Quote:Two IRS whistleblowers are scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

Though some Democrats have attempted to discredit the witnesses or questioned their political bias, Fox News reports the second (and previously unidentified) witness is a “gay Democrat…with 13 years at the agency.”

https://twitter.com/Travis_in_Flint/stat...6976504833

Quote:Happening Now: The IRS whistleblower exposing the Biden crime family is actually a gay registered democrat.

Today he’s expected to expose his identity, and it will be revealed that he’s actually a 13 year veteran of the IRS criminal division. He’s also married to another man and a proud registered democrat.

What will democrats do now that the anonymous source they claimed was a Republican turned out to be a democrat? Will they accept how corrupt the Bidens and DOJ are now?

The whistleblowers allege political bias in the Department of Justice (DOJ) and mishandling of the probe into Hunter Biden’s tax issues.

Gary Shapley, one of the IRS whistleblowers, claims the DOJ and FBI are guilty of an “undeniable pattern of preferential treatment” in dealing with Hunter and President Joe Biden.

According to documents, the second IRS whistleblower will testify that Hunter Biden “should have been charged with a tax felony, and not only the tax misdemeanor charge,” and that communications and text messages reviewed by investigators “may be a contradiction to what President Biden was saying about not being involved in Hunter’s oversea business dealings.”

The whistleblower is also expected to note how DOJ officials “did not follow the ordinary process, slow-walked the investigation, and put in place unnecessary approvals and roadblocks from effectively and efficiently investigating the case.”

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Quote:IRS Whistleblower Joe Ziegler drops a BOMBSHELL:

"It appeared to me...that the U.S. attorney in Delaware...was constantly hamstrung, limited, and marginalized by DOJ officials as well as other U.S. attorneys. I still think that a special counsel is necessary for this investigation."

Quote:It will be entertaining to see how the mainstream legacy news media will work to discredit Joe Ziegler, the gay man and Democrat IRS whistleblower who is alleging the DoJ covered up and obstructed investigations into more serious crimes committed by Hunter Biden.

IRS Whistleblower Joseph Ziegler Details DOJ Protection of the Bidens in CBS News Interview


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IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden case says he "felt handcuffed" during 5-year investigation

Quote:The Internal Revenue Service case agent who handled "95%" of the tax evidence in the Hunter Biden investigation told CBS News that he "felt handcuffed" during the five-year probe and blocked from pursuing leads that he thought might implicate Hunter Biden's father, President Joe Biden.

Second IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden investigation — "Agent X"
Special Agent Joseph Ziegler, a 13-year veteran of the IRS, is the second IRS employee to come forward to claim the federal tax investigation into the president's son supported criminal charges more serious than the misdemeanor tax charges he is scheduled to plead guilty to next week as part of a plea bargain.

"When you're prevented from going down certain roads, I guess I don't know what could have been found if we were not hamstrung or not handcuffed," Ziegler told CBS News.

Ziegler, who has been known only as "Agent X," revealed his identity Wednesday at the insistence of lawmakers, who called him before a House committee to describe his role in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden. As the main IRS case agent, he worked with his supervisor Gary Shapley and says the evidence they uncovered "supported felony and misdemeanor tax charges."

Zeigler's investigation spanned both the Trump and Biden administrations.

"I'm a Democrat. In the last presidential election, I actually did not vote," Ziegler said. "I thought it would be irresponsible of me to do so because I didn't wanna show bias one way or the other."

Democrats' reaction
An attorney for Hunter Biden, Christopher Clark, has said previously that suggestions the investigation was not thorough are "preposterous and deeply irresponsible."

At Wednesday's hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, said he has not seen evidence that Hunter Biden "received any kind of official favoritism in this prosecution for being Joe Biden's son."

"The key point, Mr. Chairman that America needs to understand is that the only political interference at play here is coming from Donald Trump and my Republican colleagues," Raskin said.

During an executive session in June, the Ways and Means committee voted to publicly release the transcripts from Shapley and Ziegler's whistleblower testimony, keeping Ziegler's identity hidden. The top minority member on the committee, Democratic Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, said during that closed door meeting that Republican efforts to publicize the tax records of a private citizen was an example of "naked partisanship, and stoops below the stature of this Committee."

