Every House Democrat on the committee that released whistleblower testimony about the Hunter Biden tax probe on Thursday voted to keep that information hidden from the public eye.
A pair of IRS whistleblowers accused the Biden administration of stymying U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ investigation into President Biden’s son, which resulted in a plea deal earlier this week that is expected to see him avoid time behind bars. Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to a pair of tax-related misdemeanor charges, but the whistleblowers claimed that it came after the Department of Justice "provided preferential treatment, slow-walked the investigation, did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest in this investigation."
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., said Republicans acted "in good faith" while accusing Democrats of "side-stepping" the two whistleblowers’ testimonies.
"Democrats will come to regret their vote as more facts in this investigation come to light and are judged in the court of public opinion. The scales of Justice cannot be skewed in favor of the wealthy and the politically connected," Smith told Fox News Digital on Friday.
His committee, which fielded the testimony, voted to make the nearly 400 pages public in a 25-18 party line vote.
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