Wendell Husebø 10 Jul 2023
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel confirmed the rights of agency whistleblowers to make protected disclosures to Congress following attacks from Hunter Biden’s attorney on recent IRS whistleblowers’ allegations.
In June, Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, who represents high-profile individuals engulfed in political scandals, sent a letter to Republican investigators that questioned the legitimacy of IRS whistleblower allegations against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe into Hunter Biden.
Lowell claimed IRS whistleblower transcripts recorded by House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) were “feed[ing] the misinformation campaign to harm our client … as a vehicle to attack his father.”
“Your attempt to protect the IRS agents was a transparent effort to provide cover to those with a bias and an axe to grind so deep and sharp as to have allowed them to avoid answering for their own conduct under oath,” he added.
According to IRS Commissioner Werfel’s memo, IRS employees are “encouraged” to blow the whistle. “As employees, you are the first line of defense to call out issues that raise concerns, and I want it to be clear that we will always encourage a ‘see something, say something’ philosophy,” he wrote:
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/10/irs-confirms-rights-of-whistleblowers-after-allegations-against-biden-family-doj/
