A senior IRS official corroborated a whistleblower's bombshell allegation that Biden Justice Department officials meddled in the Hunter Biden tax probe, according to internal IRS emails released this week.
Whistleblower Gary Shapley's boss confirmed Shapley's account of a key meeting that occurred on October 7, 2022, between IRS agents and DOJ prosecutors handling the Biden probe. After the meeting, Shapley wrote to his boss, Darrell Waldon, that U.S. attorney David Weiss indicated he was prohibited from bringing charges against Biden in Washington, D.C. Weiss said that he requested special counsel status but that Justice Department headquarters had denied that request.
"Weiss stated that he is not the deciding person on whether charges are filed," Shapley wrote.
Waldon, who attended the meeting with Shapley, signed off on his subordinate's characterization of the meeting. "Thanks, Gary. You covered it all," Waldon wrote.
The email is powerful evidence supporting Shapley's claims that the Biden Justice Department interfered in the investigation into the embattled first son and that, contrary to statements from Attorney General Merrick Garland and others, Weiss could not operate freely.
Hunter Biden this week agreed to a plea deal on two misdemeanor charges for failure to pay taxes in 2017 and 2018. Shapley testified, however, that IRS investigators and Weiss's office initially sought felony tax evasion charges against Biden for the years 2014 to 2018. Shapley detailed...
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