Hunter Biden sues IRS over information released by agency whistleblowers

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Hunter Biden sues IRS over information released by agency whistleblowers
by Eden Villalovas, Breaking News Reporter
September 18, 2023 08:06 AM


Hunter Biden sued the IRS on Monday, alleging the agents who were investigating him told Congress and the media about his private tax returns.

The lawsuit claims two IRS employees, Gary Shapley, a supervisory special agent, and Joseph Ziegler, a 13-year special agent, unlawfully disclosed his tax return information when testifying about the investigation and through public statements. The suit does not name the IRS whistleblowers as defendants.

In a 27-page filing, Biden's lawyer Abbe Lowell wrote that the lawsuit is "not about the proper workings of the whistleblower statute and process" or about "an official using those procedures properly to make disclosures to authorized government officials" but the decisions of the IRS employees.

“Rather, the lawsuit is about the decision by IRS employees, their representatives, and others to disregard their obligations and repeatedly and intentionally publicly disclose and disseminate Mr. Biden’s protected tax return information outside the exceptions for making disclosures in the law,” the lawsuit reads.

Lowell wrote that the whistleblower status does not protect the IRS agents "from their wrongful conduct in making unauthorized public disclosures that are not permitted by the whistleblower process. In fact, a ‘whistleblower’ is supposed to uncover government misconduct, not the details of that employee’s opinion about the alleged wrongdoing of a private person.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/hunter-biden-sues-irs-information-released-agency-whistleblowers

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Hunter Biden's Attorneys Just Went Scorched Earth on IRS Whistleblowers
Katie Pavlich


Hunter Biden is suing the Internal Revenue Service, arguing whistleblower testimony from career agents was meant to embarrass him and was a violation of his privacy.

"President Biden’s son Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit Monday against the Internal Revenue Service, charging that when agents who were investigating him told Congress and news reporters about their concerns that the case was not being managed properly, they violated his privacy rights as a taxpayer," the Washington Post reports. "Biden charges in the lawsuit that when two IRS agents went to Congress and news organizations complaining of alleged mishandling of the investigation by Justice Department officials, they disclosed information about the investigation, and about Biden’s taxes, that the law aims to keep secret."

George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley is crying foul and classifying the move as whistleblower intimidation.

IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler testified in July that the agency gave Hunter Biden special treatment. They said under oath and that the investigation into his tax evasion was handled improperly and was influenced by politics.

Shortly after the testimony Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal, which had been announced in June, fell apart in federal court.

While Hunter Biden's finances are back under the microscope of Special Counsel David Weiss, with potential charges coming in California and Washington D.C., Weiss blew through the statute of limitations after slow walking a five year investigation as Delaware U.S. Attorney -- a prosecutorial cardinal sin.

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/09/18/hunter-biden-is-suing-the-irs-n2628562

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Of course, to discourage more whistleblowers from coming forward.

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What about the "Freedom of Information Act"?? 

So, no one was really expecting Brandon's son to be held accountable were they??