Gary Shapley, an IRS whistleblower, said that the Department of Justice blocked the execution of a search warrant for Biden properties ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
“Between April and June 2020, we drafted an affidavit to execute a search warrant at a couple different locations and the prosecutors at the time stated that probable cause had been achieved but as we moved closer to the election, it just seemed like they kept putting it on the back burner,” Shapley told Fox News anchor Bret Baier Tuesday evening.
“[T]hey didn’t allow us to do that search warrant, even though the legal requirements to execute the search warrant were met,” the 14-year IRS veteran added.
The comments came just hours after the whistleblower spoke with CBS News and reiterated that political bias had compromised the investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes, which resulted in misdemeanor charges for unpaid taxes in 2017 and 2018.
“We have to make sure as a special agent for IRS Criminal Investigation that we treat every single person exactly the same,” Shapley told the outlet on Tuesday. “And that just simply didn’t happen here.”
The former investigator also explained his puzzlement over the recent plea deal Hunter struck in which he will likely avoid any jail time. “Based on my experience, if this was a small business owner or any other non-connected individual, they would have been charged with felony counts,” Shapley told the outlet.
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