An attorney for a Biden administration whistleblower told Congress on Monday that his client and “his [client’s] entire investigative team” tasked with working on the Hunter Biden probe at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were removed from the case at the behest of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
“Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile, controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress,” a letter sent to congressional leaders and obtained by The Federalist reads. “He was informed the change was at the request of the Department of Justice.”
Last month, attorney Mark Lytle, who authored Monday’s letter, sent a separate letter to several congressional committee chairs with claims from the aforementioned whistleblower of “political interference in the criminal investigation of a high-profile, politically connected individual.” As The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland reported, “While the letter omitted the specific details the whistleblower sought to present to the oversight committees, unnamed sources reportedly confirmed the criminal case concerned Hunter Biden.”
Hunter, the son of President Joe Biden, has publicly admitted to being under criminal investigation for tax fraud since December 2020, according to Just the News.
During his April 27 testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel claimed, “without hesitation,” that there would be “no retaliation for anyone making an allegation or a call to a whistleblower
