WASHINGTON — IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley claimed Tuesday that the FBI spooked a retired supervisory agent out of telling Congress all he knows about an alleged cover-up in the criminal investigation of first son Hunter Biden.
FBI general counsel Jason Jones wrote a warning letter to the recently retired agent the afternoon before his July 17 deposition before the House Oversight Committee advising him not to share information about any “deliberations or ongoing investigative activity.”
“He was given a letter the Sunday before from DOJ basically telling him not to talk,” Shapley told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” following former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer’s closed-door deposition to the panel Monday.
“I know that he could have confirmed additional material facts on this investigation,” Shapley added. “And he did confirm the FBI headquarters notifying the transition team and Secret Service [about a planned Hunter Biden interview attempt in December 2020], but really that was the only thing that he was able to speak about.”
The Oversight Committee has not yet released the transcript of the former FBI supervisor’s interview.
The former agent traveled to Hunter Biden’s residence in California as part of a plan to approach him for an interview about tax fraud and other possible crimes, according to records released by the House Ways and Means Committee.