Merrick Garland ‘stands by’ Hunter Biden testimony – despite claims AG interfered with probe
Attorney General Merrick Garland insists he is still committed to ensuring his agency’s investigation into Hunter Biden is conducted without political interference — despite whistleblowers’ claims that the Justice Department chief has already thwarted the investigation .
In April 2022 testimony to Congress, Joe Biden’s attorney general said that “there will be no political or improper interference of any kind” when it comes to the investigation of the president’s son.
But a whistleblower has since come forward claiming that a senior Biden administration official did indeed interfere with the investigation — and DailyMail.com confirmed that the official in question is Garland.
According to a letter from attorney Mark Lytle, the whistleblower says politicians are “improperly infecting decisions” in the investigation of the president’s 53-year-old son.
Attorney General Merrick Garland doubled down on his vow to ensure the Hunter Biden investigation is conducted without ‘political interference’ — despite whistleblower claims he has already thwarted the investigation
“You assured Congress some time ago that the Hunter Biden investigation would be conducted without political interference of any kind and I wonder if you think that is still the case…that the investigation is not being politically influenced in any way. disturbed since an agent of Mr.
“It still is,” Garland assured. “I stand by my testimony.”
“I refer you to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, who is in charge of this case and is able to make whatever decisions he deems appropriate,” he added.
The whistleblower alleging misconduct by the US Attorney General is an agent of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Criminal Investigations, which is headed by Chief Jim Lee.
As part of the ever-expanding investigations against Hunter Biden, Republicans on the Oversight Committee have also reviewed IRS documents and Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). They claim they prove that the Biden family’s corruption and influence have benefited at least 12 family members.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss is leading the investigation into the contents found on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop.
Garland last year told Republican Senator Bill Hagerty, who serves on the Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee, as well as the Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Rules & Administration panels, that he would make sure there was no political interference in the probes. would be in Hunter and his foreign business dealings.
According to a letter from Lytle, a man who serves as a supervisory agent in a “high-profile” criminal investigation into tax matters has come forward to seek whistleblower protection, claiming that politics are “improperly infective decisions” in the investigation of cases related to President Biden’s son.
The IRS whistleblower’s protected disclosures “contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee,” the letter said.
DailyMail.com has confirmed that the “senior political appointee” referred to in the letter is Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is the ‘senior’ unnamed Biden administration official at the center of a bombshell IRS whistleblower claims last month
A man serving as a supervisor on a ‘high-profile’ criminal investigation has come forward to seek whistleblower protection
The New York Post first reported Garland’s connection to the whistleblower claim last month.
The revelations also imply that no apparent conflict of interest arose in the final settlement of the case, Lytle’s letter continued.
In addition, the whistleblower’s confessions apparently “depict 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 affiliation.”
Lytle wrote that his client is an IRS Criminal Supervisor special agent who has been overseeing the “sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject” since 2020.
The letter obtained by DailyMail.com was sent to senior members of the House and Senate.
The whistleblower has already shared information with the Inspector General of the Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance and the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice.
The revelation shocked Capitol Hill and members of both political parties.
The White House rejected claims that the IRS investigation of Hunter is flawed, citing DOJ independence
‘We take all whistleblower reports seriously, as we should. Some turn out to be very important and some don’t,” said Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
“But we’re taking them all seriously from the start and watching them closely,” Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, added Thursday.
James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, R-Ky., said Hunter Biden has been involved in “deceptive, shady business schemes.”
Elaborating, he said the president’s family “brought in millions from foreign adversaries like China” through the ventures.
Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, tweeted sarcastically referring to the IRS whistleblower’s claims, “Imagine the Biden administration allegedly mishandling the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden.”
On the other hand, the White House rejected the claims, citing DOJ independence.
“The president respects the rule of law and the independence of the Justice Department,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday when asked about the allegations.