The president's son alleges he has been the target of a smear campaign by two agents who have been disclosing his tax information.
, an agent in the IRS’ Criminal Investigation division, have both testified as whistleblowers before the House Oversight Committee, which has been focused on Hunter Biden's business dealings.in July that there had been"gross mismanagement" involving the probe, and he has suggested prosecutors turned a blind eye to some of the allegations against the president's son.
Biden alleges in his suit that both improperly disclosed information about the investigation, their charging recommendations and the conduct they uncovered during the investigation — not just to Congress, but to a number of news outlets as well, includingThe suit alleges the pair set out to"publicly smear" Biden in the media even after being instructed not to discuss the allegations during their closed-door testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee and being reminded...
In a statement, Shapley's legal team said they neither they nor Shapley had"ever released any confidential taxpayer information except through whistleblower disclosures authorized by statute. Once Congress released that testimony, like every American citizen, he has a right to discuss that public information.”
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