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IRS whistleblower says Justice Dept. slowed, stifled Hunter Biden case
Washington Post ^ | June 22, 2023 | Devlin Barrett, Jacqueline Alemany, and Perry Stein

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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1 posted on 06/23/2023 6:01:38 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

The Washington Post finally reported some truth? That is the real story here. Biden is in trouble if his propagandists have lost the desire to cover for his old butt.


2 posted on 06/23/2023 6:03:31 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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They opened the “Investigation” in 2018.

There are so many of the fake Investigations designed to simply run out the clock.

In fact, Dirty Weiss says it’s still open after a Judge signs off on the Deal, which is total BS.

Huber, Durham, Joe’s Classified Docs - all fake.


3 posted on 06/23/2023 6:05:59 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano ( Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: grundle

We need a Special Prosecutor to go after the Justice Department malfeasance and the Biden, Clinton, and Obama crime families. We need a squad of “Untouchables”, a la the old Kevin Costner movie of the same name. Washington is a sea of corruption.


4 posted on 06/23/2023 6:09:44 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: grundle

Washingtkn Post?

We’re officially helping the Dems get rid of Biden.

Get ready for Newsome as the nominee.


5 posted on 06/23/2023 6:10:37 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: grundle
Imagine that.

It begins to occur to more than a few that the corrupt are corrupt, have been corrupt and will likely continue to be corrupt until something is done about — wait for it — corruption itself.

The simple and incontestable FACT is that no man, no family, no group, no business and no nation can survive the withering effects of corruption. Corruption withers and kills over time.

6 posted on 06/23/2023 6:11:33 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: grundle

See. The system works - to protect the people the system wants to protect.


7 posted on 06/23/2023 6:12:06 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: grundle

The FBI in twenty years went from the law enforcement agency with a deserved reputation for integrity and professionalism to an institution that is thoroughly corrupt and scorned by decent, rational people. The FBI is simply not trustworthy.


8 posted on 06/23/2023 6:13:34 AM PDT by allendale
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To: grundle

One set of laws for them …. Another set of laws for you and I


9 posted on 06/23/2023 6:13:40 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: grundle

The far-left is above the law. The Demented Pedophile was right when he said NOBODY messes with a member of the Bidenskyyyy family. Especially when “da Big Guy” signs your paycheck.


10 posted on 06/23/2023 6:14:24 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (FJB is out there signing hundreds of new gun laws and won't even enforce one against his own son.)
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Let’s let this stuff die down.





11 posted on 06/23/2023 6:14:40 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano ( Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: AAABEST

The deep state including their media is cleaning up the Biden messes in preparation of their departure. And to clear the decks for their next pick.


12 posted on 06/23/2023 6:15:56 AM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: grundle

Feds investigating a Republican or MAGA person = charges will be filed and, likely, that Republican is going to jail or will be forced to turn on other like minded folks.

Feds investigating a Dem or Lib=. It isn’t an investigation at all. It is akin to having the best defense attorney in the world. They aren’t investigating so much as figuring out how to exonerate. If running out the clock on the SOL is the way, then so be it. Heck, they will even come up with new ways to add to or interpret a law if necessary.

For example, Comey announcing that “sure Secretary Clinton had classified info, didn’t secure it, and destroyed it. But she had no INTENT. Cherry on top, the head of the FBI had no business rendering a charging decision.

That is PRECISELY what the Special Counsel investigating Biden’s possession of classified docs is going right now. He is figuring out how to explain away and justify each and every instance of possession. And if he can’t, then he will slow walk it so that the Trump trial occurs first.


13 posted on 06/23/2023 6:16:46 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: grundle

McCarthy is the only person in this Country that can take action - and of course he does nothing. He claims to take his job seriously, sure.


14 posted on 06/23/2023 6:16:50 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Texas resident

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Well, then, they should’ve executed the Search Warrants, did some raids, and charged him with a 37 Felonies.

Instead, they claim they’re keeping the case open so Congress doesn’t see the Case files.


15 posted on 06/23/2023 6:19:15 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano ( Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: grundle

When one is of the Deep State ….. one behaves as the Deep State directs


16 posted on 06/23/2023 6:21:08 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: grundle

Hunter Biden grounded for weekend ! news at 11 !!


17 posted on 06/23/2023 6:25:05 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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Biden is due in federal court in Wilmington, Del., on July 26 to enter his guilty plea, which must be approved by a judge.

I suppose that there is a small chance that a judge would not approve the plea deal in the interest of equal justice.

I know that I am not being realistic.

No judge would ever do that, but it is with in their power.

18 posted on 06/23/2023 6:28:31 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: grundle

They noted the slowdown was clearly obvious in 2020, meaning it had been building for a while. Was Joe president then? If not, why did the previous admin have a slowdown?


19 posted on 06/23/2023 6:33:12 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: silent majority rising
The Washington Post finally reported some truth?

They have missed years of truth and fact. One article does not exonerate.

20 posted on 06/23/2023 6:35:33 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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