FBI and IRS officials subpoenaed to testify on political interference in Hunter Biden tax crimes investigation: Republicans ramp up probe after accusing Biden DOJ of ‘stonewalling’

FBI and IRS agents who were involved in meeting with now special counsel Jack Smith when he reportedly claimed he was prevented from filing charges against Hunter Biden for tax crimes have now been hit with subpoenas.

The Republican-led House Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees subpoenaed Michael Batdorf, IRS Director of Field Operations, Darrell Waldon, IRS Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Sobocinski, FBI Special Agent in Charge, and Ryeshia Holley, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge to to come in for testimony.

Chairs Jim Jordan and Jason Smith said they believe the individuals are aware of an Oct. 7, 2022 meeting where Weiss, a U.S. attorney in Delaware, reportedly said “he is not the deciding person on whether or not to file charges’.

That comment was retold by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley. Shapley said he raised concerns at that meeting, and two weeks later the IRS was completely ruled out of the case.

Chairs Jim Jordan and Jason Smith said they believe the individuals have knowledge of an Oct. 7, 2022 meeting where Weiss, a U.S. attorney in Delaware, reportedly said “he’s not the deciding person on whether to file charges or not.” ‘

Attorney General Merrick Garland has vehemently denied that the Hunter Biden investigation faced any outside influence and insisted that Weiss, a Trump appointee, had final indictment authority.

Weiss has since been appointed special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation, which gives him the authority to press charges in any jurisdiction without the consent of the U.S. attorney in that district.

Shapley alleged that Weiss said at the October 7, 2022 rally that he was blocked by Democratic appointees in Washington, D.C. and California from filing charges in those places.

But in a July letter, Weiss said he has “never been denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction.”

Weiss did not deny that the D.C. and California offices were against filing charges in their jurisdictions, but said if he believed those charges were warranted, he could have filed them.