Internal Revenue Services (IRS) whistleblower Joseph Ziegler said on Saturday that Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, should have faced "slam dunk charges" in his tax fraud case.
Last month, Hunter Biden was charged on misdemeanor counts for allegedly failing to pay more than $100,000 in taxes in 2017 and 2018 after reaching a now-defunct deal with federal prosecutors that would allow him to avoid felony charges for allegedly being in possession of a firearm as a drug user. Republicans, however, knocked the agreement as a "sweetheart deal" that would provide preferential treatment to the president's son. He pleaded not guilty to these charges after the deal fell through on Wednesday.
Ziegler, a 13-year IRS special agent, testified before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee earlier in June that the federal tax investigation should have resulted in more serious charges against the president's son than a misdemeanor, citing department policy requiring prosecutors to use felony charges in all cases.
During a CNN interview on Saturday, he said the charges that Hunter Biden should have faced are known as "slam dunk charges."
"The signed prosecutors, which included DOJ tax attorneys, all agreed to recommend the approval for the felony and misdemeanor charges. They actually call them slam dunk charges," Ziegler said, adding that the charges Hunter Biden faced do not align with what the tax manual requires.
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