Another whistleblower comes forward in the Hunter Biden probe.
According to a CBS News report, Gary Shapley, a 14-year veteran of the IRS, has come forward to share “irregularities” he witnessed while working on the Hunter Biden tax probe.
“There were multiple steps that were slow-walked — were just completely not done — at the direction of the Department of Justice,” Shapley told CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod. “When I took control of this particular investigation, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process. It was way outside the norm of what I’ve experienced in the past.”
Shapely says measures were taken to protect the embattled First Son.
“Each and every time, it seemed to always benefit the subject,” Shapley said. “It just got to that point where that switch was turned on. And I just couldn’t silence my conscience anymore.”
“For a couple years, we’d been noticing these deviations in the investigative process. And I just couldn’t, you know, fathom that DOJ might be acting unethically on this,” he said.
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From CBS News:
The accusations come more than three years into an investigation into Hunter Biden that’s being conducted in Delaware by a U.S. Attorney appointed by then-President Trump and held over by President Biden to avoid any appearance of political bias. The investigation focuses on potential crimes related to outstanding tax debts connected to income earned from a controversial stint as a board member for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma while his father was vice president, and a potential false statement related to a gun purchase. Last year CBS News reported that the past-due taxes were paid off with a loan from high-powered Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris, who provided Hunter Biden with financial backing.
Six months ago, a leak from the FBI revealed that agents there believed they had provided prosecutors with enough evidence to support criminal tax charges. No such charges have been brought as of this publication.
The whistleblower connected to the Hunter Biden tax investigation said he became so concerned about prosecutors’ handling of the investigation, he felt duty-bound to report it. https://t.co/X6RjRiCWZp
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 24, 2023
