A bombshell transcript from an IRS whistleblower released Thursday could show President Joe Biden was directly involved with son Hunter Biden’s controversial foreign business dealings.
“I am sitting here with my father,” Hunter reportedly wrote in a threatening text message through WhatsApp to Chinese-based business partner Henry Zhao in July 2017.
Two IRS whistleblowers told The Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee that the Department of Justice “intervened” and “overstepped” to delay their work on the Hunter Biden tax probe going back to 2018.
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The powerful Ways and Means Committee “voted to release to the public whistleblower testimony of two different IRS employees who worked directly on the tax evasion case of Hunter Biden. That testimony outlines misconduct and government abuse at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the investigation of Hunter Biden. The allegations point to a steady campaign of: unequal treatment of enforcing tax law; Department of Justice (DOJ) interference in the form of delays, divulgences, and denials, into the investigation of tax crimes that may have been committed by the President’s son; and finally, retaliation against IRS employees who blew the whistle on the misconduct.”
Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., released the following statement —
Today, the Ways and Means Committee voted to make public the testimony of IRS employees blowing the whistle on misconduct at the IRS and the Biden Department of Justice regarding unequal enforcement of tax law, interference and government abuse in the handling of investigations into criminal activity by President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and retaliation against IRS employees blowing the whistle on this abuse.
The American people deserve to know that when it comes to criminal enforcement, they are not on the same playing field as the wealthy and politically connected class. The preferential treatment Hunter Biden received would never have been granted to ordinary Americans.
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. The testimony shows tactics used by the Justice Department to delay the investigation long enough to reach the statute of limitations, evidence they divulged sensitive actions by the investigative team to Biden’s attorneys, and denied requests by the U.S. Attorney to bring charges against Biden.
IRS employees who blew the whistle on this abuse were retaliated against, despite a commitment IRS Commissioner Werfel made before the Ways and Means Committee to uphold their legal protections. They were removed from this investigation after they responsibly worked through the chain of command to raise these concerns.
The Committee has acted in good faith with participation from both Democrats and Republicans, as the issues raised today ought to be a bipartisan concern. Hopefully we can find a path forward to continue to go where the facts lead us. If the federal government is not treating all taxpayers equally, or if it is changing the rules to engineer a preferred outcome, Congress has a duty to ask why and to hold agencies accountable and consider appropriate legislative action. The scales of justice must not be skewed in favor of the wealthy and the politically connected.
One of the testimonies included claims that Hunter wrote to his foreign business partner that he was in the room with his father and they were expecting an answer regarding ongoing business negotiations — and that Hunter had the “ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret” if they didn’t follow through.
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“I am sitting here with my father and would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,” Hunter reportedly wrote in a 2017 text message to Zhao.
Zhao is the president and CEO of the Beijing, China-based Harvest Capital Management investment firm that was paying Hunter $100,000 at the time.
The texts were reportedly related to negotiations concerning a deal worth over $10 million with a Chinese energy conglomerate, CEFC Energy.
“Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight,” the reported texts continued.
“And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction.”
“I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father,” Hunter is said to have repeated.
According to a report from The Washington Free Beacon, photos from Hunter’s laptop may place the first son at his father’s Wilmington, Delaware home the same day the reported text messages were sent.
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There is no report on whether a phone call was received, but it seems the deal was worked out. According to The Washington Free Beacon report, Hunter sent a follow-up text message on Aug. 2 that said “my family sends their best wishes and looks forward to playing some golf when the director has time.”
My “best regards to you, Jim and VP,” Zhao reportedly replied.
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