The Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on June 22 released testimony from two IRS officials who said Justice Department officials stonewalled efforts to investigate Hunter Biden.
Although President Joe Biden is mentioned in parts of the testimony, some of the evidence is difficult to decipher because it lacks details.
Experts cautioned the testimony should be weighed against broader evidence, such as emails, texts and testimony from other participants who may have seen the same events from a different perspective.
An IRS agent who oversaw a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has testified to a House committee that the Justice Department slow-walked the case and gave Biden preferential treatment because he is President Joe Biden’s son.
Gary Shapley, a longtime FBI agent, gave detailed testimony May 26 to the Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. His testimony, which was made public June 22, alleges that Justice Department officials stonewalled the case by thwarting investigative steps, including search warrants.
"I am blowing the whistle because the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Justice Tax (Division), and Department of Justice provided preferential treatment and unchecked conflicts of interest in an important and high-profile investigation of the President's son, Hunter Biden," Shapley testified, according to a transcript.
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