DOJ accused of ‘witness intimidation’ following bombshell report on efforts to stifle IRS whistleblowers on Hunter criminal case: Top investigator into Biden family corruption says GOP facing the ‘worst obstruction’ in ‘history’

The top Republican investigating corruption in the Biden family is outraged by a new report showing Hunter Biden’s legal team urged the Justice Department to prosecute IRS whistleblowers who accuse the department of making him “special treatment’.

According to correspondence obtained by the New York TimesSpecial counsel David Weiss only planned to charge the president’s son with tax crimes after two IRS whistleblowers came forward alleging illegal politicization of Hunter’s case.

In addition, the report states that Hunter’s legal team was dissatisfied with the IRS agents “influencing the deal” that fell apart in court last month — in part because of the allegations uncovered by the agents.

As a result, Hunter’s lawyers “argued against the Justice Department that by disclosing details of the investigation to Congress, they were breaking the law and should be prosecuted.”

“The Biden family’s attorneys are now urging the Biden DOJ to prosecute IRS whistleblowers for sharing information with Congress,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said in a statement.

“These brave whistleblowers have testified under oath and deserve protection. This witness intimidation is unacceptable,” he continued on Twitter, now known as “X.”

Lawyers for the whistleblowers said that without their “courageous actions,” Hunter would never have been charged.

Comer, R-Ky., Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo told Sunday Morning Futures that Republicans are “facing obstruction such as has never been shown in the history of congressional investigations.”

“Not only are we hampered by Biden’s legal team, we are also hampered by the Justice Department. We are hindered by the FBI, by the Secret Service, by the IRS, by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. And the next question is whether we will be hindered by the new Special Prosecutor David Weiss investigating this.”

As for the next steps in the GOP investigation, they will focus on finding out the Biden family’s offshore accounts.

“We have heard a whistleblower report that there are foreign accounts and we will work with the Ways and Means Committee to try and get hold of those foreign accounts,” he promised.

The commission announced last week that it is seeking records from the National Archives showing Joe Biden used pseudonyms to discuss his activities related to Ukraine with his son Hunter during his time as vice president.

According to the New York Times, four years into Weiss’s five-year investigation, Weiss determined he didn’t have enough evidence to charge the president’s son.

During negotiations with Hunter’s lawyers earlier this year, Weiss reportedly worked out a deal that would not require Hunter to plead guilty at all — including wrongdoing.

At the same time, whistleblower Gary Shapley came forward, alleging that DOJ in Washington, D.C. and California had declined to charge Hunter due to “political pressure” and that the president’s son had received “special treatment.”

And just days later, Weiss changed his tune and wanted Hunter to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges, according to the New York Times.

That was the plan, until the deal exploded spectacularly in court last month.

Hunter appeared in federal court on July 26, willing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges and walk away with just a slap on the wrist and no jail time. Republicans slammed like a “sweetheart deal” Biden’s DOJ made to protect the president’s son.

However, after Judge Maryellen Noreika questioned the “bypass” of Hunter’s plea deal — a clause that gave him blanket immunity from a wide variety of other possible charges, including illegal foreign lobbying — the deal exploded spectacularly.

Noreika dismissed the charges in Delaware following prosecutor’s requests last week.

In addition, earlier this month Attorney General Merrick Garland promoted U.S. Attorney of Delaware David Weiss – Hunter’s chief prosecutor – to special counsel.

As a result, DOJ attorneys don’t plan to enter a new plea deal with the president’s son any time soon, and he will likely face trial for tax and gun crimes following the appointment of special counsel.

Hunter’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, criticized prosecutors for changing their decision “on the fly” in court and also promised the DOJ will find “no new evidence” against the president’s son.

Garland’s decision to promote Weiss to special counsel comes after recent whistleblower allegations that Hunter received “special treatment” during the criminal investigation.

IRS agents Joe Ziegler and Gary Shapley testified under oath to House Republicans that their investigation “supported the misdemeanor and felony tax returns,” which were ultimately not filed against the president’s son, Hunter, due to political pressure.

Weiss tried to charge him with felony charges in Washington, D.C., they said, but was stopped by the district’s top federal prosecutor, Matthew Graves, a Biden appointee.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday promoted Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss — Hunter’s chief prosecutor — to special counsel status

IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler testified before Congress in July

IRS agent with the Criminal Division Joseph Ziegler testifies at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The “special treatment” for Hunter became a pattern that happened over and over again, the whistleblowers said, who were told they would get into “hot water” if they tried to speak to the adult children and grandchildren of Hunter during the course of their investigation. President Joe Biden. .

The collapse of Hunter Biden’s original plea deal also spells more trouble for his father, Joe Biden. The president now faces more headlines and questions about his drug-addicted son’s case as he approaches the 2024 campaign trail.

The unraveling of the similarity between prosecutors and the defense team means Hunter could now face more charges. It also means Hunter is likely to face prosecution over time.

Those could be crimes related to his multimillion-dollar business deals with Ukraine, Romania and China.

And Republicans say Joe was at the center of them.

The White House has maintained that the president has never been “in business” with his son.