Two IRS agents who came forward last year with bombshell allegations of misconduct in the long-running Hunter Biden tax case are now suing Biden’s lead attorney for $20 million for allegedly defaming them with false statements to the media.

IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler filed a lawsuit against high-profile defense lawyer Abbe Lowell in Washington, D.C., each demanding $10 million worth of damages for Lowell’s repeated accusations that the IRS agents committed criminal acts with their whistleblower disclosures.

“Shapley and Ziegler, both experienced and dedicated special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation, bring this action to vindicate their reputations for the incredible and malicious harm they have suffered at the hands of Abbe Lowell,” the lawsuit reads.

“Though Shapley and Ziegler remained professional and cautious in their actions, limiting public discussion to what was legally permissible, Biden’s attorney, Lowell, falsely and maliciously accused Shapley and Ziegler of committing crimes—namely, the illegal disclosure of grand jury materials and taxpayer return information—despite the fact that they never publicly discussed return information that was not already public.”

Lowell made the allegations in letters that were published in the media after the IRS agents lawfully disclosed...

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