{"id":2375219,"date":"2024-12-01T23:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T04:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-whistleblowers-respond-to-hunter-biden-pardon-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T04:26:33","slug":"irs-whistleblowers-respond-to-hunter-biden-pardon-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-whistleblowers-respond-to-hunter-biden-pardon-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS whistleblowers respond to Hunter Biden pardon &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Firs-whistleblowers-respond-to-hunter-biden-pardon-washington-examiner%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=2375219&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>Two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley\u2062 and Joe \u200cZiegler, have reacted to President Joe Biden&#8217;s unexpected pardon of his son,\u200d Hunter Biden, \u200bcalling\u200b it a troubling moment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-senate-approves-law-reducing-probation-and-jail-sentencing\/\" title=\"PA Senate passes law to decrease probation and jail terms.\">law-abiding taxpayers<\/a> and highlighting the notion of special\u2064 privileges for the powerful.\u200b In a joint statement, \u200dthey criticized the president&#8217;s rationale for the pardon, referring to it as mere excuses that fail to conceal the reality \u200dthat Hunter Biden \u2064had pleaded\u2063 guilty to tax crimes in federal court earlier this year. They expressed their commitment to truth and \u200claw, emphasizing that the Justice Department nearly absolved Hunter of serious felonies. Shapley and Ziegler have faced scrutiny from\u2062 Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2064 legal team regarding their whistleblower disclosures, which\u200d Hunter claimed violated confidentiality rules. However,\u200b the whistleblowers stated that their statements\u200d were based on information already made\u2062 public\u200c by\u200d Congress.\u2062 They lamented that the pardon\u200b represents a\u2064 setback for integrity in tax law enforcement, although they noted that it\u200b was issued publicly.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">IRS whistleblowers respond to Hunter Biden pardon<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1895580\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers who became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3048101\/house-gop-investigating-irs-whistleblower-retaliation-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">central<\/a> to the criminal investigation into <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hunter Biden<\/a> weighed in on President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s surprising pardon of his son, saying it is a &ldquo;sad day for law abiding taxpayers to witness this special privilege for the powerful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EMPOWR_us\/status\/1863392448954671336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a>, IRS special agents Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler blasted Joe Biden&rsquo;s explanations for the pardon of his son as &ldquo;excuses&rdquo; covering up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/sco-weiss\/pr\/robert-hunter-biden-convicted-three-felony-tax-offenses-and-six-misdemeanor-tax-offenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fact\">fact<\/a> that Hunter Biden pled guilty to his tax crimes in federal court in September of this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No amount of lies or spin can hide the simple truth that the Justice Department nearly let the President&rsquo;s son off the hook for multiple felonies. We did our duty, told the truth, and followed the law. Anyone reading the President&rsquo;s excuses now should remember that Hunter Biden admitted to his tax crimes in federal court, that Hunter Biden&rsquo;s attorneys have targeted us for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sens-grassley-hawley-dhs-redacted-critical-details-about-anti-disinformation-activities\/\" title=\"Sens. Grassley, Hawley: DHS Redacted Critical Details About \u201cAnti-Disinformation\u201d Activities\">lawful whistleblower disclosures<\/a>, and that we are suing one of those attorneys for smearing us with false accusations,&rdquo; they said.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley and Ziegler were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3115260\/hunter-biden-whistleblowers-blast-irs-moving-block-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"targeted \">targeted <\/a>by Hunter Biden&rsquo;s attorney Abbe Lowell over information they disclosed about Hunter&rsquo;s tax information. At the time, Hunter Biden alleged the pair did not partake in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspension-of-whistleblower-fbi-agent-illegal-kash-patel\/\" title=\"Suspension of Whistleblower FBI Agent Illegal: Kash Patel\">protected whistleblower activity<\/a> by bringing their claims to Congress but rather illegally disclosed his confidential tax information in &ldquo;non-congressionally sanctioned&rdquo; media interviews. Shapley and Ziegler said any information they gave in the interviews was already made public by Congress and was no longer confidential.<\/p>\n<p>While lamenting that the pardon marks a &ldquo;sad day for law abiding taxpayers,&rdquo; the two whistleblowers added in their statement that at least Joe Biden had to issue it publicly &ldquo;for all the world to see rather than his political appointees doing it secretly behind the scenes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Biden has the power to put his thumb on the scales of justice for his son, but at least he had to do it with a pardon explicitly for all the world to see rather than his political appointees doing it secretly behind the scenes. Either way it is a sad day for law abiding taxpayers to witness this special privilege for the powerful,&rdquo; Shapley and Ziegler said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden issued his pardon of his son Hunter Sunday night, saying in a statement that while he struggled with the decision, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3246641\/joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-of-all-criminal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"concluded\">concluded<\/a> that Hunter was &ldquo;treated differently&rdquo; and was unfairly prosecuted in the&nbsp;Department of Justice&lsquo;s nearly six-year investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The pardon effectively erases Hunter Biden&rsquo;s charges, including three gun felonies and nine tax charges, and prevents him from being sentenced, which was scheduled to happen in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1895580\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1895580\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS whistleblowers criticize Hunter Biden&#8217;s pardon as unfair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2375220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23200741568408.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32528,8362,14057],"class_list":["post-2375219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hunter-biden","tag-irs","tag-whistleblower"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23200741568408.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375219","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375223,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375219\/revisions\/2375223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}