- David Weiss allegedly tried to bring charges against Hunter in Washington D.C. and California in the fall of 2022 and had that request denied in January 2023
- The unverified testimony dropped as Hunter Biden enters into agreement that will see him plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax crimes
- He will also avoid prison on a felony gun charge as part of diversion program
The House Ways and Means Committee released bombshell new whistleblower testimony Thursday claiming that Hunter Biden failed to pay taxes on $8.3 million in income and the Department of Justice denied attempts to bring charges in other states.
The testimony revealed that U.S. Attorney David Weiss – the Trump-era holdover who prosecuted the case against Hunter Biden – allegedly asked for special counsel status and was denied by the Department of Justice.
Weiss also allegedly tried to bring charges against Hunter in Washington D.C. and California in the fall of 2022 and had that request denied in January 2023.
But Weiss said in a letter to lawmakers earlier this month the DOJ granted him ‘ultimate authority’ on when and where to bring charges.
It all amounted to conduct that longtime IRS investigator Gary Shapley said amounted to ‘preferential treatment’ for the president’s son.
Attorney General Merrick Garland just Wednesday vouched for Weiss, saying he had given him ‘full authority’ to decide how to handle the situation. ‘And that’s what he’s done,’ Garland said.
The unverified testimony came from two IRS whistleblowers as news broke this week that Hunter Biden had agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses while dispensing with a gun charge against him, likely allowing him to avoid prison time.
Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., revealed in a press conference that two IRS employees had claimed that the agency sought felony charges against Hunter Biden for attempting to evade taxes and making false statements.
According to Smith, the whistleblowers, one of whom the committee later identified as Shapley, said Hunter failed to pay $2.2 million in taxes on $8.3 million in income from foreign entities in Ukraine, China, and Romania.
By Morgan Phillips and Geoff Earle
