Members of the House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees are taking steps to shed light on alleged special treatment received by Hunter Biden, with demands for FBI and IRS agents to testify before Congress.
🚨BREAKING: The Ways and Means Committee today has issued two subpoenas for IRS employees with direct knowledge of the Oct. 7 meeting with now Special Counsel David Weiss, where he claimed he was denied the ability to charge Hunter Biden.
— Rep. Jason Smith (@RepJasonSmith) August 21, 2023
Representatives Jim Jordan and Jason Smith are leading the effort to uncover the truth behind a crucial meeting that occurred on October 7, 2022.
According to the Daily Mail, the meeting brought to the forefront key details about the Hunter Biden case. In that meeting, David Weiss, the top prosecutor in the case, purportedly stated that he was not the final decision-maker regarding charges against Hunter Biden.
Four agents—two from the FBI and two from the IRS—possess valuable insights about this meeting, prompting their subpoenas.
IRS whistleblowers exposed how the Biden Justice Department slow-walked & interfered in the Hunter Biden investigation.
Now, Biden's DOJ may be stonewalling an investigation into those allegations.
I teamed up with @RepJamesComer and @Jim_Jordan to get answers. pic.twitter.com/GUlI0ZhYv0
— Rep. Jason Smith (@RepJasonSmith) August 22, 2023
The individuals subpoenaed include IRS Director of Field Operations Michael T Batdorf, IRS Special Agent in Charge Darrell J Waldon, FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas J Sobocinski, and FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryeshia Holley, as reported by The Hill.
Of this group, Waldon, Sobocinski, and Holley were reportedly present during the pivotal October meeting. Batdorf, meanwhile, was informed about the meeting through an email from IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who testified that he expressed concerns during the meeting but was subsequently sidelined from the case.
#BREAKING: @WaysandMeansGOP & @JudiciaryGOP have issued subpoenas compelling four witnesses to testify on political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation.https://t.co/S3xG30Fnxn
— Ways and Means Committee (@WaysandMeansGOP) August 21, 2023
Shapley’s testimony indicated that during the October meeting, Weiss revealed that he faced hindrances from Biden appointees in both DC and California, impeding his ability to bring charges against Hunter.
However, Weiss contradicted this claim in a July letter, asserting that he was “never denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction.”
Weiss, recently appointed as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation by Attorney General Merrick Garland, had been investigating Hunter Biden since 2018.
Jordan and Smith, in a joint statement on Monday, expressed their commitment to seeking answers in this matter. They highlighted the significance of the testimony from IRS whistleblowers who raised concerns about potential political interference in the investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax evasion and foreign influence peddling.
The lawmakers voiced frustration at the Biden administration’s reluctance to cooperate, stating that their duty is to uncover the truth.
