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READ IN FULL: Hunter Biden IRS whistleblowers' bombshell testimony  

by Washington Examiner June 22, 2023

A top House Republican released new details from IRS whistleblowers involved in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden that allege the lead federal prosecutor was denied when he tried to bring charges in Washington, D.C., and in California against President Joe Biden’s son.

Hunter Biden reached a plea deal on federal charges related to tax crimes and the illegal purchase of a handgun, Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s office revealed in a court filing on Tuesday. Two days later, IRS whistleblower claims detailing the politicization of the Justice Department investigation were made public, including further information on “preferential treatment," Hunter Biden’s lucrative overseas business dealings, and an allegation that Weiss had sought special counsel status from the DOJ but was denied.

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, held a closed-door executive session Thursday morning in which the committee reviewed multiple whistleblower reports about government misconduct inside the IRS and DOJ and held a press conference shortly thereafter.

Smith revealed that “Weiss tried to bring charges in the District of Columbia around March of 2022 and was denied" and that “Weiss sought to bring charges in the Central District of California in the fall of 2022 and had that request denied in January 2023.”

The House chairman said that “Weiss sought special counsel status from the DOJ in the spring of 2022" but again "was denied.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland had repeatedly vowed to ensure that Weiss would be insulated from any political interference. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) pressed Garland in March about this, suggesting that Garland’s testimony last year “could be misleading because without special counsel authority, he could need the permission of another U.S. attorney’s office in certain circumstances to bring charges” beyond Delaware.

“The U.S. attorney has been advised that he has full authority to make kind of those referrals you’re talking about or to bring cases in other jurisdictions if he feels it is necessary, and I will assure that if he does, then he will be able to do that,” Garland promised. “He has been advised that he should get anything he needs. … I have not heard anything from that office that suggests they are not able to do anything that the U.S. attorney wants them to do.”

“I can now confirm that we have credible whistleblower testimony alleging misconduct and government abuse that is resulting in preferential treatment for the president’s son, Hunter Biden,” Smith said Thursday, noting that Hunter Biden “has been under investigation for tax crimes that include evading taxes on income" from foreign sources.

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