In his testimony, IRS leaker Gary Shapley claims that the Department of Justice received a "stand down order" in the Hunter Biden investigation before the 2020 presidential election.
In redacted testimony, Shapley stated, "I am blowing the whistle because the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Justice Tax, and Department of Justice gave preferential treatment and unchecked conflicts of interest in an important and high-profile investigation of the President's son, Hunter Biden."
Although the Department of Justice put the Hunter Biden search warrants on hold as soon as Joe Biden was announced as the presumptive Democrat nominee, The Federalist's Sean Davis explains that the probable cause affidavits for the Hunter Biden search warrants in three states and Washington, D.C., were prepared in early 2020.
He said, "As early as March 6th, 2020, I sent a sensitive case report up through my chain of command at IRS reporting that by mid-March the IRS would be ready to seek approval for physical search warrants in California, Arkansas, New York, and Washington, D.C.
In order to establish probable cause for these physical search warrants, Special Agent [redacted] drafted an affidavit on April 1st, 2020. At that time, we also intended to conduct about 15 contemporaneous interviews," he said.
"Yet, career DOJ officials stalled on the IRS taking these investigative steps after former Vice President Joseph Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in early April 2020," he continued.
Those same career officials, he continued, "were already postponing overt investigative actions by June 2020." This was well in advance of the customary 60 to 90 days before an election when the DOJ would traditionally take a break. It was clear that the DOJ was deliberately dragging its feet on this investigation.
In a statement, Shapley continued, "This has never been about getting a particular result. I have experienced a level of scrutiny as a result of speaking up that I would never wish on anyone who tries to report wrongdoing. For me, this has been about making the decision between keeping quiet and living with regret versus speaking up and acting on what my conscience told me to do.
This favourable treatment of Joe Biden stands in stark contrast to the actions the Department of Justice took in relation to rival presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee in 2016, when discredited political opposition research from both organizations was illegally weaponized to conduct a wide-ranging campaign surveillance operation against the Trump campaign and an ensuing Special Counsel investigation that hampered the campaign.
In redacted testimony, Shapley stated, "I am blowing the whistle because the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Justice Tax, and Department of Justice gave preferential treatment and unchecked conflicts of interest in an important and high-profile investigation of the President's son, Hunter Biden."
Although the Department of Justice put the Hunter Biden search warrants on hold as soon as Joe Biden was announced as the presumptive Democrat nominee, The Federalist's Sean Davis explains that the probable cause affidavits for the Hunter Biden search warrants in three states and Washington, D.C., were prepared in early 2020.
He said, "As early as March 6th, 2020, I sent a sensitive case report up through my chain of command at IRS reporting that by mid-March the IRS would be ready to seek approval for physical search warrants in California, Arkansas, New York, and Washington, D.C.
In order to establish probable cause for these physical search warrants, Special Agent [redacted] drafted an affidavit on April 1st, 2020. At that time, we also intended to conduct about 15 contemporaneous interviews," he said.
"Yet, career DOJ officials stalled on the IRS taking these investigative steps after former Vice President Joseph Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in early April 2020," he continued.
Those same career officials, he continued, "were already postponing overt investigative actions by June 2020." This was well in advance of the customary 60 to 90 days before an election when the DOJ would traditionally take a break. It was clear that the DOJ was deliberately dragging its feet on this investigation.
In a statement, Shapley continued, "This has never been about getting a particular result. I have experienced a level of scrutiny as a result of speaking up that I would never wish on anyone who tries to report wrongdoing. For me, this has been about making the decision between keeping quiet and living with regret versus speaking up and acting on what my conscience told me to do.
This favourable treatment of Joe Biden stands in stark contrast to the actions the Department of Justice took in relation to rival presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee in 2016, when discredited political opposition research from both organizations was illegally weaponized to conduct a wide-ranging campaign surveillance operation against the Trump campaign and an ensuing Special Counsel investigation that hampered the campaign.
