Hunter Biden investigation infected by ‘politics’ and ‘preferential treatment’: IRS whistleblower
Jerry Dunleavy
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An IRS agent is seeking whistleblower protections in alleging that the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has been infected by “politics” and “preferential treatment.”
The bombshell whistleblower claims come from a career IRS criminal supervisory special agent who says he has been overseeing “the ongoing and sensitive investigation” of a “high-profile” and “controversial subject” since early 2020. A source familiar with the letter told the Washington Examiner that this is about President Joe Biden’s troubled son, who is being investigated for several potential crimes.
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The whistleblower’s lawyer, Mark Lytle, sent a letter to the heads of multiple House and Senate committees, telling them his client’s “protected disclosures” lay out “examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected.”
The IRS agent’s allegations also “contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee” and “involve failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case” against Hunter Biden.
The whistleblower’s lawyer said the IRS agent has also already made “legally protected disclosures” internally at the IRS, as well as to the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration and the Justice Department’s inspector general.
Republicans have long contended that Hunter Biden’s lucrative business dealings in Ukraine and China indicate he may have committed crimes related to foreign lobbying or money laundering, although recent reports have indicated federal investigators may have narrowed the focus to Hunter Biden’s potentially committing tax fraud in 2016 and 2017 and lying on a federal form when purchasing a handgun in 2018.
Both are potential felonies that could lead to prison time if pursued by the Justice Department.
It is up to U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump-appointed holdover and the Delaware prosecutor overseeing the case, to decide whether to indict the president’s son. In February 2021, Joe Biden asked all Senate-confirmed U.S. attorneys appointed by Trump for their resignations, with Weiss a rare exception.
Although the Justice Department indicting the son of a sitting president would be a major development, the bigger questions remain whether the department has been considering more significant charges tied to money laundering or foreign lobbying and whether investigators have been looking into the national security implications of Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings, especially his association with businessmen linked to Chinese intelligence.
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Republicans would likely be disappointed if the Justice Department only charges Hunter Biden with tax fraud or gun charges.
“Based on recent protected disclosures to my office, the FBI has within its possession significant, impactful, and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by Hunter Biden,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in an October 2022 letter to Weiss, Attorney General Garland, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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