IRS whistleblowers accuse DOJ of bias

A House committee released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who accuse the Justice Department of interfering with their investigation of President Joe Biden’s son. IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley told the House Ways and Means Committee that the department “slow-walked the investigation.” His testimony, along with another unnamed whistleblower’s, alleged that the Justice Department has a pattern of delaying enforcement actions in the months before elections.

What has the DOJ said? It denied the accusations and said the person in charge of the investigation was a Trump administration appointee, U.S. Attorney David Weiss. He could have brought charges without the department’s approval, it said. Another Trump administration official, former Attorney General William Barr, said he started the investigation in 2015. Hunter Biden announced earlier this week he would plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and a weapons charge to avoid a prison sentence.

Dig deeper: Read Daniel R. Suhr’s column in WORLD Opinions on the charges against Hunter Biden.