An IRS whistleblower accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of interfering with an investigation into Hunter Biden that may have extended to Joe Biden himself. In May, Gary Shapley affirmed this in his testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on the tax fraud case against the president's son.
Shapley, who still works at the IRS, specified that Hunter Biden owed $2.2 million in taxes between 2014 and 2019. He further claimed that his team found a few illegal business expenses during the investigation itself and that the evidence gathered could have landed "any other person" in prison.
"If this was any other person, they likely would have already served their sentence. There were personal expenses that were taken as business expenses, prostitutes, sex club memberships, hotel rooms for purported drug dealers," he added.
🚨IRS Whistleblower says after seeing the WhatsApp messages, they were blocked from taking investigative steps to see if Joe Biden was with Hunter, & despite prosecutors saying that probable cause to execute search warrants had been achieved, they were prevented from doing so. pic.twitter.com/N9nTgjE4st
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 28, 2023
However, one of his most explosive statements involved the DOJ. According to his version, they hindered the investigation and did not allow them to continue it properly. "There were certain investigative steps we weren’t allowed to take that could have led us to President Biden", Shapley said in an interview with Jim Axelrod for CBS.
The whistleblower also took the opportunity to question recent claims by Attorney General Merrick Garland that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss has "full authority" to investigate Hunter Biden.
"I documented exactly what happened. And it doesn’t seem to match what the attorney general or the US attorney are saying today. (...) We have to make sure as a special agent for IRS Criminal Investigation that we treat every single person exactly the same. And that just simply didn't happen here," he added.
In mid-June, the president's son accepted a plea agreement with DOJ prosecutors for two minor cases related to tax evasion and the purchase and possession of a firearm. The settlement must first be approved by a federal judge and then the president's son must appear in court.
