Hunter Biden Probe Is Being Mishandled, IRS Supervisor Says

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   Sharlee01posted 2 years ago

   
   
   CNN Wed April 19, 2023  ---  IRS agent seeks whistleblower protections to share allegations of mishandling in Hunter Biden probe
   
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   An IRS supervisory special agent who claims to have information about alleged mishandling and political interference in the ongoing criminal probe into Hunter Biden is seeking whistleblower protections to share the information with Congress, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
   
   “Despite serious risks of retaliation, my client is offering to provide you with information necessary to exercise your constitutional oversight function and wishes to make the disclosures in a non-partisan manner to the leadership of the relevant committees on both sides of the political aisle,” Mark Lytle, an attorney for the IRS whistleblower, said in a letter to a handful of Democrats and Republicans leading committees in the House and Senate.
   
   The letter, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, describes the IRS agent as “overseeing the ongoing and sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject,” which a source familiar with the matter confirmed was Hunter Biden.
   
   A spokeswoman for Hunter Biden’s legal team declined to comment, as did a spokesperson for the IRS.
   
   Federal prosecutors have been investigating President Joe Biden’s son since at least 2018 and have weighed bringing charges against him for tax crimes and a false statement. So far no charges have been filed. GOP lawmakers in the House, meantime, have launched probes into the Biden family finances as well as the so-called “weaponization” of federal government agencies.
   
   According to the letter, the IRS agent can provide information that contradicts sworn testimony before Congress from a high-ranking political appointee, information about “failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case” and “examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected.”
   
   Some of the disclosures would contain taxpayer and tax return information, according to the letter.
   
   The handling of the case has been the subject of internal wrangling, CNN has reported.
   
   Some IRS and FBI investigators and Justice Department prosecutors have been at odds about the strength of the case during internal meetings last year. Some Justice officials have raised qualms about whether the evidence is strong enough, while some agents have expressed their belief they have enough evidence to bring charges."
   https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/politics … index.html
   
   Fox News -- "The president’s son has been under federal investigation since 2018, which is being led by Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a prosecutor appointed by former President Donald Trump.
   
   Fox News first reported in December 2020 that Hunter Biden was a subject/target of a grand jury investigation, which was prompted, in part, by Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regarding suspicious foreign transactions.
   
   He has not been charged with any crimes.
   
   House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox that efforts by the Biden Administration to block efforts to charge Hunter were "deeply concerning."
   
   "The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has been following the Bidens’ tangled web of complex corporate and financial records. It’s clear from our investigation that Hunter and other members of the Biden Family engaged in deceptive, shady business schemes to avoid scrutiny as they made millions from foreign adversaries like China," he said. "We’ve been wondering all along where the heck the DOJ and the IRS have been. Now it appears the Biden Administration may have been working overtime to prevent the Bidens from facing consequences."
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter … stleblower
   
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   https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-whistl … _more_pos1
   
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   Valeantposted 2 years ago

   What's next is we wait to see what the whistleblower claims.  As we saw from Jim Jordan's FBI whistleblowers that were totally annihilated in those hearings, just because they are blowing a whistle, maybe they aren't credible.

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      Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      The point is well taken.  This one is an IRS supervisory special agent.
      
      Special Agents are duly sworn law enforcement officers who are trained to "follow the money." No matter what the source, all income earned, both legal and illegal, has the potential of becoming involved in crimes which fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the IRS Criminal Investigation.

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