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FIRST ON FOX: George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley warned that if “half” of the IRS whistleblowers’ claims are true, the “integrity and credibility of Hunter Biden’s tax evasion investigation would become huge undermined”.
Turley told Fox News Digital that Americans should “keep in mind that allegations are not evidence” and that the whistleblowers’ claims remain “unverified but clearly worth investigating.”
If the allegations are even partially true, they would damage confidence in the Hunter Biden tax investigation.
“If half of these allegations turn out to be true, the integrity and credibility of the investigation would be greatly undermined,” Turley warned. “At the very least, these are questions that need to be answered.”
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George Washington University professor Jonathan Turley told Fox News Digital that Americans should “keep in mind that allegations are not evidence” and that the claims of IRS whistleblowers remain “unverified but clearly worth investigating.”
“Notably, some of this evidence comes from statements made to Congress under the threat of prosecution if they are false,” he said. “The alleged felony charges are also cases where the whistleblowers may have direct involvement or knowledge as the basis for the allegations.”
“If searches were blocked or questions restricted, the account could confirm the worst suspicions about this investigation,” Turley added.
Turley’s comments come amid scathing allegations from IRS whistleblowers about the younger Biden’s tax evasion investigation.
Justice Department investigators attempted to limit interrogations related to President Biden as part of the Hunter Biden investigation, despite objections from FBI and IRS officials, a whistleblower claimed.
Justice Department investigators attempted to limit interrogations related to President Biden as part of the Hunter Biden investigation, despite objections from FBI and IRS officials, a whistleblower claimed. (Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images)
The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who said officials from the Justice Department, FBI and IRS were interfering with the investigation of the tax evasion case against Hunter Biden. The whistleblowers said the decisions in the case appeared to have been influenced “by politics”.
A whistleblower, Gary Shapley Jr., who was the supervisor of the investigation at the IRS, said decisions were made “at every stage” of the investigation that “had the effect of benefiting the subject of the investigation.” He cited several examples with clear references to Hunter Biden’s father.
Shapley pointed to text messages and emails obtained from Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, who first reported to Fox News Digital before the 2020 presidential election and before it became known that Hunter Biden was under federal investigation.
In December 2020, Shapley said investigators were preparing to interview Biden business partner Rob Walker.
“Among other things, we wanted to question Walker about an email that said, ‘Ten held by H for the big man,'” Shapley said. “We had obvious questions like who was H, who was the big man, and why should this percentage be kept separate with the association hidden.”
President Biden snapped at reporters asking him about alleged corruption involving him and his son, Hunter Biden. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
But Shapley said assistant attorney Lesley Wolf “stepped in and said she didn’t want to ask about the big guy and said she didn’t want to ask questions about ‘daddy’.”
It has been reported that Joe Biden is referred to as “the big man”.
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“When several people in the room spoke up and objected that we should ask, she replied: There is no particular crime in that way of asking questions,” Shapley said. “This has also upset the FBI.”
Shapley said that “basically everyone in the room except the prosecutors had a big problem with” not asking questions about President Biden.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
Houston Keene is a political writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
