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Hunter Biden investigation: Second IRS whistleblower claims retaliation

Headline from Washington Examiner, from the development of May 23, 2023

Newest development May 24, 2023 · 4 reportsIRS commissioner denies retaliating against Hunter Biden probe whistleblowers

A second IRS whistleblower has alleged retaliation for raising concerns that Justice Department leadership was "acting inappropriately" on the investigation into Hunter Biden, the Washington Examiner has learned.

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Hunter Biden investigation: Second IRS whistleblower claims retaliation (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A second IRS whistleblower has alleged retaliation for raising concerns that Justice Department leadership was "acting inappropriately" on the investigation into Hunter Biden, the Washington Examiner has learned.

  2. Hot Air

    Another IRS Hunter Biden whistleblower emerges (opens Hot Air)

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    Thanks to one supervisor at the IRS who stepped forward as a whistleblower in the Hunter Biden investigation, we recently learned that the entire team who had been working on the case since 2018 had b...

  3. Townhall

  4. Fox News

    IRS whistleblowers claim retaliation in connection to Hunter Biden complaint (opens Fox News)

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    Attorneys petition Congress, claiming the IRS retaliated against multiple agency whistleblowers in connection to the investigation into Hunter Biden.

  5. Washington Examiner

    A whistleblower scandal is brewing inside the Hunter Biden investigation (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A WHISTLEBLOWER SCANDAL IS BREWING INSIDE THE HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION. Just last month, this newsletter covered the emergence of a whistleblower in the joint Justice Department-IRS investigation of President Joe Biden's son Hunter. The whistleblower was a career IRS criminal supervisory special…

  6. The Daily Caller

    Second IRS Whistleblower Probing Hunter Biden Comes Forward, Claims Retaliation (opens The Daily Caller)

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    A second Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower on the Hunter Biden case came forward Monday, according to the New York Post.

  7. Breitbart News

    Second IRS Whistleblower Surfaces in Hunter Probe After Case Purge (opens Breitbart News)

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    A second IRS whistleblower in the probe of Hunter Biden for tax fraud surfaced after the expulsion of the whole IRS team investigating him.

  8. BizPac Review

    IRS denies retaliation against whistleblowers who raised questions about Hunter Biden case (opens BizPac Review)

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    IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel has denied retaliating against a whistleblower who'd alleged malfeasance in the bureau's Hunter Biden probe.

  9. Fox News

    IRS commissioner denies intervening to retaliate against whistleblowers connected to Hunter Biden complaint (opens Fox News)

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    Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel denied intervening to retaliate against the whistleblowers in connection to the Hunter Biden complaint.

  10. Washington Examiner

    IRS commissioner denies retaliating in Hunter Biden whistleblower complaint: Report (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel denied intervening to retaliate against a whistleblower in the Hunter Biden investigation, a report claims.

  11. New York Post

    IRS commissioner denies retaliating against Hunter Biden probe whistleblowers (opens New York Post)

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    “I want to state unequivocally that I have not intervened – and will not intervene – in any way that would impact the status of any whistleblower,” Werfel said in a May 17 letter to the…

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