IRS whistleblowers say they were banned from investigating Joe Biden : 'We were specifically told not to ask about "the big guy"

Two IRS whistleblowers person claimed they were banned from investigating Joe Biden amid nan government's probe into his boy Hunter.

Gary Shapley And Joseph Ziegler sat down pinch seasoned journalist Catherine Herridge for an question and reply wherever they claimed nan IRS looks nan different measurement erstwhile it comes to nan country's powerful elite, which they telephone 'sensitive persons.'

Ziegler said prosecutors specifically told IRS investigators 'that they didn't want to inquire astir nan large guy, because they knew it was Joe Biden.'

The whistleblowers said nan IRS, FBI and DOJ knew Hunter Biden's laptop was existent but they were not allowed to look into it.

'There were a batch of overt investigative steps that we were not allowed to return because we had an upcoming election,' Ziegler added.

The whistleblowers said they person been punished for speaking retired astir nan IRS' curen of Hunter Biden. 

'The IRS conscionable has a smothering broad connected maine hoping that I quit, that they find immoderate measurement to terminate maine aliases perpetrate termination aliases something,' Shapley claimed.

Ziegler, connected his part, said he is up against 'a instrumentality that has millions of dollars that has nan expertise to conflict me.'

Still, Shapley and Ziegler said they consciousness vindicated that Hunter Biden successful nan extremity pleaded blameworthy to nan taxation crimes outlined successful nan indictment against him. 

The 2 shared an email they received from their IRS supervisor aft Hunter's condemnation thanking them for their work.

'Those are words that are not supported by nan actions of nan agency,' Shapley said.

He added: 'This to maine was personification who knows nan IRS watchdog is looking into nan measurement that they've handled this and they spot nan penning connected nan wall.

'This really is an illustration of them conscionable covering their backside for illustration a existent bureaucracy.'

Shapley and Ziegler antecedently told congress there was a shape of 'slow-walking investigative steps' into Hunter Biden, including during nan Trump management successful nan months earlier nan 2020 predetermination that Joe Biden won.

In testimony, Shapley alleged nan DOJ dragged its feet successful nan probe into nan president's son's taxes and Ziegler said Hunter 'received preferential treatment' during nan process.

One of Shapley’s astir elaborate claims was that U.S. Attorney David Weiss successful Delaware, nan national charismatic who led nan investigation, asked for typical counsel position successful bid to bring nan taxation cases against Hunter Biden successful jurisdictions extracurricular Delaware, including nan District of Columbia and California, but was denied. 

Weiss and nan Justice Department person denied that, saying he had 'full authority' and ne'er sought to bring charges successful different states. 

Last month, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to misdemeanor and felony taxation charges.

The indictment brought past twelvemonth grew retired of an investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes that began successful 2018 nether nan Trump administration.

Prosecutors alleged that Hunter Biden lived lavishly while flouting nan taxation law, spending his rate connected things for illustration strippers and luxury hotels — 'in short, everything but his taxes.'

The charges successful some nan weapon and taxation cases stemmed from a play successful Hunter Biden’s life successful which he struggled pinch supplier and intoxicant maltreatment earlier becoming sober successful 2019.