DOJ contacted Hunter Biden, whistleblower teams over Weiss’ head: rep

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DOJ contacted Hunter Biden, whistleblower teams over Weiss’ head: rep
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A senior Justice Department official’s contact with lawyers for both Hunter Biden and IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley shows that DOJ headquarters controlled the federal investigation of the fi…

— controlled the federal investigation of the first son, Shapley’s legal team said Wednesday.

A senior Justice Department official’s contact with lawyers for both Hunter Biden and IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley shows that DOJ headquarters controlled the federal investigation of the first son.One day later, on April 26, Weinsheimer met with Hunter Biden’s attorney Chris Clark and Weiss, who purportedly was in charge of the case, according toClark had asked in an email for a meeting with someone “to hear our client’s appeal, in the event that the U.S.

Shapley’s lawyers revealed their contacts with associate deputy attorney general Bradley Weinsheimer after his role as a conduit for Hunter Biden’s legal team in the final stretch of the tax fraud investigation by Weiss’s office was noted in a recent report.

The disclosure comes as House Republicans move closer to launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s alleged role in his son’s foreign business deals.The Justice Department and Weiss’ office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. Weiss and Garland have publicly denied Shapley’s account, though an email from another IRS official, Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon, affirmed the accuracy of his emailed notes from the meeting.Shapley and Ziegler said that Weiss’ office indicated that it sought to bring federal charges against Hunter Biden in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, but was blocked by his father’s appointed US attorneys. confirming that Weiss lacked the power that Garland told Congress under oath that he had.

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