GOP House Permits IRS Agent to Discuss Hunter Biden Probe, Protecting Whistleblower from Reprisal
The House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) has permitted an IRS agent to inform Congress about alleged political interference by the Justice Department in the Hunter Biden tax probe.
The Ways and Means Committee has authorized two lawyers for the IRS whistleblower to collect information about what their client witnessed at the IRS regarding Hunter’s tax probe.
Specifically, the IRS agent claims two Biden administration political appointees within the DOJ are working to block charges against Hunter for tax violations despite recommendations. In addition, the IRS agent believes Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to name a special counsel in the probe to provide a degree of separation between the probe and President Joe Biden.
“Last week, a whistleblower came forward with troubling claims about abuses of power,” Chairman Smith told IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel during a congressional hearing Thursday. “We are conducting a review of this matter and will go wherever the facts lead us. I expect full cooperation from the IRS, particularly with regard to ensuring this whistleblower is protected from retaliation.”
This development ensures an acceleration of the unfolding DOJ’s probe into Hunter. Before the whistleblower came forward in April, it appeared no action would occur in the DOJ’s investigation. Hunter has been under investigation by the DOJ for tax fraud, money laundering, and violation of lobbying laws as far back as May 2019.
The IRS agent’s claims appeared to have caused Hunter’s lawyers to meet with the U.S. prosecutor David Weiss and one Justice Department official last week. It is unknown what was discussed in the meeting. Hunter’s lawyers refused to speak with CNN upon leaving the DOJ.
Federal prosecutors, led by Weiss, reportedly considered charging Hunter over a year ago for three tax crimes and one gun crime.
The probe into Hunter could also implicate Joe Biden. A witness who testified before the jury was reportedly asked to identify the “big guy.”
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