IRS whistleblowers allege sweeping political interference in Hunter Biden case

The Justice Department and Delaware U.S. Attorney’s office went out of their way to hamper an IRS investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes by consistently slow walking the case, preventing enforcement actions by the IRS and tipping off actions related to the investigation to Biden’s attorneys in advance, according to new whistleblower testimony released Thursday by the House Ways and Means Committee.

Following a closed executive session Thursday morning, the Republican-controlled committee led by Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) exercised its unique authority to publicly release information in the five-year federal investigation into his failure to pay about $1 million in federal taxes. Tax information is generally barred from disclosure by strict taxpayer privacy laws.

The released documents include transcripts of interviews by the committee with two IRS whistleblowers, an affidavit signed by one of the whistleblowers and internal IRS correspondence. The documents shed light on the experiences of two IRS investigators who said they were deeply concerned about the unusual handling of the Hunter Biden case, their perceived marginalization from decisions made by federal prosecutors and their eventual removal from the yearslong investigation.