IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley isn't backing down from claims that U.S. Attorney David Weiss was blocked from pursuing charges on various matters against President Joe Biden's son Hunter.
Shapley reiterated that both Weiss and Attorney General Merrick Garland's claims that the U.S. attorney had the power to bring whatever charges he wanted did not appear to be true.
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"I documented exactly what happened. And it doesn't seem to match what the attorney general or the U.S. attorney are saying today," Shapley told CBS News.
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He also said a senior prosecutor working for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware blocked Shapley's efforts to investigate further any connections that involved "dad" or "the big guy."
"I would say that they limited certain investigative leads that could have potentially provided information on the president of the United States," Shapley told CBS News.
Garland said last week at a press conference that Weiss was allowed to "make a decision to prosecute any way in which he wanted to," echoing claims Weiss made in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month when he said he had "ultimate authority" for the...
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