The chairmen of the House Ways and Means, Judiciary, and Oversight committees are "concerned" that the Department of Justice is hindering the agency's inspector general from investigating allegations raised by two IRS whistleblowers previously assigned to Hunter Biden’s criminal case.
In a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Chairmen Jim Jordan (R-OH) of Judiciary, Jason Smith (R-MO) of Ways and Means, and James Comer (R-KY) of Oversight said they are “concerned that the DOJ is limiting” Horowitz’s office from “fully investigating the disclosures provided” to his office by the IRS whistleblowers.
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IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and IRS agent Joseph Ziegler both worked on the Hunter Biden criminal investigation and alleged in testimony before the full House Oversight Committee that the DOJ significantly interfered in the investigation.
They claimed the department “slow-walked” the investigation and allowed the statute of limitations on some criminal charges to lapse, blocked them from interviewing Hunter Biden or his adult children for the investigation, and denied lead U.S. Attorney David Weiss's request for special counsel status.
Both Shapley and Ziegler said once they started raising these concerns, first to their superiors, then to Congress, they were taken off the Hunter Biden case and faced negative career repercussions.
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