The Washington Examiner has learned that Attorney General Merrick Garland is the unnamed “senior political appointee” whose sworn testimony is being challenged by a career IRS criminal supervisory special agent, according to a letter sent to Congress by the whistleblower’s lawyer.
A source familiar with the whistleblower letter confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Thursday that Garland is the unnamed senior Biden official whose testimony before Congress is being challenged.
HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION INFECTED BY ‘POLITICS’ AND ‘PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT’: IRS WHISTLEBLOWER
A lawyer for the whistleblower, Mark Lytle, sent the letter to multiple Senate and House committee heads. It said Lytle’s client claimed to be a career IRS criminal supervisory special agent who has been overseeing “the ongoing and sensitive investigation” of a “high-profile” and “controversial subject” since early 2020.
The Washington Examiner previously reported that the investigation involves the son of President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden.
The letter said Lytle’s client claimed he had “examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected.”
The whistleblower’s claims also “contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee,” according to the letter. Garland is the appointee mentioned, according to a...
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