A pair of IRS whistleblowers exposed new details about how the Department of Justice slow-walked elements of the Hunter Biden investigation, as well as how the DOJ has continued to avoid transparency about the politically charged investigation.
Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, two top IRS agents, faced hours of questioning about their years on the Hunter Biden investigation during a hearing before the House Oversight Committee and members of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.
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Ziegler had remained anonymous in the weeks before the hearing, revealing his identity just before his first public appearance.
Their testimony involved a closer look at how Justice Department officials suppressed investigative steps the IRS wanted to take, such as blocking access to the full contents of Hunter Biden's laptop, stopping the IRS from interviewing Hunter Biden himself, and preventing investigators from asking witnesses about messages that mentioned President Joe Biden.
Here are six takeaways from the hearing.
WEISS'S CREDIBILITY ON THE LINE
Public and private statements by David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware, came under the microscope throughout the hearing.
The authority Weiss did nor did not have to pursue the Hunter Biden case is at the heart of the debate over how the DOJ handled the investigation, and neither Weiss himself nor the Justice Department have satisfactorily explained...
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