“Top Republican lawmakers requested the Justice Department’s (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) disclose details about its investigation into alleged retaliation against IRS whistleblowers in the Hunter Biden case.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY), Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) demanded Inspector General Michael Horowitz provide specific details about the scope of his investigation into alleged IRS whistleblower retaliation in light of the DOJ’s alleged political interference into the Hunter Biden case.”
“The stonewalling comes before the New York Times reported on Saturday that Hunter Biden’s attorneys pushed the DOJ to prosecute IRS whistleblowers for making disclosures to Congress.
“These brave whistleblowers testified under oath and deserve protection. This witness intimidation is unacceptable,” Comer said Sunday.
Among the allegations, the whistleblowers claim:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf refused to allow investigators to ask about President Joe Biden being “the big guy”
Wolf cautioned the investigation team from searching Joe Biden’s guest house in Delaware for evidence against Hunter Biden because of “optics”
The DOJ forewarned Hunter Biden of any future searches for materials that could be used as evidence
The DOJ twice prevented United States Attorney David Weiss from bringing stronger charges against Hunter Biden
Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to name a special counsel in the tax investigation
The IRS recommended charges against Hunter Biden that were not approved by Garland
In June, the Ways and Means Committee voted to make public multiple instances of alleged political interference in which the DOJ “thwarted, hampered or interfered” with the IRS tax investigation into Hunter Biden.”
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