House GOP Teaming Up to Probe Hunter Biden - Three House Republican chairmen have opened a joint investigation into the Biden family’s finances - and that means a big focus on Hunter Biden.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.; and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., plan to join forces to go after the Bidens in the wake of the Justice Department’s plea deal with Hunter Biden.
Hunter Biden Under Investigation
The deal lets Hunter Biden skate away by pleading guilty to three misdemeanors for failing to file his taxes in 2017 and 2018. It lets him escape a felony gun charge for a false declaration on the ATF form he signed in October 2018.
They plan to investigate whistleblower claims that the Justice Department improperly interfered with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances. They want a special counsel appointed to investigate retaliation that has been alleged against the whistleblowers who came forward with the claims.
IRS Supervisory Agent Gary Shapely alleged in the transcript of his deposition before the House Ways and Means Committee in which he alleged that Hunter Biden received “preferential treatment” and claimed the Justice Department “slow-walked” his prosecution.
Shapely accused Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Donoghue of issuing a “cease and desist” against obtaining any sort of search warrant against Hunter Biden even though enough...
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