The two IRS whistleblowers who provided evidence and testimony alleging DOJ interference and obstruction in the Joe and Hunter Biden investigation led by U.S. Attorney for Delaware David C. Weiss will testify in public next Wednesday during a congressional hearing, the House Oversight Committee announced today. The hearing is scheduled for July 19, a week before Hunter Biden will appear in court on July 26 for a sweetheart plea in the Weiss investigation of two misdemeanor charges and a diversion for a weapons charge. Shapley’s testimony has led House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to raise the specter of impeachment for Attorney General Merrick Garland.
14-year IRS veteran Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and anonymous IRS Criminal Investigator “Whistleblower X” are the only witnesses announced. Transcripts of behind-closed-door testimony by Shapley and “Whistleblower X” were released last month by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Comments from the Oversight Committee on the hearing posted on Twitter, “IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley and Whistleblower X will testify in our committee next week. These whistleblowers have provided information on how @TheJusticeDept refused to follow evidence implicating Joe Biden, tipped off Hunter Biden’s attorneys, let the clock run on certain charges, and put Hunter Biden on a path to a plea deal.
In a separate tweetsaid Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), “These credible and courageous whistleblowers have critical information regarding our ongoing investigation into the Biden family influence schemes. Americans deserve to hear from them directly.”
Press release oversight committee:
Key whistleblowers to testify about Biden family influence schemes
Comer announces hearing scheduled for July 19WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, James Comer (R-Ky.), will hold a hearing titled “Hearing with IRS Whistleblowers About the Biden Criminal Investigation.” At this full committee hearing, the American people will hear from IRS whistleblowers who have crucial information regarding the committee’s investigation of the Biden family’s influence schemes. In addition, the whistleblowers will testify about the politicization and misconduct at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the Hunter Biden investigation.
“Since he took over the chairmanship in January, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability has made rapid progress in our investigation of the Biden family’s domestic and international business dealings to determine whether these activities harm U.S. national security and the ability of jeopardizing President Biden’s ability to lead impartially. From the thousands of financial records we have obtained, we know that the Biden family set up more than 20 shell companies, deliberately engaged in complex financial transactions with foreign adversaries, and made a concerted effort to hide the payments and avoid scrutiny.” said chairman Jacobus Komer.
“Thanks to the good work of Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith, IRS whistleblowers recently provided information to Congress that corroborates many of the findings of our investigation. In addition, these whistleblowers provided information on how the Justice Department refused to follow evidence implicating Joe Biden, tipped off Hunter Biden’s lawyers, let the clock run on certain charges, and put Hunter Biden on a path to a plea for a loved one. . Americans are rightfully angry about this bipartisan justice system that seemingly allows the Biden family to operate above the law. We need to hear from whistleblowers and other witnesses about this arming of the federal law enforcement force. This hearing is an opportunity for the American people to hear directly from these credible and brave whistleblowers. I look forward to their testimony as the Oversight Committee, along with the House Judiciary Committee and Ways and Means Committee, work on transparency and accountability.”
WHAT: Full Committee Hearing Titled “Hearing With IRS Whistleblowers On Biden’s Criminal Investigation”
DATE: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House office building
TO GIVE EVIDENCE:
Gary Shapley, Supervisory Special Agent, IRS
Whistleblower X, Detective, IRS
The hearing is open to the public and the press and will be streamed live online at https://oversight.house.gov/…
Shapley has given interviews to CBS News and Fox News:
Links to transcripts of the whistleblowers’ behind-the-scenes testimony to the Way and Means Committee:
Whistleblower #1 edited the transcript
Whistleblower #1 has prepared an affidavit
Whistleblower #2 edited the transcript
Whistleblower #2 redacted additional filing
Extract from the Ways and Means Committee issue “Six key points from the released IRS whistleblower transcripts.” Details at source link.
1. IRS officials have recommended that Hunter Biden be charged with tax crimes, including felonies, beginning with tax year 2014.
2. Whistleblower testimony pointed to Hunter Biden’s income of $8.3 million, including foreign payments in the form of a large diamond worth $80,000 and a Porsche worth at least $142,000. Much of the revenue came from Chinese entities.
3. In September 2019, President Biden said, “I never spoke to my son about his overseas business dealings,” but President Biden himself is implicated in whistleblowing reports between Hunter Biden and CEFC China Energy officials.
The Ways and Means Committee received a July 30, 2017 WhatsApp message from Hunter Biden to a CEFC China Energy official, in which Hunter Biden wrote: I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director I’d like to sort this out now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang or the chairman, I will make sure that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to live forever a grudge that you will regret not following my directions. I’m sitting here waiting for the call with my father.
FBI officials prevented IRS investigators from accessing a laptop containing relevant documents for the investigation, including emails relevant to the case, citing 10 percent Hunter held for the “big man.”
Investigators were discouraged from seeking a search warrant to follow up on the WhatsApp messages and search a physical location because the property in question they would search was said to be the guest house of former Vice President Biden.
4. Whistleblowers testified that inquiries into Hunter Biden’s clear tax issues were answered with a “Delay, Divulge, and Deny” campaign — which ultimately protected the president’s son by allowing the statute of limitations on various tax crimes to expire for some of the most key years of violations – those when Joe Biden was the Vice President of the United States.
5. IRS employees said they were working through the chain of command to raise concerns about this “Delay, Divulge, and Deny” campaign — but were met with hostility and retaliation, leading them to the Ways and Means Committee.
6. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Attorney David Weiss tell different stories about who was in charge of the investigation — and only one story can be true.