The two IRS investigators who exposed details of the investigation into former first son Hunter Biden have been promoted to senior roles at the Department of the Treasury.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday promoted Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler to senior advisers for IRS reform at the agency. Shapley will also serve as deputy chief of IRS criminal investigations.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump removed Secret Service protection for Hunter Biden, who Trump said was escorted on a vacation to South Africa by as many as 18 Secret Service agents this week.
In 2023, Shapley and Ziegler provided Congress with information about the federal investigation into Biden, which started in 2018. Shapley and Ziegler, the top two IRS investigators on the Biden probe, accused IRS and Department of Justice officials of pulling punches in the investigation for political purposes. They also accused the IRS of improperly removing them from the investigation in May 2023 as retaliation for making whistleblower disclosures to Congress.
Shapley and Ziegler gave Congress emails and financial documents that showed the younger Biden evaded millions of dollars in taxes on income he received from business deals in Ukraine, Romania, and China. He deducted hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses from his taxes, including payments for vehicles, escorts, and $10,000 for membership at a Los Angeles sex club.
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