Democrats have also focused on Shapley's and Ziegler's choice of legal representation; their attorneys have had connections to Republican Party politics. Those attorneys counter that they have worked with both Republican and Democratic whistleblowers and organizations. Democrats also questioned whether the two agents lacked visibility into the factors prosecutors faced when making decisions about what charges to bring. And they noted that Hunter Biden has repaid the taxes he owed.

Questions about deductions
Ziegler alleges that evidence he collected showed how Hunter Biden improperly claimed business deductions for a range of personal expenses, such as college tuition for his children, bills for stays at a posh Hollywood hotel, payments to escorts, and no-show employees. In 2021, Ziegler says he drafted a memorandum recommending prosecutors charge Hunter Biden with multiple felonies and misdemeanors.

"In August of 2022, we had a phone call with all of the assigned prosecutors and they had said that all four of them were recommending the approval of felony and misdemeanor tax charges," Ziegler said.

Hunter Biden's legal team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ziegler said Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, told him he agreed with certain felony charges, but there was resistance from other officials inside the Department of Justice who thought a jury may be sympathetic to Hunter Biden's drug addiction and the death of his brother, Beau Biden.

"David said to us…'I'm getting some concern from the Department of Justice Tax Division, the evidence that might come in related to his substance abuse and the death of his brother, Beau Biden, those might affect the jury's opinion'," Ziegler said.

Court filings unsealed last month showed that the U.S. attorney's office ultimately agreed to a deal that would charge Hunter Biden with two misdemeanor tax counts — to which the president's son agreed to plead guilty — and a felony gun charge for which Biden agreed to enter into a diversion program. Biden will not plead guilty to the gun charge, which will be dismissed if he meets certain conditions. That deal will have to be approved by a federal judge, who has scheduled a hearing on the matter for next week in Delaware.

"At the end of the day, it's a matter of are we treating everyone the same? Are we treating all taxpayers the same?" Zielger said. "And in this case, no, I don't think so."

IRS whistleblowers confused about Hunter Biden charging decision
The decision not to charge the president's son with tax felonies remains a source of concern and confusion for both of the IRS agents who have now spoken out about the matter. Both men have raised concerns about the possibility that the Biden Justice Department in some way impeded the case.

Weiss pushed back in a letter last month saying he had ultimate authority on these matters and was "never denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction."

The U.S. attorney's office for Delaware declined to comment on this story.

Attorney General Merrick Garland — who kept Weiss on the job to complete the Biden probe — previously said in response to the allegations that Weiss was "permitted to continue his investigation and to make a decision to prosecute any way in which he wanted to and in any district in which he wanted to."

Both Ziegler and Shapely have told congressional investigators and CBS News they were told that prosecutors in Delaware were prevented from bringing charges in other jurisdictions — including California and Washington, D.C. — and Shapley said Weiss told him he was denied special counsel status by the Justice Department.

"D.C. said, 'No, we are not gonna assist you with bringing charges in our district. And we don't think you should bring these charges forward in our district,'" Ziegler explained to CBS News.

Whistleblower "felt handcuffed" during probe
During the investigation, Ziegler said he "felt handcuffed." For example, he says he wanted prosecutors to obtain a search warrant to access a Virginia storage unit to search for potential business records but they declined to do so. He said requests to interview Hunter Biden's adult children about the tax payments were frustrated by prosecutors, whom he claims said the requests could "get us into hot water."

Zeigler's requests to pursue a number of investigative avenues came when Trump was still in office and Attorney General William Barr had instituted a policy requiring he personally approve any investigation of a president or presidential candidate. Ziegler told CBS that he was not "aware" of any approvals sought from Barr at that time.

On Monday, after the Committee on Oversight and Accountability interviewed an FBI agent from the Wilmington Field Office, the leading Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, accused Republicans of "distort[ing]" evidence in order "to advance Republicans' false narrative about political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation."

Hunter Biden's claim about his father in WhatsApp message
In another instance, Ziegler said he tried to get location data to determine whether Joe Biden was in the room, as his son had boasted in a 2017 WhatsApp message where he appeared to pressure a Chinese businessman to make good on an outstanding payment by mentioning his father.

"I am sitting here with my father..we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled," Hunter Biden allegedly texted to the businessman, according to the transcript. He added, "I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand" and "now means tonight."

