WASHINGTON — A pair of IRS whistleblowers are set to testify Wednesday afternoon before the House Oversight Committee about alleged meddling in the Department of Justice investigation of Hunter Biden.
The hearing before the GOP-led panel, scheduled for 1 p.m. ET, will feature testimony from IRS agent Gary Shapley as well as an unnamed IRS investigator whose identity is expected to be revealed during the hearing.
Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said the two witnesses have "critical information" to share about the panel's investigation into what he alleged is "the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes."
In prepared testimony released ahead of the hearing, Shapley said that his red line was observing U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, who oversaw the Hunter Biden case, tell a room full of senior FBI and IRS investigators in October 2022 that he was "not the deciding person on whether charges are filed." Shapley said he raised concerns during the meeting and that two weeks later, the IRS was entirely cut out of the case by the Justice Department.
In his prepared remarks Shapley was highly critical of Weiss and Attorney General Merrick Garland for not appearing before Congress to address the case and accused them of “using their offices and your tax dollars to put out carefully-crafted, narrow non-denials that have confused rather than clarified for the public — all without being subject to cross-examination on the facts."
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