Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer said Thursday he was “disgusted” with Attorney General Merrick Garland following revelations from an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower.

Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee liberated A deposition was released Thursday by Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers alleging that Attorney General Merrick Garland and IRS Director Danny Warfel lied to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation. Whistleblowers also sent messages to Chinese business partners claiming that then-Vice President Joe Biden was with them during a dispute over payments, according to Republican lawmakers. also clarified.

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“I am ready to retire Merrick Garland,” Mr. Kummer told Fox News host Jesse Watters. “Speaker McCarthy and Jim Jordan will ask if he will be impeached, but I’m sick of him.” (Related: ‘This is Organized Criminal Activity’: James Comer hints at next steps in Biden family investigation)

“The reputation that Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray left for the FBI, and even the reputation of leaving it to their agency, is a disgrace,” Mr. Cummer said. “They have created a situation in which the American public has overwhelmingly lost faith in the American judicial system.”

The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that Mr. Biden pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, while the felony of making false statements on the documents he filled out when purchasing firearms would be addressed through a pretrial diversion program. Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa said in a speech on the Senate floor on June 12 that there were recordings of then-Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden related to the bribery allegations.

“Today we heard from IRS whistleblowers that they were told to back out when they were investigating apparent tax violations by the Biden family,” said Kammer. , after recounting other instances in which the Justice Department allegedly instructed investigators not to pursue specific cases, said: Investigative path against Biden. “So this is a pattern of DOJ interference and favoritism in Biden’s criminal activities.”

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