Something is definitely afoot in the swamp. Fresh on the heels of the Durham report, we find out that the IRS has axed the investigation team and specifically the whistleblower ON that team, from the Hunter Biden probe.

The IRS on Monday removed the “entire investigative team” from its long-running tax fraud probe of first son Hunter Biden in alleged retaliation against the whistleblower who alleged a coverup, The Post has learned.

The purge allegedly was done on the orders of the Justice Department, the whistleblower’s attorneys told Congress in a letter.

“Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile, controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress. He was informed the change was at the request of the Department of Justice,” Mark Lytle and Tristan Leavitt wrote.

As Kim wrote about here, the whistleblower has not only come forward to provide information to the the IRS internal watchdog and other relevant entities in Congress in 2022, but is now asking to testify to Congress about his concerns and the documentation he has. 

Keep in mind, from what we are told, this is a career IRS agent with a spotless record. So his deciding to blow the whistle on the shenanigans surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation is HUGE. Furthermore, the DOJ and specifically Merrick Garland are on the hook for their involvement in this investigation, even as Garland is under oath saying he’s been totally hands-off throughout. 

So, isn’t it interesting that the whistleblower tells his legal team that this new move was at the behest of the DOJ? 

One idea that is being floated is that potentially, due to a report a couple of weeks ago, a charging decision is imminent. 

Prosecutors are nearing a decision on whether to charge President Biden’s son Hunter with tax- and gun-related violations, according to people familiar with the matter, the culmination of a four-year investigation that Republicans have sought to portray as evidence the Biden family is corrupt.

Biden’s attorneys met at Justice Department headquarters in downtown Washington last week to discuss the case with U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation. Typically, that sort of meeting — in which defense lawyers urge prosecutors not to seek an indictment of their client, or to seek reduced charges — comes toward the end of an investigation.

Well, if such a decision was in the works, then one would presume the investigation team would’ve been told very clearly that the DOJ has all they need and no further investigation is warranted. That…does not seem to be the case here. Which is also interesting given the IRS Commissioner’s testimony in late April.

‘On April 27, 2023, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel appeared before the House Committee on Ways and Means. He testified: ‘I can say without any hesitation there will be no retaliation for anyone making an allegation or a call to a whistleblower hotline.’ However, this move is clearly retaliatory and may also constitute obstruction of a congressional inquiry,’ the lawyers said.

Thus, the investigation is still on-going, yet the team who has spent several years on this case has been axed? The team who is now essentially a subject matter expert on all things Hunter Biden and his tax fraud? And this request that the team be axed came from the DOJ?

Since several sources have obtained it and released it independently, attached is the letter @tristanleavitt of @EMPOWR_us and Mark Lytle of @NixonPeabodyLLP sent to Congress today regarding retaliation against their IRS client. pic.twitter.com/veiqCGDPtP

— Empower Oversight (@EMPOWR_us) May 16, 2023

Yes, the swamp is VERY putrid right about now.

While news media were digesting the Durham report’s evidence of FBI and DOJ corruption, DOJ knifed the entire criminal investigative team at the IRS handling Hunter Biden’s case. https://t.co/FuPq3B4NaO

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 16, 2023

This move by the IRS and supposedly the DOJ is wrong on multiple levels. Most specifically, given what is becoming known, this breaks a couple of federal laws. 

“Our client has a right to make disclosures to Congress … He is protected by 5 U.S.C. § 2302 from retaliatory personnel actions—including receiving a ‘significant change in duties, responsibilities, or working conditions’ (which this clearly is) because of his disclosures to Congress.

“Any attempt by any government official to prevent a federal employee from furnishing information to Congress is also a direct violation of longstanding appropriations restriction. Furthermore, 18 U.S.C. § 1505 makes it a crime to obstruct an investigation of Congress,” Lytle and Leavitt wrote.

So, I would say that getting the entire team axed from the investigation is most definitely considered a “significant change in duties, responsibilities, or working conditions” wouldn’t you? Furthermore, was this move in order to keep the team and the whistleblower from learning about any NEW information regarding Hunter Biden’s tax fraud be considered an attempt to prevent a federal employee from providing information to Congress? I’d say the answer to that is a clear and unambiguous YES. 

In the space of less than twenty four hours, we find out that the DOJ is a putrid swamp, the FBI is full of manure, and the IRS will do the DOJ’s bidding and break federal law in order to protect Hunter Biden and family. 

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