WATCH: Republican Rep. Confronts Head Of The IRS On Hunter Biden Whistleblower

Representative Jason Smith (R-MO), Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, at the start of an oversight hearing, warned Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel to protect a Hunter Biden investigation-related whistleblower from retribution, according to Just the News.

Mr. Smith stated that “Last week, a whistleblower came forward with troubling claims about abuses of power. We are conducting a review of this matter and will go wherever the facts lead us. I expect full cooperation from the IRS, particularly with regard to ensuring this whistleblower is protected from retaliation.” Just the News noted that “Smith’s committee officially sent a letter authorizing two lawyers for the IRS whistleblower to gather information from their client about what alleged wrongdoing he witnessed during his time investigating Hunter Biden’s tax affairs and to transmit that information to Congress.

The media outlet added that “The letter frees the agent and his lawyers from what is known as 6103 tax privacy obligations so the allegations can be relayed to Congress for investigation.”

A letter sent by the whistleblower’s lawyer to the committee relayed that “The protected disclosures [by the whistleblower] : (l) contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee [thought to be Merrick Garland], (2) involve failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case, and (3) detail examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject [referring to Hunter Biden] were not politically connected.”

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Chairman Smith put a video of some of the hearing with the caption proclaiming that “Last week, a whistleblower came forward with troubling claims about abuses of power. Commissioner Werfel pledged no retaliation would happen against this whistleblower.”

Last week, a whistleblower came forward with troubling claims about abuses of power.

Commissioner Werfel pledged no retaliation would happen against this whistleblower. pic.twitter.com/z4uKMKXrEr

— Rep. Jason Smith (@RepJasonSmith) April 27, 2023

The video opened with Smith noting that “as discussed previously we set up an online whistleblower portal for IRS personnel wishing to share information with the committee.” He turned to the IRS Commissioner before him and said “I continue to urge you to let your employees know about the portal. I believe it will encourage agency personnel who witness wrongdoing to come forward. Just this last week, we received outreach from an IRS whistleblower requesting [that] the committee look into concerns the individual has about allegations of misconduct. So you can commit that there will be no retaliation against that whistleblower?”

The IRS Commissioner replied, “While I can’t comment on a specific case, I can say without any hesitation there will be no retaliation over anyone making a[n] allegation or a call to a whistleblower hotline.”