intervention-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-hunter-bidens-irs-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T19:33:34","slug":"matt-gaetz-seeks-house-intervention-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-hunter-bidens-irs-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-seeks-house-intervention-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-hunter-bidens-irs-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz Calls for House Action to Safeguard Whistleblowers in Hunter Biden&#8217;s IRS Case"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fmatt-gaetz-seeks-house-intervention-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-hunter-bidens-irs-lawsuit%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=2207565&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--><p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)\u200c is advocating for House \u200cintervention in Hunter\u2062 Biden&#8217;s \u200blawsuit against the IRS regarding \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-taking-action-against-employees-involved-in-january-6-rallies-gop-letter-says\/\" title=\"FBI Taking Action Against Employees Involved In January 6 Rallies, GOP Letter Says\">whistleblower disclosures<\/a>. Gaetz&#8217;s letter \u2063to Speaker Mike\u200d Johnson \u2062(R-LA)\u2063 urges \u200bthe House Office of General Counsel to step in to support IRS agents who raised concerns about Biden. \u200cGaetz emphasizes the significance of protecting whistleblowers and ensuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-unloads-on-bidens-radical-and-underqualified-hhs-nominee-xavier-becerra\/\" title=\"McConnell Unloads On Biden\u2019s \u2018Radical And Underqualified\u2019 HHS Nominee Xavier Becerra\">legal rights<\/a> are upheld. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is \u200bcalling for the House \u2063to step\u200b in on Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u2064IRS\u2063 lawsuit involving\u2062 whistleblower disclosures. Gaetz wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), appealing for the House Office \u200bof General Counsel&#8217;s \u2064involvement to back IRS agents \u200dexpressing concerns about Biden. Gaetz stresses the importance of safeguarding whistleblowers and\u200c upholding legal \u2063rights in the matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/matt-gaetz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL) is pushing for the House to get involved in a lawsuit filed by first son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>\u2018s lawyers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hunter-biden-sues-irs-over-whistleblower-leaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/whistleblower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whistleblower<\/a> disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/gaetz.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/gaetz.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/Johnson%20IRS%20letter%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> Gaetz sent on Wednesday urges Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) to task the House Office of General Counsel to intervene in the case to defend the IRS agents who raised concerns about the federal inquiry into Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to federal law, this is the only available action of Hunter Biden and the Democrats to silence the I.R.S. whistleblowers who have so bravely come forward with details of Hunter Biden\u2019s tax fraud,\u201d Gaetz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interests of the House of Representatives and the legal rights of our whistleblowers are not being zealously defended by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), who is defending the lawsuit on behalf of the I.R.S.,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s lawsuit, filed in September, accused IRS investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler<\/a> of working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/hunter-biden-files-lawsuit-irs-alleging-unlawful-release-tax-informati-rcna105557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cembarrass and inflict harm\u201d<\/a> on him with the disclosure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betsy-mccaughey-dems-weaponize-the-irs-to-silence-critics\/\" title=\"Betsy McCaughey: Dems Weaponize the IRS to Silence Critics\">confidential taxpayer information<\/a> and violating the law.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/doj-moves-dismiss-lawsuit-filed-hunter-biden-irs\/story?id=106425515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in January the Justice Department moved to dismiss the case. Shapley\u2019s legal team <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/hunter-biden-sues-irs-whistleblowers-criticized-doj-probe\/story?id=102112021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> improper disclosures beyond what is allowed in statutes governing whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be doing everything we can to protect these brave whistleblowers,\u201d Gaetz said in his letter to Johnson. He\u00a0cited <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/5\/3\/5361f9f8-24bc-4fbc-ac97-3d79fd689602\/1F09ADA16E45C9E7B67F147DCF176D95.118-rules-01102023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House rules<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/2\/5571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Code<\/a> concerning the House Office of General Counsel getting involved in litigation.<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gaetz requested the speaker \u201ctask the House Office of General Counsel with moving to intervene in <em>Biden v. IRS<\/em> to protect the prerogatives of the House of Representatives and to protect the rights of all Americans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-denies-purging-conservative-employees-in-letter-to-jim-jordan\/\" title=\"FBI Denies Purging Conservative Employees in Letter to Jim Jordan\">make protected disclosures<\/a> to Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attached to his letter, Gaetz said, was the complaint filed by Biden, as well as the partial motion to dismiss of the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA cursory read of these materials should make clear to the House Office of General Counsel that the rights of the House are implicated in this case and not being adequately represented to the Court by the DOJ,\u201d Gaetz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo give but [one] example among many: the complaint takes an extremely narrow read of Internal Revenue Code \u00a7 6103\u2019s whistleblower provisions, a read which DOJ does not contest,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House clearly has an interest in the broadest possible read of the subject matter that an individual may properly disclose to committees of Congress,\u201d Gaetz concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-alabama-police-officer-ben-darby-awaits-appeal-after-controversial-25-year-sentence\/\" title=\"Former Alabama Police Officer Ben Darby Awaits Appeal After Controversial 25-Year Sentence\">facing criminal indictments<\/a> that branched out of the investigation led by special counsel David Weiss rocked by the whistleblower allegations last year. He has pleaded not guilty to federal gun and tax charges.<\/p>\n<p>The first son also participated in a closed-door <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/comer-eyes-public-hearing-with-hunter-biden-to-address-discrepancies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deposition<\/a> with House investigators last month as part of an impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined to show up<\/a> for a public hearing last week.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) urges House involvement in Hunter Biden&#8217;s IRS lawsuit over whistleblower disclosures. Gaetz asks Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to assign the House Office of General Counsel to intervene, as per a letter sent on Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2207566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2071877134-scaled-e1711565202881.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2071877134-scaled-e1711565202881.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207565","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}