July 18, 2023
As the investigation into the Biden family expands, so does the evidence of the partisan rot within the Department of Justice.
Weiss vs Whistleblowers
Delaware US Attorney David Weiss, who purportedly led the investigation into Hunter Biden, resulting in a sweetheart plea deal, recently sent a dubious reply letter to Senator Lindsey Graham conflicting with the IRS whistleblowers’ and supporting Attorney General Merrick Garland’s assertions that Weiss had ultimate control to file charges.
Recall IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and an unidentified agent “X” reported Weiss wanted to charge Hunter for felony tax crimes in California and DC, and requested special counsel status but was thwarted by Biden-appointed US attorneys.
Weiss countered that he did not formally request special counsel designation under section 600 of the federal regulations governing the DOJ. Instead, he claims unidentified “department officials” assured him, if necessary, he would be granted special attorney status under Section 515, allowing him to bring charges without the cooperation of the respective US attorneys. Interestingly Weiss never explicitly claimed that he sought and was denied “special attorney” status.
As former US Attorney and current Fox News contributor, Andrew McCarthy points out,
“Weiss is straining to back up Garland while hoping no one notices that he does not deny the Whistblower allegations.”
Shapley’s attorneys rightly pointed out, “Under no circumstances should the process have included political appointees of the subject’s father, because Congress had been assured it would not- but it did”.
Moreover, Weiss’ claim that he has “never been denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction”, is not just contradicted by the two whistleblowers. A memo released by the House Ways and Means Committee last month states that Mark Daly, a prosecutor in the DOJ tax division, and Weiss’ top deputy Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf signed off on charging Hunter with felony tax crimes for failure to pay taxes on income dating from 2014.
The memo reads:
“The recommendation for prosecution is based on the facts above and [redacted] recommendations that RHB (Robert Hunter Biden) be prosecuted under provisions of Title 26 USC Sections 7201 and 7206 (1) for the tax years 2014, 2018 and 2019 and under the provisions of Title 26 USC Section 7203 for the tax years 2015, 2016 2017 2018 and 2019.”
“A draft of this SAR has been given to DOJ-Tax Senior Attorney Mark Daly, as well as assistant United States Attorney Lesley Wolf. AUSA Wolf has reviewed the appendices and the charges cited in this report and agrees with the prosecution recommendation of the above and cited charges against RHB.”
The memo was signed by the unidentified case agent and supervisory agent, Gary Shapley.
It is hard to square why Weiss, if not hamstrung, would not have brought charges approved by his right-hand person, AUSA Wolf. That makes no more sense than it does for the investigation into Hunter’s slam-dunk tax and gun crimes to take five years and only result in two misdemeanor charges and a toothless gun charge which evaporates if Hunter remains drug-free for a limited time.
Third whistleblower
Another blockbuster development belying the narrative promulgated by Garland and Weiss – A recently retired supervisory FBI agent who worked alongside the IRS whistleblowers on the Hunter Biden case, recently corroborated their claims about the special treatment afforded Hunter. The unidentified agent gave his account in a transcribed interview yesterday before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
He confirmed several aspects of the whistleblowers’ accounts, including that the bureau tipped off Joe Biden’s transition team and the Secret Service in late 2020 about a plan to interview Hunter Biden in his criminal tax probe, thwarting the planned interview.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer issued the following statements after committee staff conducted the transcribed interview:
“Today, a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation confirmed key portions of the IRS whistleblower’s testimony. The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the planned interview. On the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation.”
“The former FBI supervisory special agent told committee investigators he had never [before] been told to wait outside to be contacted by the subject of an investigation. The agent’s testimony is sickening and reveals the lengths to which the DOJ is willing to go to cover up for the Bidens.”
“The Justice Department’s efforts to cover up for the Bidens reveals a two-tiered system of justice that sickens the American people. The Oversight Committee, along with the Judiciary Committee and Ways and Means Committee, will continue to seek the answers, transparency, and accountability that the American people demand and deserve.”
To date, two different federal agencies from three separate whistleblowers directly involved with the Hunter Biden investigation all provide a singular portrait of DOJ corruption to protect the Biden’s. Their claims directly contradict Garland’s testimony and Weiss’ statements.
Shapley and Whistleblower “X”, reportedly a gay Democrat and the lead IRS agent in charge of the Hunter probe, are set to give sworn testimony in front of the Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
Recall Shapley contemporaneously memorialized Weiss’ words from an October 7, 2022 meeting, in an email, documenting that “Weiss requested special counsel authority [to bring charges against Hunter Biden] when it was sent to DC and Main DOJ denied his request and told him to follow the process.”
A senior IRS agent witnessed the conversation and replied to Shapley’s email, “Thanks, Gary. You covered it all.
According to Shapley, there were six people in attendance at the meeting. In a statement released by Shapley’s legal team two weeks ago
“In an October 7, 2022, meeting at the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Attorney David Weiss told six witnesses he did not have authority to charge in other districts and had thus requested special counsel status. Those six witnesses include Baltimore FBI Special Agent in Charge Tom Sobocinski and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryeshia Holley, IRS Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary Shapley and Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon, who also independently and contemporaneously corroborated Mr. Shapley’s account in an email, now public as Exhibit 10, following p. 148 of his testimony transcript. Mr. Shapley would have no insight into why Mr. Weiss’s would make these statements at the October 7, 2022 meeting if they were false. That Mr. Weiss made these statements is easily corroborated, and it is up to him and the Justice Department to reconcile the evidence of his October 7, 2022 statements with contrary statements by Mr. Weiss and the Attorney General to Congress.”
If the GOP is serious about rooting out the partisan corruption within the DOJ, all those in attendance at the October 2022 meeting, along with Weiss and Garland need to be up next in the hot seat before Congress. The weaponization of the US justice system to protect a favored political leader while simultaneously using their formidable powers to destroy political opponents can not stand.
