IRS whistleblowers tell ‘Pod Force One’ of ‘unprecedented’ corruption swept ‘under rug’ by Hunter Biden pardon
By Josh Christenson
Published Dec. 17, 2025, 6:16 a.m. ET
IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler discussed in a wide-ranging “Pod Force One” interview the “unprecedented” level of corruption they said they observed while investigating Hunter Biden before a pardon from his presidential dad, Joe Biden, swept everything “under the rug.”
Shapley and Ziegler, who have since been promoted to leadership positions in the IRS, said the former first family had undue influence on their investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances.
“The Biden family lived five miles down from the office or a few miles down from the office. The guest house where Hunter Biden stayed for a while, five miles from the office,” Ziegler told The Post’s Miranda Devine of the five-year probe into the former president’s son’s $1.4 million tax delinquency.
“Throughout the investigation,” he said, “we heard about Joe Biden coming into the FBI office. I mean, it was really, really concerning from like, ‘Is this honestly the best place to work this tax investigation?'”
“Politics were so strong in in the district of Delaware, the state of Delaware,” he added, “for the first search warrant the judge made an improper comment … and she had to recuse herself from reviewing that affidavit and signing off on it … and everyone knew of the Biden family within that state because it’s so small and it’s such a tight-knit community.”
Hunter Biden ultimately pleaded guilty in federal court in September 2024 to felony tax offenses, but he didn’t end up in jail thanks to then-President Biden issuing a full and unconditional pardon in December 2024 — just as the younger Biden was to be sentenced in a separate gun case.
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