Special counsel David Weiss forced the IRS to take a top agent off the Hunter Biden tax fraud investigation after he told Mr. Weiss that the case was being mishandled, according to the agent and the agent’s supervisor.
Gary Shapley, the IRS whistleblower who disclosed evidence of alleged political interference by the Justice Department to protect Hunter Biden from tax fraud charges, said Mr. Weiss first sought to push him off the case after a contentious meeting on Oct. 7, 2022.
Mr. Shapley, a special agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation, eventually went to Congress seeking whistleblower protections to disclose his complaints about the handling of the case.
On Monday, Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit against the IRS, accusing the agency of “repeatedly and intentionally” disclosing his tax returns and failing to protect the confidentiality of his tax documents.
Mr. Shapley’s fallout with Mr. Weiss started at the Oct. 7 meeting, where he expressed concerns about “updates and communications” in the tax fraud case. The case had been open for years with no charges imminent for the president’s son despite evidence of hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes.
The meeting with Mr. Weiss, Mr. Shapley later told Congress, was “surprisingly contentious” and “ended quite awkwardly.”
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