An IRS whistleblower claimed on Wednesday that he faced multiple hurdles when investigating Hunter Biden, and he said he was told multiple times that he could not charge the first son outside of the state of Delaware.
IRS Supervisory Agent Gary Shapley, who came forward last month with claims of interference in his investigation, said First State U.S. Attorney David Weiss told him repeatedly that he did not have the power to charge the younger Biden with potential financial crimes despite claiming otherwise publicly.
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Shapely also claimed that Weiss did try to charge the younger Biden in Washington, D.C., and in California but was denied by U.S. Attorneys Martin Estrada and Matthew Graves, who were both appointed by President Joe Biden.
Shapley said he had Weiss make the statement that he could not charge Hunter Biden in Washington multiple times “because I knew how important that fact was, and I wanted to make sure I understood,” he told Fox News host Bret Baier.
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Shapley documented the statement in a memo from a meeting on Oct. 7, 2022, which was approved by his supervisors several days after the meeting.
Another roadblock that Shapely’s team faced when it came to investigating and possibly charging the younger Biden was in the execution of a search warrant. Shapley claimed multiple prosecutors had stopped him from executing several search warrants in the months leading up to the 2020 election despite having probable cause.
“Between April and June of 2020, we drafted an affidavit to execute a search warrant in a couple of different locations, and the prosecutors at the time stated that probable cause had been achieved,” Shapley said, echoing his testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee.
“But as we moved closer to the election, it just seemed like they kept putting it on the back burner and they eventually didn’t allow us to do that search warrant, even though the legal requirements to execute that search warrant were met,” he added.
Shapley’s testimony was supported by a second whistleblower, who has not been named, who claimed the Justice Department stopped all of its activities in September 2020.
The statements from both whistleblowers contradict public statements and testimonies from Attorney General Merrick Garland and Weiss, who have previously claimed that Weiss had “full authority” over charging Hunter Biden.
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Shapley also stated that there were certain investigative steps his team was not allowed to take that could have led to the president.
Last week, it was announced that Hunter Biden would enter a plea deal related to two charges regarding failure to pay federal income tax and one gun charge. In exchange, he would not serve any jail time.
