FIRST ON FOX: George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley warned that if “half” of IRS whistleblowers’ claims are true, then Hunter Biden’s tax evasion the “integrity and credibility of the investigation would be severely compromised.”
Turley told Fox News Digital that Americans “need to remember that allegations are not proof” and that whistleblowers’ claims remain “unverified but clearly worthy of investigation.”
However, if even partially accurate, the allegations would undermine confidence in the investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes.
“If half of these allegations are proven to be true, the integrity and credibility of the investigation will be severely damaged,” 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 “need to keep in mind that the allegations are not proven” and that the IRS whistleblower’s claims remain “unverified but clearly meritorious.” must be investigated.”
“Notably, some of this evidence comes from statements given to Congress under threat of prosecution if false,” he said. “The alleged pushing of felony charges are also matters of which the whistleblowers may have had direct involvement or knowledge as the basis for the charges.”
“If searches are blocked or questions are limited, the account may confirm the worst suspicions about this investigation,” Turley added.
Turley’s comments come amid damning allegations from IRS whistleblowers about the younger Biden’s tax evasion investigation.
Justice Department investigators are “trying to limit” questioning related to President Biden as part of the Hunter Biden investigation, despite objections from FBI and IRS officials, a whistleblower alleged.
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Justice Department investigators are “trying to limit” questioning related to President Biden as part of the Hunter Biden investigation, despite objections from FBI and IRS officials, a whistleblower alleged. (Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images)
The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who said officials at the Justice Department, FBI and IRS interfered in the investigation of the tax evasion case against Hunter Biden. Whistleblowers said decisions in the case appeared to be “politically influenced.”
One whistleblower, Gary Shapley Jr., who was the supervisor of the investigation at the IRS, said that “at every stage” of the investigation, decisions were made that “had the effect of benefiting the subject of the investigation.” He cited several examples involving apparent references to Hunter Biden’s father.
Shapley pointed to text messages and emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski, which were first reported by Fox News Digital before the 2020 presidential election and before it was known that Hunter Biden was under federal investigation .
In December 2020, Shapley said investigators were preparing to interview Biden’s business associate Rob Walker.
“Among other things, we want to ask Walker about an email that said: ‘H holds ten for the big man,'” Shapley said. “We have obvious questions like who is H, who is the big man, and why is this percentage held separately with the association hidden.”
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President Biden lashed out at reporters who questioned him about alleged corruption involving him and his son Hunter Biden. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
But Shapley said Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf “interjected and said she didn’t want to ask about the big guy and said she didn’t want to ask about ‘daddy.'”
Joe Biden has reportedly been referred to as “the big guy.”
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“When several people in the room spoke up and objected that we had to ask, he responded, there is no particular criminality in the line of questioning,” Shapley said. “It also upsets the FBI.”
Shapley said that “basically everyone in the room except the prosecutors had a big problem with” not asking about President Biden.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.