Even as Trump scores numerous victories in White House return — don’t forget the whistleblowers By

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 Even as Trump scores numerous victories in White House return — don’t forget the whistleblowers
By Miranda Devine   
Published Feb. 5, 2025, 11:56 p.m. ET

Donald Trump and his elite squad of gunslingers are putting so many things right in Washington every day that it’s tempting to sit back, marvel at the fast-paced action and cheer from the sidelines.

But in all the jubilation, we mustn’t forget the whistleblowers.

During the previous administration, these are the heroes and truth-tellers who came forward to warn America about the corruption of Joe Biden, the FBI and DOJ. They and their families have gone through living hell as a result. Here are a few who need help.

Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler

The IRS whistleblowers got good news recently when the US Office of Special Counsel found, after a 20-month investigation, that the IRS had issued illegal gag orders to stop them from testifying to Congress about the corruption of their inquiry into Hunter Biden, and improperly removed them from the investigation after the IRS learned they were blowing the whistle.

But they remain in no man’s land, marginalized, frozen out of promotions, and under constant threat of losing their jobs, all because they did the right thing and angered their cowardly bosses.

Instead of being punished, they deserve to be rewarded and promoted for their integrity. Shapley ran the SEAL Team Six equivalent of the IRS. He led criminal investigations into massive corporate tax fraud, including the $2.6 billion Credit Suisse case, recouping hundreds of millions of dollars for the American taxpayer. Ziegler was his top investigator. Yet they are now hamstrung by their bosses every day. Ziegler’s marriage failed due to the stress.

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https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/opinion/even-as-trump-scores-numerous-victories-in-white-house-return-dont-forget-the-whistleblowers/

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IRS Improperly Gagged, Retaliated Against Hunter Biden Whistleblowers, Watchdog Finds

By James Lynch

February 6, 2025 9:21 AM

The IRS improperly silenced and retaliated against two agents who came forward to testify in 2023 about misconduct in the Hunter Biden tax case, a federal watchdog concluded after a lengthy investigation.

IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler faced illegal gag orders and workplace retaliation for testifying before Congress multiple times, leveling serious allegations of misconduct against the officials tasked with handling the Hunter Biden case, the Office of Special Counsel concluded in December.

“At long last, the career nonpartisan staff at OSC responsible for investigating whistleblower retaliation has finally reached some conclusions. OSC confirmed in a December 30, 2024 email to counsel for the whistleblowers that it found the IRS issued illegal gag orders and improperly removed them from the Hunter Biden investigation as reprisal for their protected disclosures,” Shapley’s attorney Tristan Leavitt wrote in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa).

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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/irs-improperly-gagged-retaliated-against-hunter-biden-whistleblowers-watchdog-finds/

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I suspect DOGE has inside whistleblower info that they are working with.

DOGE may be The Revenge of the Whistleblowers.