‘The president respects the rule of law’: Karine Jean-Pierre gives VERY short answer when grilled on an IRS whistleblower’s claim that the White House deliberately thwarted the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden
- Karine Jean-Pierre Had Short Answer to Question About IRS Whistleblower In Investigation of Hunter Biden’s Taxes
- “I want to be very clear here. The president respects the rule of law,” she said
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded briefly Thursday when asked about a report that an IRS whistleblower had come forward to allege that politics influenced the investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes.
“I want to be very clear here. The president respects the rule of law and the independence of the Justice Department,” Jean-Pierre said when asked about the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son.
We think it should be independent. I won’t go any further than that.’
Her remarks allege that a man who worked on the Hunter Biden criminal tax investigation sought protection from whistleblowers, claiming that politics was “improperly infecting decisions in the investigation.” And top Republicans argued that the Biden administration is interfering with the investigation.
“I want to be very clear here. The president respects the rule of law and the independence of the Justice Department,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said when asked about the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son.
A lawyer representing the unknown whistleblower wrote to both senators and inspectors general of the ministries of Justice and the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.
People familiar with the case told the Wall Street Journal the investigation involved the president’s son, who had just returned from a trip to Ireland, where he accompanied the president on a family reunion.
According to Nixon Peabody attorney Mark Lytle, the protected disclosures “contradict the sworn testimony of a senior political appointee to Congress” and “imply that apparent conflicts of interest are not mitigated in the final handling of the case.”
They also “detail preferential treatment and politics that inappropriately infect decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by professional law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject had no political connection,” Lytle wrote in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com.
He said his client is an IRS Criminal Supervisor special agent who has been overseeing the “sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject” since 2020.
He has already shared information with the Treasury IG for the IRS and the DOJ’s IG, and wants to provide further information to Congress, where House and Republican-led committees and GOP senators have already approved the president’s son. investigated.
Hunter Biden is under investigation for an ongoing tax investigation. He is seen here with President Joe Biden on their trip to Ireland
An attorney representing an IRS whistleblower wrote to senators seeking protection for information that “would contradict sworn testimony”
The letter claims that politics ‘infected’ decisions
US attorney David Weiss, a holdover from the Trump administration, is overseeing the investigation
The attorney wants legal protection to share the information with Congress. Tax information is generally protected.
The letter did not identify Hunter Biden or the senior political appointee who gave evidence, although Attorney General Merrick Garland vouched for the independence of US Attorney David Weiss, a Trump holdover overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation.
“He’s been told not to be denied anything he needs,” Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I’ve heard nothing from that office to suggest they can’t do whatever the US attorney wants.”
a Summons 2020 spent years seeking financial information on Hunter Biden, who held a lucrative board position at Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Lytle did not immediately call back for comment.
James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which is already investigating the Bidens, pounced on the news.
“It is deeply concerning that the Biden administration may be obstructing justice by blocking efforts to indict Hunter Biden for tax violations,” he said. He said his panel followed “Biden’s tangled web of complex business and financial data.”
“It is clear from our investigation that Hunter and other members of the Biden family engaged in deceptive, shady business schemes to avoid scrutiny as they made millions from foreign adversaries such as China. We’ve been wondering all along where the DOJ and the IRS have been. Now it appears that the Biden administration has been working overtime to prevent the Bidens from suffering any consequences.”
Neither Biden has been charged with a crime.