Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are silent about whether anyone shared the allegations of IRS whistleblowers with either the White House or the Justice Department in advance of a plea deal Hunter Biden struck with federal prosecutors.
Among allegations by two IRS agents in sworn testimony was that Justice Department officials “tipped off” the legal team of President Joe Biden’s son before investigators could execute search warrants.
What’s less clear is whether the content of the two whistleblowers’ information affected the timing of the plea agreement announced June 20 between the younger Biden and the Justice Department.
If a leak from the Ways and Means Committee occurred, “there is a serious potential criminal element added to this already growing web of influence peddling,” Mike Howell, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, said. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)
Gary Shapley, a supervisory agent who is a 14-year veteran of the IRS, testified May 26 to investigators for the Ways and Means Committee.
Less than a week later, on June 1, a second and anonymous IRS agent who was part of the agency’s investigation of the younger Biden also testified under oath.
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