Posted on 06/23/2023 6:01:38 AM PDT by grundle
Tax investigator says prosecutor decisions whittled down the case against the president’s son
An IRS agent who supervised the investigation into President Biden’s son Hunter told lawmakers that Justice Department officials slowed and stymied the investigation, whittling away the most serious evidence of alleged tax crimes, according to a transcript of his account released Thursday.
The agent, Gary Shapley, offered a detailed and potentially damning account of prosecutors who were either timid or uninterested when it came to examining the financial misdeeds of Hunter Biden, which Shapley said included instances in which the president’s son treated prostitutes and their travel costs as his business expenses.
The agent’s account to the House Ways and Means Committee also directly challenged congressional testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland, in which he said that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss — a holdover from the Trump administration — had full authority to lead the investigation into Hunter Biden and could do whatever he wanted in the case.
A Justice Department spokesman stood by Garland’s previous comments, and the lead Democrat on the House committee said the allegations should not have been released publicly while lawmakers are still vetting them.
The transcript almost certainly will fuel criticism of the Justice Department’s five-year investigation of Hunter Biden, which this week led to a proposed plea agreement on two misdemeanor charges that will probably allow him to avoid jail time. Biden is due in federal court in Wilmington, Del., on July 26 to enter his guilty plea, which must be approved by a judge.
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This appeared in the WASHINGTON POST, for Pete’s sake.
This is NOT the time to be pessimistic.
And maybe Kevin is right about the TIMING of impeachment for Pedo Joe.
Oh well, the DOJ will really get him next time. /s
Liberals, the Morlocks, applaud the corruption since it's always in their favor.
Conservatives, the Eloi, tolerate it as long as it doesn't land on our front door.
It's a delicate balance.
This can’t be from the WaPo-it’s real news.
Just Us Dept. in action
Same reason the DOJ under Trump allowed the russian hoax to continue. The Praetorian Bureau of Investigation is the single most dangerous threat to our Republic.
Certainly a concern. But we also tend to have a default shoot from the hip reflex when it’s “one of ours” that falls in the cross hairs and they’re not being aggressive enough against the other side. It’s almost a reversal of the claims of the 6O’s.
PResident and Hunter SAMSONITE!!
THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY HAS MORE BZGGAR THAN SAMSONITE!
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