Senior GOP members of Congress sent a bicameral letter to the Office of Special Counsel asking for an investigation into allegations of retaliation against Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers who alleged interference and misconduct by the Justice Department during the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.
Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) of the House Ways and Means Committee, James Comer (R-KY) of House Oversight, and Jim Jordan (R-OH) of the House Judiciary Committee were joined by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) in sending a letter to Henry Kerner, the head of the OSC, demanding he open an investigation into the alleged retaliation against the IRS whistleblowers.
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A spokesperson for OSC confirmed they received the letter and said they are in the process of reviewing it.
The two IRS whistleblowers have claimed that they had been retaliated against for coming before Congress to allege political interference in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden. After it was revealed they were making protected disclosures to Congress, the two whistleblowers, supervisory agent Gary Shapley and one unnamed source, were removed from the Hunter Biden investigation. Shapley also claims he was passed over for a promotion after he made the protected disclosures to Congress.
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