WASHINGTON -
Republican leaders in the United States House of Representatives released the testimony Thursday from a pair of IRS whistleblowers who allege their efforts to investigate Hunter Biden’s tax issues were rebuffed by superiors and that the case involving the President’s son has been handled differently than other similar cases.
The testimony was taken over several days earlier this month by Republican and Democratic attorneys for the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over the IRS. This morning, committee members met for several hours behind closed doors to discuss and ultimately vote to make a transcript of the testimony public.
"I can now confirm that we have credible whistleblower testimony alleging misconduct and government abuse, resulting in preferential treatment of the President’s son, Hunter Biden," Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) told reporters following the meeting.
The existence of the whistleblowers was not a secret, nor that Ways and Means was likely to make their testimony public, which committee members believe had a lot to do with the timing of the Justice Department's announcement of a plea agreement with Hunter Biden earlier this week. Republicans have largely panned the deal -- guilty pleas to two tax law misdemeanors with no recommended jail time and a felony gun charge that gets dropped upon completion of a diversion program -- calling it a 'slap on the wrist.'
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