An IRS agent working on a criminal tax investigation involving Hunter Biden said the DOJ passed him over for a promotion and removed him from the investigation to flag alleged favorable treatment of the president’s son.
The male agent, who has not been identified, filed a formal complaint on Monday that he claims was a victim of alleged unfair treatment for acting as a whistleblower.
His allegations come days after the Justice Department removed the entire team investigating Hunter Biden’s tax returns.
The removal is part of the latest indictment, and is alleged to be ‘retaliation against a whistleblower who alleged that her colleagues covered up the president’s son’s financial crimes.’
In late April, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told Congress that his agency would not retaliate against whistleblowers after agents complained about it.
An IRS agent working on a criminal tax investigation involving Hunter Biden says the DOJ passed him over for a promotion and removed him from the investigation to flag alleged favorable treatment of the president’s son.
Attorneys for the anonymous agent, Mark Little and Tristan Levitt, wrote a directed letter to Werfel on Saturday demanding an explanation of the move.
They wrote Warfel that after informing Congress, ‘the IRS has inexplicably decided to take additional retaliation against these special agents, apparently for making a protected disclosure directly to you. This is unacceptable and against the law, which expressly prohibits it.’
‘It was our understanding that although the IRS did retaliate, it did so on behalf of DOJ officials who were intended to retaliate because it was their right to act that was called into question by protected disclosures,’ they added.
Little and Levitt also noted that an agent overseeing their client emailed him Thursday expressing concerns about the Biden investigation.
They claim that Werfel’s office ‘alleged other agents with allegations of criminal conduct and appeared to intimidate anyone who might raise similar concerns.’
Attorneys demand the agency stop ‘intimidating’ whistleblowers.
The agent has previously come forward to protect whistleblowers while claiming politics are ‘unfairly infecting the decision’ in the investigation.
Little and Levitt also wrote to Congress asking why no one on either side had done anything to help or protect their client.
Attorneys for Anonymous Agents, Mark Little and Tristan Levitt, wrote a directed letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Warfel (pictured) on Saturday demanding an explanation for the move.
In a letter Monday to the heads of several House and Senate committee chairs, lawyers for the as-yet-unnamed agent claimed Washington ‘did nothing to protect our clients and other IRS employees.’ to face further retaliation.
They responded by filing a ‘prohibited personnel practice complaint’ with the US Office of Special Counsel.
Hunter’s business dealings have been under the microscope since a series of leaked emails raised suspicions that he was using his political connections to land lucrative consulting deals.
‘Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from an ongoing and sensitive investigation into a high-profile, controversial matter about which our client sought whistleblower disclosure. to Congress.
“He was informed that the change was at the request of the Department of Justice,” Little and Levitt wrote.
In a letter Monday to the heads of several House and Senate committee chairs, lawyers for the as-yet-unnamed agent claimed Washington ‘did nothing to protect our clients and other IRS employees.’ to face further retaliation
That whistleblower has not publicly identified Hunter as the subject of her coverup claims, but congressional sources have.
‘On April 27, 2023, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel appeared before the House Committee on Ways and Means.
‘He testified: “I can say without hesitation that anyone who makes a complaint or calls the whistleblower hotline will not be retaliated against.”
‘However, this action is clearly retaliatory and could obstruct a congressional investigation,’ the lawyers said.
‘Our client has the right to disclose to Congress … He is protected from retaliatory worker actions by 5 USC § 2302 – including a “substantial change in duties, responsibilities, or working conditions” (which is obvious) to Congress because of his disclosure.
‘An attempt by a government official to prevent a federal employee from providing information to Congress is a direct violation of longstanding appropriations restrictions.
“Furthermore, 18 USC § 1505 makes it a crime to obstruct a congressional investigation,” Little and Levitt wrote.
‘We respectfully request that you give this matter your prompt attention. Removing experienced investigators who have worked on this case for years and now subject matter experts is exactly the kind of problem our client intended to blow the whistle on in the first place.’
Hunter Biden is still waiting to hear if he will be charged with tax fraud following corruption claims against his family.
His legal team met with Justice Department officials on April 26 pending a decision on whether he will face criminal charges.
The 53-year-old has denied using his family connections to win contracts overseas
Leaked files from Hunter Biden’s laptop include pornographic photos as well as emails about his business deals
The investigation will look into whether the consultant evaded taxes, laundered money and lied about past drug use to buy guns.
‘Growing frustration’ within the FBI suggests that Delaware US Attorney David Weiss, who is overseeing the case, has yet to press charges after the bureau completed most of its work last year.
The White House has repeatedly denied meddling in the case.
Republican lawmakers are currently investigating how ten members of Joe Biden’s family collected more than $10 million from foreign nationals during his time as Obama’s deputy.
Those who have benefited include Hallie Biden, Beau Biden’s widow, and Hunter Biden’s one-time girlfriend, Kathleen Buehl, Hunter Biden’s ex-wife.
Hunter Biden’s current wife Melissa Cohen Biden, Biden’s brother James and his wife Sarah, and Joe Biden’s grandchildren and nieces and nephews also allege the payments.
Joe Biden has met with relatives’ business associates on numerous occasions – including in China, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine – and House Republicans have alleged that the Biden family members did not provide any legitimate business services and were simply selling access to high levels of the US government. .
After his father took over as president and promised no more family conflicts of interest abroad, Hunter began an art career with $500,000 for his new job.
Hunter’s membership on the board of a Ukrainian energy company also raised suspicions of influence-peddling.
He and the president’s sister, Valerie Biden, traveled on Air Force One during the commander-in-chief’s recent visit to Ireland.
Hunter Biden is pictured arriving at a Batesville, Arkansas courthouse earlier this month
Photo of a laptop computer owned by Hunter Biden
Biden recently appeared before a judge in Arkansas in a paternity suit filed by a former fling, Lunden Roberts.
Hunter is also scheduled to submit a deposition in June where Roberts’ lawyers will likely question him about his various businesses and shady foreign ventures.
Hunter Biden’s laptop contains a series of racy photos and a webcam video of the 53-year-old depicting his struggle with flatulence
They’ll also want to know what money Hunter has crated while selling paintings for up to $500,000 in his new guise as an abstract artist.
Roberts, a former stripper, won a $2.5 million settlement from Hunter in 2019 after taking him to court.
He also forced the former Navy reservist, discharged from the military in 2014 for testing positive for cocaine, to take a DNA test to prove he fathered their daughter, Navy Joan, during their 2017 flight.
Roberts’ lawyers say Hunter Biden hasn’t provided ‘one thing or word of discovery’ in their ongoing child support case.
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