A top IRS official involved in the government’s probe into Hunter Biden recommended booting whistleblower Gary Shapley from the investigatory team and was aware of complaints that investigators were “limited” in what they could ask witnesses, according to congressional testimony.
IRS Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon told the House Ways and Means Committee in closed-door testimony on Friday that he suggested Shapley’s removal due to a “perceived” bias, according to Fox News.
“So before I left the special agent in charge position, in February, I recommended to [IRS Director of Field Operations Michael Batdorf] that Gary Shapley be removed as the [supervisory special agent] from the Hunter Biden investigation, primarily due to what I perceived to be unsubstantiated allegations about motive, intent, bias,” Waldon said.
“And, again, my goal was to protect the integrity of the investigation and figure out a way forward.”
The Post reported in May that the IRS’s “entire investigative team” was booted from the Hunter Biden tax fraud probe in alleged retaliation against Shapley going public.