The attorney for the IRS whistleblower who has alleged that the Justice Department interfered in and mishandled the Hunter Biden criminal probe met with members of Congress last week on behalf of his client, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The Friday meeting was described to CBS News as a proffer session with the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees to lay the groundwork for what the whistleblower could tell investigators and how he could do so without running afoul of taxpayer privacy laws. CNN first reported the meeting.
In a letter to Congress last month, the attorney, Mark Lytle, said his client, an unnamed IRS criminal supervisory special agent, could shed light on how the years-long, high-profile investigation had been hindered by "preferential treatment and politics." However, Lytle said his client could not share "certain information" because of the taxpayer privacy laws.
Lytle told CBS's chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod, "My client wants to come forward to Congress. … He's ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections."
Lytle did not respond to a request for comment for this report, but in his April letter, he said his client's information would "contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee."
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