Congress moves to free IRS whistleblower to talk about Hunter Biden probe, protect him from reprisal – By John Solomon (Just the News) / April 27, 2023
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith pointedly warns IRS commissioner to protect agent from retaliation.
The tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee took a key step Thursday to free an IRS agent to reveal to lawmakers his concerns about political interference in the Hunter Biden criminal investigation as its powerful chairman pointedly admonished the agency’s director to protect the whistleblower from any reprisals.
“Last week, a whistleblower came forward with troubling claims about abuses of power,” Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) told IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel at the start of an oversight hearing on the agency’s affairs. “We are conducting a review of this matter and will go wherever the facts lead us. I expect full cooperation from the IRS, particularly with regard to ensuring this whistleblower is protected from retaliation.”
While most of the hearing was reserved to address congressional Republicans’ other concerns with the agency, like audits, Smith’s opening statement punctuated just how seriously Congress is taking the whistleblower’s allegations that agents have been blocked from taking certain steps to investigate Biden family matters.
