Congressional Democrats are shrugging off an IRS whistleblower who wants to provide Congress with evidence that the Hunter Biden tax-crimes investigation has been thwarted for political reasons.
Democratic Party leaders are taking a wait-and-see approach to the complaint made public last week by the whistleblower’s lawyers alleging politically motivated, preferential treatment in an IRS criminal probe that Republican sources say involves President Biden’s son.
Mr. Coons said the IRS agent should be provided whistleblower protections, but would go no further in lending credibility to his claims. In a letter to House and Senate lawmakers, the whistleblower is described as a “career IRS criminal supervisory special agent who has been overseeing the ongoing and sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject since early 2020.”
Mr. Durbin, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, lumped in the IRS supervisor’s complaint with other grievances filed with congressional lawmakers. Mr. Durbin called for Mr. Trump’s impeachment just days after the 2019 whistleblower complaint was leaked to the media and Mr. Durbin demanded the still-unseen complaint “be released to the appropriate congressional committees and evaluated according to the law.”
Mr. Wyden on Monday was pursuing an investigation into luxury travel and a beneficial real estate deal involving Justice Clarence Thomas and GOP mega donor Harlan Crow. Mr. Wyden publicly released a letter he sent to Mr. Crow, demanding a long list of information regarding luxury trips with Justice Thomas that he funded, along with the details of a real estate purchase from Justice Thomas that may he said have evaded tax laws.The top Republican on the panel, Sen.
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