On 6/22/2023, during a press conference, Rep. Jason Smith , Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, said credible whistleblower testimony alleging misconduct and government abuse resulting in preferential treatment for the president’s son, Hunter Biden. Smith detailed three key areas of focus revealed by the transcripts of interviews with the whistleblowers: unequal treatment of taxpayers when enforcing tax laws, alleged overreach by the Biden DOJ in the investigation, and retaliation faced by IRS whistleblowers.
Smith revealed that “Weiss tried to bring charges in the District of Columbia around March of 2022 and was denied” and that “Weiss sought to bring charges in the Central District of California in the fall of 2022 and had that request denied in January 2023.” The House chairman said that “Weiss sought special counsel status from the DOJ in the spring of 2022″ but again “was denied.”
“Whistleblowers describe how the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging and denying an ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes,” Smith, R-Mo., told reporters.
“The U.S. attorney has been advised that he has full authority to make kind of those referrals you’re talking about or to bring cases in other jurisdictions if he feels it is necessary, and I will assure that if he does, then he will be able to do that,” Garland promised. “He has been advised that he should get anything he needs. … I have not heard anything from that office that suggests they are not able to do anything that the U.S. attorney wants them to do.”
“I can now confirm that we have credible whistleblower testimony alleging misconduct and government abuse that is resulting in preferential treatment for the president’s son, Hunter Biden,” Smith said Thursday, noting that Hunter Biden “has been under investigation for tax crimes that include evading taxes on income” from foreign sources.
Smith also said there were pervasive “unjustified delays” in the investigation, including “authenticating a WhatsApp message in which Hunter Biden demands payment from Chinese officials noting that his father was in the room.”
The whistleblowers also said IRS investigators were told by federal prosecutor Lesley Wolf that because evidence would be found in Joe Biden’s guesthouse, “there is no way” a search warrant would ever get approved.
Smith additionally said that “crucial information about the investigation was divulged to Hunter Biden’s attorneys,” pointing to Hunter Biden’s lawyers being given a heads-up about a potential search of a northern Virginia storage unit where Hunter Biden had files.
The House chairman said that there were three main areas of focus in the transcripts of interviews with whistleblowers.
“No. 1, the federal government is not treating taxpayers equally when enforcing tax laws,” Smith said. “No. 2, whistleblowers claim the Biden Department of Justice is intervening and overstepping when it comes to the investigation of the president’s son. And No. 3, these whistleblowers report they have faced almost immediate retaliation.”
Smith said that “despite what whistleblowers described as a clear-cut case for tax liability on these payments, IRS investigators say they found themselves hamstrung internally.” The House chairman said whistleblower testimony also detailed “a lack of U.S. attorney independence, recurring unjustified delays, unusual actions outside the normal course of any investigation, a lack of transparency across the investigation and prosecution teams, and bullying and threats from the defense counsel.”
Smith said the IRS investigation into Hunter Biden opened in November 2018 and that whistleblower testimony revealed that “the IRS recommended charges against Hunter Biden that included attempt to evade or evade tax — a felony — fraud or false statements — a felony — and willful failure to file returns, supply information, or pay tax crimes.”
The IRS whistleblowers provided Congress with granular details on the crimes Hunter Biden is accused of. “These tax crimes cover an estimated $2.2 million in unreported tax on global income streams to Mr. Biden and his associates from Ukraine, Romania, and China, totaling $17.3 million from 2014 to 2019,” Smith said Thursday. “Mr. Biden personally received $8.3 million.”
The whistleblowers laid out foreign payments to Hunter Biden, including “$664Kfrom the Chinese company State Energy HK, a large diamond worth $80K, & a Porsche worth $142K.”
“These payments are just a fraction of the total, but they provide insight into a world of wealth and influence that no ordinary American would recognize,” Smith said. “And what plea deal did Mr. Biden just receive? A slap on the wrist for charges that have put other Americans behind .
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House Ways & Means: Felonies IRS Recommended Against Hunter Biden, DOJ Interfered denied attempts