by Chuck Ross at The Washington Free Beacon
The two IRS investigators who exposed details of the investigation into former first son Hunter Biden have been promoted to senior roles at the Department of the Treasury.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday promoted Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler to senior advisers for IRS reform at the agency. Shapley will also serve as deputy chief of IRS criminal investigations.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump removed Secret Service protection for Hunter Biden, who Trump said was escorted on a vacation to South Africa by as many as 18 Secret Service agents this week.
In 2023, Shapley and Ziegler provided Congress with information about the federal investigation into Biden, which started in 2018. Shapley and Ziegler, the top two IRS investigators on the Biden probe, accused IRS and Department of Justice officials of pulling punches in the investigation for political purposes. They also accused the IRS of improperly removing them from the investigation in May 2023 as retaliation for making whistleblower disclosures to Congress.
Shapley and Ziegler gave Congress emails and financial documents that…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Promotes IRS Whistleblowers
Continue Reading🚨 JUST IN: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has promoted the Hunter Biden IRS whistleblowers to leadership roles at the Treasury Department.
They will be investigating IRS wrongdoing now. AMAZING decision.
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