Two whistleblowers provided Congress with their side of the story from the yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden, who has become a lightning rod for Republican allegations about a two-tiered justice system in the United States.
Speaking to leaders of three powerful House committees, who held a joint hearing Wednesday, Internal Revenue Service employees Greg Shapley and Joseph Ziegler who was previously known as "whistleblower x" alleged U.S. Justice Department officials slow walked the investigation into President Joe Biden's youngest son.
"It appeared to me, based on what I experienced, that the U.S. attorney in Delaware in our investigation was constantly hamstrung, limited and marginalized by (Justice Department) officials as well as other U.S. attorneys," Ziegler said.
This marks the first public testimony from the two IRS agents who were assigned to the case, which focused on tax and gun charges against Hunter Biden, who ultimately agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion and participate in a pretrial program in June.
Republican officials and other conservative activists have swarmed Hunter Biden for years, blasting the plea deal as a "slap on the wrist" and a sign of preferential treatment that an average American wouldn't get.
Shapley said the investigation's treatment was different from any other case during his 14-year stint with the agency.
"At every stage decisions were made that benefited the subject of this investigation," he...
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