IRS whistleblower speaks: DOJ "slow-walked" tax probe said to involve Hunter Biden
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The whistleblower connected to the Hunter Biden tax investigation said he became so concerned about prosecutors' handling of the investigation, he felt duty-bound to report it.
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An attorney for an unnamed IRS whistleblower is shedding light on key meetings that exposed divisions between prosecutors and investigators on how to proceed with a criminal investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, according to a letter to a federal watchdog agency obtained by CNN.
The whistleblower connected to the Hunter Biden tax investigation said he became so concerned about prosecutors' handling of the investigation, he felt duty-bound to report it.
"For a couple years, we'd been noticing these deviations in the investigative process. And I just couldn't, you know, fathom that DOJ might be acting unethically on this," he said.
“Each and every time, it seemed to always benefit the subject,” he said during the CBS News interview. “It just got to that point where that switch was turned on. And I just could…
During portions of an interview with CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Jim Axelrod that aired on Wednesday's "CBS Evening News," IRS Supervisory | Clips
The IRS whistleblower broke his silence Wednesday evening on the DOJ's handling of the Hunter Biden investigation into alleged tax fraud and financial crimes.
The IRS whistleblower tasked with overseeing the probe into Hunter Biden's possible tax crimes said the Biden administration's Department of Justice stepped in to slow the investigation down.
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