US Attorney General Merrick Garland has rejected the allegations made by IRS whistleblowers regarding the Justice Department’s actions to prevent felony recommendations against Hunter Biden. The House Ways and Means Committee had revealed the depositions of the whistleblowers earlier that week, outlining instances of corruption by Biden. The whistleblowers had informed lawmakers about the involvement of the Justice Department in concealing Hunter Biden’s tax offenses and blocking search warrants.

According to whistleblowers, Joe Biden was involved in his son Hunter’s overseas business deals. One of the whistleblowers, Gary Shapely, told prosecutors that Joe Biden had met with officials from CEFC, a Chinese energy company. Shapely also disclosed that Hunter Biden demanded payment from his Chinese business associate over WhatsApp messenger and mentioned his influential father as a way to intimidate the associate with threats.

According to the IRS whistleblower, this is the WhatsApp message sent by Hunter Biden to Henry Zhao:

“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my directions. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”

The whistleblower’s claims go against Merrick Garland’s sworn statements regarding the autonomy of the Justice Department. According to Garland, the DOJ did not hinder David Weiss, the US Attorney, in his efforts to vigorously investigate Hunter Biden.

“Mr. Weiss, who was appointed by President Trump as the US attorney in Delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration, would be permitted to continue his investigation and to make a decision to prosecute any way in which he wanted to and in any district in which he wanted to,” Garland said during a press conference Friday.

“Mr. Weiss has since sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee confirming that he had that authority. I don’t know how it would be possible for anybody to block him from bringing a prosecution, given that he has this authority,” Garland added.

Garland denied the claims made by Gary Shapley, the whistleblower. Shapley then named six witnesses to support his claim that Garland was being dishonest.

Via his attorneys, Gary Shapley stated,

“In an October 7, 2022, meeting at the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Attorney David Weiss told six witnesses he did not have authority to charge in other districts and had thus requested special counsel status. Those six witnesses include Baltimore FBI Special Agent in Charge Tom Sobocinski and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryeshia Holley, IRS Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary Shapley and Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon, who also independently and contemporaneously corroborated Mr. Shapley’s account in an email, now public as Exhibit 10, following p. 148 of his testimony transcript. Mr. Shapley would have no insight into why Mr. Weiss’s would make these statements at the October 7, 2022 meeting if they were false. That Mr. Weiss made these statements is easily corroborated, and it is up to him and the Justice Department to reconcile the evidence of his October 7, 2022 statements with contrary statements by Mr. Weiss and the Attorney General to Congress.”

Statement from IRS Agent Gary Shapley's legal team: "In an October 7, 2022, meeting at the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. Attorney David Weiss told six witnesses he did not have authority to charge in other districts and had thus requested special counsel status. Those six… pic.twitter.com/hMKhCQfDo6

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