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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Ted Cruz Trusts Hunter Biden Whistleblower Because He's a 'Gay Democrat' - Newsweek

Republican Senator Ted Cruz said he has no reason not to believe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers regarding their testimony about the Biden family, including one career government employee who is a "gay Democrat married to a man."

President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, have been investigated by GOP-led House committees since Republicans took over the House majority based on alleged criminalities associated with Hunter Biden's former position on the board of Ukraine gas company Burisma, as well as purported contact with foreign entities regarding financial dealings.

Newsweek reached out via email to Cruz for further comment. His entire Monday episode was about the IRS employees' testimony and how U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland could be impeached "if what they're saying is true."

Gary Shapley, one of the whistleblowers who Cruz is not referencing, told the House Ways & Means Committee in a May 26 deposition that he had evidence that the Department of Justice (DOJ) "provided preferential treatment, slow-walked the investigation, did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest in this investigation," according to transcripts.

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"The whistleblowers, as I've noted, we have no reason to believe they're lying," Cruz said Monday during an episode of his Verdict podcast. "One of them is a gay Democrat who's married to a man. Both of them are career IRS employees; neither of them have any indication that they're in any way,...



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