Bessent Promotes Hunter Biden IRS Whistlebowers at Treasury Department
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promoted the IRS employees who told everyone about the sweetheart deal Hunter Biden received to leadership roles in the Treasury Department.
Bessent decided to do something after meeting Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler in person.
Bessent said on Fox Business:
The culture of being able to come forward when you see wrongdoing is a central part of our democracy. I saw these two fellows before the president’s address to Congress in Speaker Johnson’s office. They came over to me and said, “Sir, we’re still being harassed.” And I had been in touch with Senator Grassley about what was happening to them.But seeing them in person really brought it home for me.So I went and decided I would bring them into Treasury, give them a year to investigate the wrongdoing that’s going on at the IRS, and then they will go back in. Mr. Shapley will serve as the senior deputy for investigations and enforcement.So we’ll have them in treasury. We’ll learn what’s been going on at the IRS. What’s been wrong? How could this Hunter Biden nonsense have happened, and we’re going to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone again, whether they’re Republicans, Democrats or independents.
The IRS whistleblowers wanted felony charges against Hunter for missing tax payments.
The DOJ said no.
Instead, the DOJ gave Hunter a sweetheart deal for not paying $2.2 million in taxes.
You know, FAIR SHARE or something.
The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (D-MO) said in June 2023:
“Whistleblowers describe how the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging, and denying an ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes. The testimony shows tactics used by the Justice Department to delay the investigation long enough to reach the statute of limitations, evidence they divulged sensitive actions by the investigative team to Biden’s attorneys, and denied requests by the U.S. Attorney to bring charges against Biden.“IRS employees who blew the whistle on this abuse were retaliated against, despite a commitment IRS Commissioner Werfel made before the Ways and Means Committee to uphold their legal protections. They were removed from this investigation after they responsibly worked through the chain of command to raise these concerns.
The DOJ denied any interference.
Shapley’s attorney, Mark Lytle, who used to work at the DOJ, challenged the DOJ’s position, reminding then-AG Merrick Garland that others corroborated his client’s statements.
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