The New York Times Is Forced To Admit DOJ's Interference In Hunter Biden Probe Amid Mounting Evidence

On Wednesday, The New York Times independently confirmed that the whistleblower testimony alleging that the Biden Department of Justice under Attorney General Merrick Garland did, in fact, interfere with an IRS investigation of Hunter Biden. However, as multiple outlets have reported and commented upon, the confirmation was dutifully buried 21 paragraphs deep into an article entitled, "Competing Accounts of Justice Dept.’s Handling of Hunter Biden Case."

The lede, which has been thoroughly buried along with the confirmation, is that the Attorney General and US Attorney David Weiss both testified before Congress that Weiss was given free rein to charge Hunter for any criminal acts the investigation uncovered. Based on the NYT confirmation, both men are now open to charges of perjuring themselves to Congress.

On Friday, according to The Post Millennial, Garland repeated this claim telling reporters that Weiss had "complete authority to make all decisions on his own," requiring no further approval from DOJ to charge the president's son.

Gary Shapley, a supervisory special agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation, begged to differ in an interview with the GOP-controlled House Ways and Means Committee in May when he said, "Since October 2022, IRS CI has taken every opportunity to retaliate against me and my team."

"Even after IRS CI senior leadership has been made aware on a recurring basis that the Delaware US Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice was acting improperly, they acquiesced to a DOJ request to remove the entire team from the Hunter Biden investigation, a team that had been investigating it for over 5 years."

"Mr. Biden was earning income from work for a Ukraine-based energy company and Chinese clients that Mr. Shapley suggested was being channeled through entities that had a presence in Washington and the Los Angeles area. It is not clear if Mr. Weiss was convinced those strands of the investigation should be prosecuted or was simply making sure all potential charges were pursued thoroughly. But in mid-2022, Mr. Weiss reached out to the top federal prosecutor in Washington, Matthew Graves, to ask his office to pursue charges and was rebuffed, according to Mr. Shapley’s testimony.

A similar request to prosecutors in the Central District of California, which includes Los Angeles, was also rejected, Mr. Shapley testified. A second former I.R.S. official, who has not been identified, told House Republicans the same story. That episode was confirmed independently to The New York Times by a person with knowledge of the situation."

🚨BREAKING: IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley says AG Merrick Garland’s claim that U.S. Attorney David Weiss had complete authority over the Hunter Biden case is inaccurate and that his account is corroborated by the second whistleblower pic.twitter.com/tAZ3473g92

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 28, 2023

If the allegations from the IRS whistleblowers are proven true through House Republican investigations, we will begin an impeachment inquiry on Biden's Attorney General, Merrick Garland. pic.twitter.com/tFgjwKWfcR

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 27, 2023