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Hunter Biden's Attorneys Just Went Scorched Earth on IRS Whistleblowers
Townhall ^ | 9/18/23 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 09/18/2023 9:56:55 AM PDT by CFW

Hunter Biden is suing the Internal Revenue Service, arguing whistleblower testimony from career agents was meant to embarrass him and was a violation of his privacy.

"President Biden’s son Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit Monday against the Internal Revenue Service, charging that when agents who were investigating him told Congress and news reporters about their concerns that the case was not being managed properly, they violated his privacy rights as a taxpayer," the Washington Post reports. "Biden charges in the lawsuit that when two IRS agents went to Congress and news organizations complaining of alleged mishandling of the investigation by Justice Department officials, they disclosed information about the investigation, and about Biden’s taxes, that the law aims to keep secret."

George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley is crying foul and classifying the move as whistleblower intimidation.

"Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley

Months ago, I wrote about the move of the Biden legal team to adopt a scorched earth strategy attacking witnesses and critics. https://jonathanturley.org/2023/02/24/the-dark-biden-rises-the-reinvention-of-hunter-in-a-new-and-menacing-image/ This has included suing the computer shop owner who gave the FBI the laptop and now includes a lawsuit against the IRS itself..."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; corruption; dojfbiirs; hunter; witnessintimidation
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This should be rather amusing. Who does the DOJ defend? I assume they will throw the whistle-blowers under the bus.
1 posted on 09/18/2023 9:56:55 AM PDT by CFW
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disclosure of a crime, is hardly grounds for suing...


2 posted on 09/18/2023 9:59:08 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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How dare they invade his privacy when he was committing crimes!..................


3 posted on 09/18/2023 10:00:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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what’s his point....the cat’s out of the bag...AND....next time pick up your computer.....da


4 posted on 09/18/2023 10:02:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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This seems like some sort of flip-side to the old “We can't say anything because it's under investigation”. Here you have whistleblowers — who, by definition, are saying something. And I guess that's “illegal” because they are contributing to the investigation about which nothing can be said. My head is spinning.
5 posted on 09/18/2023 10:05:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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So the DOJ and Garland are at war with the IRS.

Schaudenfraude at its best.

6 posted on 09/18/2023 10:05:09 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Chode
Pure unbridled lawfare. They are discouraging the hundreds of people that know about the Biden crime family from testifying.
7 posted on 09/18/2023 10:05:11 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: CFW

In Biden’s America, telling the truth is insurrectionary.


8 posted on 09/18/2023 10:06:41 AM PDT by sphinx
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The IRS “whistleblowers” are loaded with karma if they want to use it. I imagine shyster lawyers would be a turkey shoot for them.


9 posted on 09/18/2023 10:07:35 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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The Dems ALWAYS go scorched earth, always the nuclear option from them. Meanwhile, The GOP tries to make the media like them by being so called bipartisan i.e. assisting the Democrats.


10 posted on 09/18/2023 10:08:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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democrats, a couple years ago:
Trump’s taxes! We must have Trump’s taxes!!!!


11 posted on 09/18/2023 10:08:17 AM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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With the Dung Beetles and their turd rollers in the “media” throwing everything they can at every allegation, it seems pretty obvious to me that Hunter and Daddy Jo Jo have a lot to hide. They are scared sh*tless that something we don’t know about is about to come out.


12 posted on 09/18/2023 10:12:07 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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Somebody made the comment this morning, “Discovery is going to be a bitch”.


13 posted on 09/18/2023 10:12:15 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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He must be getting legal advice from that genius sitting in the oval office in the White House. Has to earn his paycheck some way!


14 posted on 09/18/2023 10:15:16 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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HIS privacy? Now that IS rich— what are these attorneys toking on— the crack pipes Hunter left for them?


15 posted on 09/18/2023 10:17:56 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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Insights from Texas:

Democrats us lawfare on Republicans, Republicans (RINOs) us lawfare on Republicans.

It’s a win/win for Democrats!!!


16 posted on 09/18/2023 10:19:57 AM PDT by LTC.Ret (I was MAGA when MAGA wasn't cool)
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They would have been just fine if they exposed Trumps tax returns.

They would have cheered in fact.


17 posted on 09/18/2023 10:22:57 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: CFW
You have been found guilty of murdering your parents!

Have mercy, Your Honor, for I am an orphan.

18 posted on 09/18/2023 10:23:05 AM PDT by servo1969
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It took me two years of forms and phone calls to get a $5k refund from the IRS. It’s a wonder I was not investigated for harassment.


19 posted on 09/18/2023 10:31:25 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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It took me two years of forms and phone calls to get a $5k refund from the IRS. It’s a wonder I was not investigated for harassment.


20 posted on 09/18/2023 10:31:54 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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