Attorney Mark Lytle says the agent, who has worked for the IRS for over a decade and has documentation to back his claims, is seeking protection against retaliation. Lytle says the agent “wants to make sure that he does this right.”
The attorney for an unnamed IRS criminal supervisory special agent says his client has asked Congress for protections to speak out about allegations that a years-long, high-profile and politically sensitive investigation has been hindered by "preferential treatment and politics," according to a letter obtained by CBS News. That investigation is the one probing potential tax crimes by Hunter Biden, CBS News has learned.
Weiss had been acting head of the Delaware office at the time and received the endorsements of the state's Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, both Democrats. Lytle told CBS News his client believes the probe has been handled differently from any other investigation in his lengthy career with the IRS.
Lytle sent the letter to seek legal protections that would allow his client to make further disclosures about what his lawyer said would indicate "that typical steps that a law enforcement investigator would take were compromised because of political considerations." Lytle also recently represented Yoel Roth, the former head of Twitter's Trust and Safety unit, when he testified before the House Oversight Committee in February.
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