The speaker, Gary Shapley, a former special agent for IRS criminal investigation, testifies about the handling of the Hunter Biden tax investigation by the Delaware U.S attorney's office and the Department of Justice. He criticizes the handling of the case, stating that decisions were made that benefited the subject of the investigation. He mentions instances like the concealment of contents from investigators, a slow walk in executing search warrants, and restrictions on investigators' actions.
Shapley asserts that the handling of this case was inappropriate, regardless of the political affiliation of the administration in charge. He emphasizes that the tax system relies on fair and equal administration for everyone, regardless of political connections.
He also mentions that he has faced attacks and accusations of being a liar or a leaker, which he denies. He encourages others who have witnessed similar events to come forward and share their experiences.
Shapley concludes by urging the committee to look at the facts, not influenced by either side of the political aisle. He emphasizes his commitment to the American people and his integrity, stating that he has never compromised his values, regardless of the consequences.
1. The speaker, Gary Shapley, has worked as a special agent for the IRS criminal investigation for 14 years, supervising 12 elite agents and an international tax and financial crimes group.
2. He has worked directly with United States attorneys in multiple districts and has supervised investigations in more than a dozen United States attorney's offices across the country.
3. Shapley has led or executed undercover operations or search warrants in more than a dozen countries.
4. He has investigated and managed some of the largest cases in the history of the agency, recovering more than 3.5 billion for the United States taxpayer.
5. Shapley believes in the rule of law and argues that there should not be a two-track justice system depending on who you are and who you're connected to.
6. He states that the handling of the Hunter Biden tax investigation by the Delaware U.S attorney's office and Department of Justice was different from any other case in his 14 years at the IRS.
7. Prosecutors concealed contents of Hunter Biden's laptop from investigators, and the Department of Justice slow-walked steps to include interviews, serving document requests, and executing search warrants.
8. The IRS recommended charging Hunter Biden with multiple felonies and several misdemeanors for the tax years of 2014 through 2019.
9. The case was presented to the Washington DC U.S attorney's Office in or around March 2022.
10. Shapley accuses the Justice Department of allowing the President's political appointees to weigh in on whether to charge the President's son after United States Attorney for D.C Matthew Graves refused to bring charges in March 2022.
11. The statute of limitations was set to expire for the 2014 and 2015 Chargers in D.C, which included the 2014 felonies for the attempt to evade or defeat tax and fraud or false statement regarding Berezma income earned by Hunter Biden in those years.
12. The charges being presented to the central district of California around September 2022 only after President Biden's nominee Martin Estrada was confirmed in January of the same year.
13. Estrada declined to bring the charges, effectively making the case dead.
14. Shapley believes that the Attorney General and the United States Attorney Weiss will each be sitting before these committees one day and will have to admit that despite all their obfuscation, the absolute fact is that this case was presented to two presidentially appointed U.S attorneys in D.C and California that no charges were brought.
15. Shapley is represented by Mark Lytle, a federal prosecutor for 25 years, including five years with the Department of Justice tax division.
16. He is also grateful for Empower oversight, a non-profit whistleblower group whose president Tristan Levitt was previously nominated by President Biden to the Merit systems protection board and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.
17. The Biden family attorneys appear to be representing Hunter Biden, President Biden, and the Department of Justice, and they are not working for free.
18. There has been a large fund reported to be