Early 2022 memo states David Weiss’ top prosecutor supported larger felony case dating to 2014.
An IRS document from early 2022 states Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ office signed off on bringing a felony tax evasion case against Hunter Biden that stretched back to 2014 and money from Ukraine, creating fresh intrigue as to how the president’s son ultimately escaped more serious charges and got a plea deal on tax misdemeanors involving conduct years later.
The document, a prosecution “conclusions and recommendations” memo, escaped much notice when it was released last month by the House Ways and Means Committee along with the testimony of IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley.
But it is taking on new significance now that Weiss has issued several carefully crafted statements to Congress appearing to contradict Shapley and a second whistleblower’s account of what when in the case.
Shapley and a publicly unnamed colleague were the top two IRS agents on the Hunter Biden tax case and they told Congress in a transcribed interview that Weiss’ office wanted to bring a felony tax case against Hunter Biden charging him for crimes dating to 2014 but was turned down by his Joe Biden-appointed colleagues in Washington and Los Angeles where the alleged crimes occurred.
Weiss was appointed by former President Donald Trump and was kept on by the Biden administration to continue overseeing the Hunter Biden case.