Posted on 05/22/2023 7:42:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Last week, an IRS whistleblower alleging the Justice Department interfered with the Hunter Biden criminal probe was removed, along with his entire team, from participating in the ongoing investigation. The removal has raised questions about whether the Justice Department is engaged in political retaliation against the whistleblowers, in violation of whistleblower protection laws.
Now the IRS whistleblower’s attorney and the whistleblower advocacy group Empower Oversight have sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel providing further evidence of intimidation against the whistleblower.
On May 18, the IRS whistleblower sent an email to IRS leadership, including Werfel, expressing concern that he was being removed from the Hunter Biden criminal investigation after nearly five years of work on the case without an explanation. In response to the whistleblower’s letter, IRS officials responded by alleging that the whistleblower was committing a potential crime merely by asking IRS leadership why he was removed from the investigation. According to the letter:
In response to making his good faith expression of reasonable concerns—concerns shared by our client—the case agent had a right to expect that his email would be taken seriously, considered, and addressed professionally without retribution, as the law requires.
Instead, the IRS responded with accusations of criminal conduct and warnings to other agents in an apparent attempt to intimidate into silence anyone who might raise similar concerns. Specifically, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge emailed the case agent suggesting, without any basis, that he might have illegally disclosed 6(e) grand jury material in his email to you. While such a claim is utterly baseless and without support in the law or facts of this matter, the language of the response suggests the case agent may have been referred for investigation, an even more intimidating form of reprisal...
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Are we turning into a banana republic?
Nope, we are now just a banana.
Corruption brings weakness, and weakness invites adversaries.
Notice the GOP has done nothing about this. And probably won’t. Feet in concrete.
A deplorable would be flagged for a audit in 30 minutes or less.
But they say Kevin McCarthy’s popularity is soaring within Republican Party voters
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The repeated leaks to selected Media saying an Indictment is imminent is all to keep people that worked on the case believing something is being done. Another Office is working on it, the Biden Protector US Atty Weiss in Delaware has finally done the right thing. Even references here to a GJ. You can present info to a GJ and never ask them to Indict precisely as old hands at the DoJ have said they believe happened here.
The appearance of an Investigation is important to them, they did it with Huber, Rosenstein, Sessions - and you see it at the SCOTUS. Everyone knew they weren’t going to do anything about that Leak.
The sources leaking false info are part of the Scam.
They executed Federal Raids to get a girl’s diary, but none for Hunter or James Biden, or Sister Valerie, who was paid $12 Million dollars.
No raids for the Treasonous Crossfire Hurricane.
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Kevin McCarthy said, I call Chris, I think he’ll give me the Document.
Get a clue McCarthy.
Chris Wray has a spell over the Republicans in the Senate. Comer even alluded to it, he said the Republican Senate keeps giving Chris Wray whatever he wants, so what is their incentive to “allow” Oversight?
This is why I suspect there will be a long messy budget standoff. The Senate will want to pass an omnibus giving all agencies an increase in budget, while the house will will want to pass individual appropriations bills, possibly even holding up some due to non-cooperations with oversight.
Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth if House appropriators implied that no budget untill we get the requested documents?
But they talk a good game! Every morning I watch at least six different republicans explain how illegal, morally wrong, and despicable the actions of them dems have been….then nothing happens. No action! Do something!
By the evidence it looks more like the old C.C.C.P. are back in business.
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