Jordan: Committees open inquiry into efforts to smear & prosecute ... - Richland Source
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding information about any attempts by Hunter Biden’s legal team to pressure the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler for blowing the whistle.
Abbe Lowell, one of Hunter Biden’s attorneys, asserted without evidence that Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler had violated federal law in making their protected whistleblower disclosures to the House Ways and Means Committee.
According to reporting from the New York Times, Hunter Biden’s legal team urged the DOJ to investigate and prosecute these brave whistleblowers for their testimony.
However, Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler followed the appropriate process by raising their genuine concerns about how the DOJ conducted its investigation into Hunter Biden.
Excerpt of the letter
“The Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability are continuing their oversight of the Department of Justice’s commitment to impartial justice and its handling of a criminal investigation involving Hunter Biden.
“Hunter Biden’s legal team is engaged in a brazen effort to intimidate and harass the brave Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers who exposed numerous apparent irregularities...
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