The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Assistant U.S. Attorney said during the IRS investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, a raid on President Joe Biden’s Delaware home for “optics” was “not allowed.” Worth it,” the whistleblower claims in a document released by the company. Thursday.
Hunter Biden has been staying for some time, as the IRS found text messages that indicated the two Bidens were involved in negotiations with IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, a young Biden Chinese business associate. They wanted to search the Bidens’ mansion in Delaware. Said said in an interview with the House Ways and Means Committee on May 26. (Related: IRS exposure: Hunter said Joe was in the room with threatening messages to Chinese partner)
On Sept. 3, 2020, U.S. Assistant Attorney Leslie Wolfe told investigators, “There were more than enough reasons to issue a search warrant, but the question is whether the juice was worth squeezing. ” said Shapley.
Wolf also said that “optics was a determining factor in whether or not the search warrant was enforced.” She said much of the evidence in our investigation would be found at former Vice President Biden’s guesthouse, but she said there was no way to get it approved,” Shapley said.
The White House referred the caller to the Justice Department. The Department of Justice told the caller, “As stated by both the Attorney General and U.S. Attorney David Wyeth, U.S. Attorney Wyeth, as he deems appropriate, will be responsible for determining when and where to bring charges. I have full authority over the matter.” He does not need further approval to do so. “
David Weiss is a U.S. Attorney in the District Court of Delaware and the prosecutor in the Hunter Biden case.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 22: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left) and US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden (right) at the White House in Washington, DC on June 22, 2023 Greet guests at a formal dinner party. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host a state dinner as part of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s first state visit to the United States. (Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Shapley said prosecutors also wanted to remove Hunter Biden’s name from the electronic search warrant entirely.
After Hunter Biden was assigned Secret Service custody around Dec. 3, 2020, Shapley said that the IRS agent “accepted the FBI Los Angeles Special Agent in charge of the Secret Service Los Angeles Special Investigation at 8 a.m. Dec. 8.” I made a plan to contact the officials,” he said. Please tell the agent in charge that we are coming to the official residence to seek an interview with Hunter Biden and that it is part of an official investigation. “
Before implementing the plan, Shapley said FBI headquarters “notified Secret Service headquarters and the transition team of the planned action the next day.”
“This essentially tipped off a group of people very close to President Biden and Hunter Biden and gave this group the opportunity to block access to the witnesses,” Shapley added.
The investigation into Hunter Biden began in November 2018 “as part of an investigation the IRS was conducting against amateur online pornography platforms based overseas,” Shapley said. The whistleblower said, “The Delaware Federal Attorney’s Office, the Office of Justice and Taxation, and the Department of Justice offered preferential treatment and flouted conflicts of interest in a significant and high-profile investigation into the president’s son, Hunter Biden. came forward,” he added.
