by Jeff Miller at The Republic Brief
Rep. Jim Jordan said on Thursday night that three House committees will cooperate in a rare and significant investigation into whistleblower claims that the Justice Department took unprecedented measures to obstruct President Joe Biden’s son’s criminal tax investigation.
Jordan stated that the Judiciary Committee he chairs will collaborate with the Oversight Committee chaired by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and the House Ways and Means Committee chaired by Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., to request transcripts of interviews with the three U.S. Attorneys, DOJ tax division lawyers, FBI and IRS agents, and three U.S. Attorneys who operated the Hunter case. The three demanded accessibility to the witnesses in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
“I think the Attorney General, and (Delaware U.S. Attorney) David Weiss, and some of these other people that we’ve now asked to talk to, we’re looking forward to getting the chance to interview those and see what they have to say,” Jordan told reporters.
The Ways and Means Committee’s dramatic publication of whistleblower testimony from IRS Supervisory Agent Gary Shapley last week served as the impetus for the joint investigation.
Hunter’s tax investigation was led by Shapley, who also accused the Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles of engaging in significant and unusual political interference in the case by refusing to prosecute Biden for serious tax offenses that date back to 2014 despite career prosecutors’ advice. These allegations included the hindering of witnesses, the denial of search warrants, and inquiries and decisions about the prosecution of Biden.