Ziegler said the WhatsApp message was found on Hunter Biden's iCloud account that was obtained through a search warrant. He says he was unable to determine whether Hunter Biden and his father were together when the WhatsApp message was sent. President Biden has said he was never present when any such message was sent and denied any knowledge of this message.

"Anytime we potentially wanted to go down the road of asking questions related to the president, it was 'That's gonna take too much approvals. We can't ask those questions."

Zeigler said he expected extra approvals when investigating the son of a president, but he said the requests went unmet.

There would be a point to where it would be like, 'Well, let's think about it. Let's put that on the back burner.' And it would now move down to item number 50," Ziegler said.

President Biden has denied any involvement in his son's business affairs.

"I have not taken a penny from any foreign source, ever, in my life," Mr. Biden said in October 2020 at a presidential debate.

Ziegler says he only came forward publicly at the request of Congress, adding, "I do this with a heavy heart. This is awful. It's not a fun experience to go through this. I don't wish this upon anyone."

We found out why Ole Uncle Joe wanted the Ukraine prosecutor fired.

https://twitter.com/NewsBecker/status/16...8080939008

Quote:Rep. Jason Smith: "IRS recommended multiple felony charges against Hunter Biden...relating to at least $8.3 million in income from foreign companies based in China, Romania, and Ukraine. The DOJ engaged in a campaign to Delay, Divulge, and Deny that investigation."

https://twitter.com/NewsBecker/status/16...3816510464

Quote:IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley: "Investigators were not allowed to follow up on WhatsApp messages from Hunter Biden...where he suggested he was sitting next to his father."

So what do you do when the DOJ is the one allegedly obstructing justice?

(07-19-2023 02:51 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  So what do you do when the DOJ is the one allegedly obstructing justice?

Exactly. Stupid Leftists' reply to all of this is, "Well, how come they aren't arrested?".

(07-19-2023 02:51 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  So what do you do when the DOJ is the one allegedly obstructing justice?

Abolish it, grind it into a fine dust, and blow it into the wind.

Boy o boy,

The ditzy barmaid really distinguished herself with her performance today.


Distinguished as in added nothing of substance AND nothing of relevance. Quite the double play.

I think the Democrats think this hearing us about Donald Trump....again. What a bunch of dopes.

Biden Family Business Paid $7.3M from Burisma over Years, Including When Joe Biden Was VP

Quote:Burisma Holdings paid the Biden family business $7.3 million over the course of many years, including when President Joe Biden was vice president, IRS agent Joseph Ziegler told Congress.

While speaking before House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY), Ziegler confirmed the Biden business received a total of $7.3 million starting in 2014.

“How much money did Hunter Biden and his business associates receive from the Ukrainian company Burisma?” Comer asked Ziegler.

“Burisma paid to everyone involved 6.5 million,” he replied.

“Burisma also paid Blue Star strategies and a law firm hundreds of hundreds of thousands of dollars bringing the total Burisma payments to over $7 million. Is that correct?” Comer asked.

“That is correct. 7.3 million,” Ziegler said.

“Between 2014 and 2019, this brings the total amount of foreign income streams received to approximately $17 million,” Comer stated, after which Ziegler confirmed.

In April 2014, Hunter joined the board of Burisma, just two years before Joe Biden stated he forced the firing of Ukraine prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who investigated Burisma. Despite Hunter’s lack of experience in Ukraine or the energy sector, he was paid $83,000 per month by the energy company, or $1 million per year — just weeks after his father was announced “point person” on U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine.

According to an FBI informant file reviewed by the committee, Joe and Hunter Biden each received $5 million from Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Burisma, after Joe Biden threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine until President Poroshenko fired the prosecutor.

Comer also asked the witness how much the family business made from other deals in Romania and China.

“How much money did Hunter Biden and his associates receive from the Romanian company you identified?” Comer asked.

“The approximate total transfers from the Romania company would have been $3.1 million to everyone,” he said.

Shell companies linked to the Biden business received millions from entities in Romania. One of the largest payouts came in 2015 from Gabriel Popoviciu, who worked with CEFC.

The House Oversight Committee revealed in March that CEFC controlled State Energy HK Limited, a company linked to the $1.3 million collective payments to the Biden family members.

