IRS agent exposes Biden political interference

 Just the News:

A decorated IRS agent provided Congress six hours of testimony and seven critical documents Friday that gave lawmakers insights into the origins of the Hunter Biden criminal tax probe and evidence of political interference inside the Justice Department dating to the 2020 election.

Gary Shapley, an IRS supervisory criminal investigator granted whistleblower status, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, fielding questions from staff from Democrat and Republican lawmakers, his legal team announced.

Sources familiar with the session told Just the News that Shapley turned over seven documents totaling 23 pages that summarized the evidence and predicate for the original investigation into the taxes and overseas finances of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son.

The memos also summarized multiple instances dating to 2020 in which DOJ officials thwarted, hampered or interfered with the frontline career investigators’ efforts – ranging from blocking certain tactics to allowing tolling agreements to expire that extended the statute of limitations on certain alleged offenses. Shapley described IRS and FBI agents being concerned by the interference.
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"There were multiple steps that were slow-walked – were just completely not done – at the direction of the Department of Justice," the 14-year veteran agent told CBS.

"When I took control of this particular investigation, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process. It was way outside the norm of what I've experienced in the past,” he also said.
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The IRS agent has since filed a formal complaint of retaliation with the Office of Special Counsel, alleging that he was sidelined from the investigation after he made protected disclosures and that he had been passed over for promotion despite being the most qualified candidate for the post.

His attorneys have since disclosed to Congress that Shapley and his entire team had been officially removed from the case at the behest of the Justice Department in what they deemed another retaliatory act.

Lytle and Leavitt wrote to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel earlier this week, suggesting there were other whistleblowers coming forward to back Shapley’s story.
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In his whistleblower complaint to the Office of Special Counsel, obtained by Just the News, Shapley disclosed evidence of interference in the Hunter Biden case started in the summer of 2020.
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This is an indication of why it has taken so long to bring these cases to justice and also hint at political interference at the hand of the Biden administration. Those responsible for thwarting justice in these matters should be charged with obstruction of justice.

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