Prosecutors who approved a probation-only plea agreement for first son Hunter Biden apparently replaced veteran counselors late in the investigation, according to lawyers for an IRS whistleblower who oversaw key aspects of the case.
Delaware US Attorney David Weiss’ team undertook a five-year probe into Hunter’s alleged tax and gun crimes, but several prosecutors who worked with IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley were left off the charging documents filed June 20.
Those veterans of the Delaware office’s investigation included Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf, as well as Weiss deputies Shawn Weede and Shannon Hanson, the IRS whistleblower told the House Ways and Means Committee in his May 26 testimony.
Of the three prosecutors who did sign the Hunter plea documents — Special Assistant US Attorneys Leo Wise and Derek Hines and Assistant US Attorney Benjamin Wallace — none participated in the bulk of the investigation, one of Shapley’s attorneys told The Post.