Through the Biden family’s suspicious activity reports (SARs), the committee discovered a Biden associate, Rob Walker, received a $3 million wire transfer. In turn, four Biden family members — Hunter, James, Hallie, and an unidentified “Biden” — received a collective $1.3 million cut from the $3 million wire transfer.

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The government covering up for the big guy and lil' crackhead.

Every democrat prosecutor in the country indicting Trump.

This place is an absolute joke.

IRS Whistleblower Says Weiss Allowed Statute Of Limitations To Expire In Hunter Biden Case

Quote:Gary Shapley, a veteran agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), told House lawmakers Wednesday that the Justice Department slow-walked criminal proceedings into Hunter Biden to allow the statute of limitations to expire.

Shapley testified as one of two IRS whistleblowers on Capitol Hill alleging widespread interference in their criminal tax investigation of the Biden family. The second whistleblower revealed their identity at the Wednesday hearing as Joseph Ziegler, a gay Democrat with over a decade of tenure at the federal tax agency. Both served lead roles in the Biden investigation and said their efforts were hampered by officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Shapley said U.S. Delaware Attorney David Weiss waited out the statute of limitations related to 2014-2015 financial crimes allowing the president’s son to evade additional charges. In June, news broke of a plea deal struck between Weiss and Hunter Biden limited to two misdemeanor tax crimes and a single felony charge over illegal firearm possession. The latter is forgiven after 24 months of sobriety, an agreement placed in jeopardy if the mysterious White House cocaine was linked to the first family’s son, who wrote a book on his struggle with drug addiction.

“In November of 2022, the statute of limitations was set to expire for the 2014 and 2015 charges in D.C., which included the 2014 felonies for the attempt to evade or defeat tax and fraud or false statement regarding Burisma income earned by Hunter Biden,” Shapley said.

Hunter Biden served on the board of the Ukrainian energy company raking in excess compensation despite having no prior experience in the industry.

“The statute of limitations had been extended through a tolling agreement with Hunter Biden’s defense counsel, and they were willing to extend it past 2022. Weiss allowed those to expire,” said Shapley.

Both whistleblowers told lawmakers that the DOJ left additional felonies off the table from the plea agreement prosecutors struck with Hunter Biden. Ziegler said IRS agents were pressured to avoid interviewing key witnesses in the case.

In June, transcripts of IRS whistleblower interviews with the House Ways and Means Committee have led to growing pressure on the federal judge overseeing the case to reject the plea deal between Hunter Biden and U.S. prosecutors.

According to the whistleblowers, the DOJ officials not only deliberately slow-walked the investigation and barred IRS officials from interviewing key witnesses, but the federal law enforcement agency kept key evidence from reaching IRS investigators. Federal prosecutors concealed the unclassified FD-1023 form housed by the FBI that was referred to Weiss’s team in Delaware by then-Attorney General William Barr under the previous administration.

WATCH: Marjorie Taylor Greene Gives a 'Parental Discretion' Warning During Whistleblower Hearing, Shows Graphic Pics of Hunter Biden and His 'Paralegal'

(07-19-2023 02:56 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(07-19-2023 02:51 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  So what do you do when the DOJ is the one allegedly obstructing justice?

Abolish it, grind it into a fine dust, and blow it into the wind.

Sounds good to me! Love the idea!

Good lord!!

Rep Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) just said one of the most disturbing and insane things a member of Congress has ever said:

“The DOJ, FBI, and IRS keep this democracy in check [and] provide the checks and the balances."

(07-19-2023 04:44 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  Good lord!!

Rep Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) just said one of the most disturbing and insane things a member of Congress has ever said:

“The DOJ, FBI, and IRS keep this democracy in check [and] provide the checks and the balances."

(07-19-2023 04:44 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  Good lord!!

Rep Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) just said one of the most disturbing and insane things a member of Congress has ever said:

“The DOJ, FBI, and IRS keep this democracy in check [and] provide the checks and the balances."

He resigned from being the NAACP's President because he was accused of sexual harassment.

Banana republic.

I'm going back to my standard two word response to it all: we're frucked.

The answer to the “what do you do when it’s the DOJ obstructing justice?”, start the impeachment of AG Garland. See if that spineless beta wants to take all the blame himself and be the only one with a destroyed reputation.