Witness testimony disputes IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden probe

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 4:09 PM EDT, Tue September 19, 2023


Washington CNN — New testimony from a number of FBI and Internal Revenue Service officials casts doubt on key claims from an IRS whistleblower who alleges there was political interference in the federal criminal investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes.

According to transcripts provided to CNN, several FBI and IRS officials brought in for closed-door testimony by House Republicans in recent days said they don’t remember US Attorney David Weiss saying that he lacked the authority to decide whether to bring charges against the president’s son, or that Weiss said he had been denied a request for special counsel status.

Those twin claims, made by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, form the basis of Republican accusations that the Justice Department’s investigation into Biden’s taxes was tainted by political influence and that Weiss and Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to protect Hunter Biden in the investigation.

The new testimony comes as House Republicans begin an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his family, potentially undercutting one element of that effort.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/politics/witness-testimony-disputes-irs-whistleblower-hunter-biden/index.html

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Full headline: Witness testimony disputes IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden probe as Republicans begin impeachment inquiry

Looks like more have been found to dispute the fabricated account. These would be in addition to this revelation - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143129575

[marble falls]

1. Cue GOP bluster and fury: Hillary Clinton gave the evidence to Barack Obama in Ukraine.

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3. Well now don't forget

that Zelenskyy is here in the U.S. right now so he'll personally take it back to "hide"!

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13. Dammit! Now we got to change the plans. Thanks a lot.

[edhopper]

2. It must be repeatedly stated

that the Hunter Biden case was dead until these two yahoos went to the GOP Congress to rile up the base.

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4. And I hope our Dem Reps in these show trials state exactly that to the American public

[onetexan]

7. THIS!!☝️what galls me is Garland appointed a special counsel

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11. He appointed the same prosecutor

as SC. To be clear, the SC is ALWAYS picked from outside the DOJ, and never the same DOJ Attorney like this. Garland bowed to GOP preassure.

[Bev54]

5. They need to stop calling Shapely a whistleblower. A whistleblower brings evidence of

wrongdoing by government agencies, they do not release the private tax information of private citizens, like he did with Hunter Biden. He is just another republican trying to manufacture evidence against Biden.

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6. So, a blowhard, or whistleblowhard, if you will. n/t

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10. Fog horn

Loud and obnoxious!

[onetexan]

8. A liar

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9. Everything Chump touches dies as this "whistle" blower will find out.

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12. Looks like Comer and Gym Jordan are about to step on the rake and get smacked in the face.

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14. Gary Shapley is not a whistleblower

What he did does not fit the description of a whistleblower. Shapley is claiming that DOJ didn't do a proper investigation of Hunter Biden. A whistleblower exposes corruption where he works.

Stop calling this guy a whistleblower, he is a lying Magat, and stop calling a fence a wall. 😊

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15. Thanks for helpful post. It is hard to keep up with all the goings on sometimes.