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Behind the Hunter Biden Investigation: Mistrust, Mutual Suspicion, Delays
1 year, 1 month ago

Behind the Hunter Biden Investigation: Mistrust, Mutual Suspicion, Delays

Live Mint  

The yearslong criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has aired a lot of dirty laundry about the president’s son’s attempts at foreign business and his descent into drug addiction. Misunderstandings fuel suspicion One of Shapley’s most serious allegations, supported by his IRS agent colleague Joseph Ziegler, was that the Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles had prevented Weiss …

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Hunter Biden sues IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony before Congress
1 year, 3 months ago

Hunter Biden sues IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony before Congress

Firstpost  

Hunter Biden is the first child of a sitting US president to have been criminally indicted. Prosecutors last week charged him with three counts related to the fact that he was lying about using illegal drugs when he bought a firearm President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden sued the US Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging unlawful disclosure of his …

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Why is Hunter Biden taking IRS to court?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why is Hunter Biden taking IRS to court?

Hindustan Times  

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has taken legal action against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging unauthorized disclosure of his tax information. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Hunter Biden claims that the IRS agents illegally released his tax return details and failed to protect the confidentiality of his records. The lawsuit contends that the IRS violated Hunter Biden's …

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Hunter Biden sues IRS claiming they unlawfully shared his tax information
1 year, 3 months ago

Hunter Biden sues IRS claiming they unlawfully shared his tax information

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since their House testimony in July, the agents “have become regular guests on national …

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Biden whistleblowers have already debunked core of GOP's claims: Raskin
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden whistleblowers have already debunked core of GOP's claims: Raskin

Raw Story  

A pair of whistleblowers that House Republicans intend to testify against President Joe Biden and his family have serious credibility issues and have already “undermined this Republican narrative in their depositions,” Rep. Jamie Raskin stated in a memo to colleagues, reportedThe New Republic on Wednesday. The two people, an IRS agent named Gary Shapley and a person identified only as …

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IRS whistleblowers air claims to Congress about ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case
1 year, 5 months ago

IRS whistleblowers air claims to Congress about ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against President Joe Biden over his family’s finances as they summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly for the first time about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered with a tax investigation into Biden’s son Hunter. And the White House, in a statement, called the investigation and subsequent hearing part of “politically-motivated attacks …

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Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here’s what to know
1 year, 5 months ago

Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here’s what to know

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency. The Justice Department has denied the whistleblower claims and said repeatedly that U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, the federal prosecutor who led the investigation, had “full …

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Attorney general denies whistleblower claims of interference in Hunter Biden investigation
1 year, 6 months ago

Attorney general denies whistleblower claims of interference in Hunter Biden investigation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Friday against claims from IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department interfered with the investigation into Hunter Biden, saying more broadly that attacks on the department’s independence are corrosive. Weiss never made such a request, Garland said Friday, and always had full authority to file charges wherever and however he saw fit against …

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IRS Whistleblower Alleges Justice Department Protected Hunter Biden From Tax Charges
1 year, 6 months ago

IRS Whistleblower Alleges Justice Department Protected Hunter Biden From Tax Charges

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― A career IRS employee told lawmakers that officials in the U.S. Department of Justice slow-walked investigations and stifled some tax charges against President Joe Biden’s son. A supervisory special agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation division named Gary Shapley said an inquiry into Hunter Biden’s taxes has been hampered by the Justice Department at every …

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GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case
1 year, 6 months ago

GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied. “Whistleblowers describe how the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging and denying …

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How insect 'civilisations' recast our place in the Universe
2 years, 5 months ago

How insect 'civilisations' recast our place in the Universe

BBC  

How insect 'civilisations' recast our place in the Universe Getty Images In the early 20th Century, insect intelligence became a source of scientific fascination It is 1919, and a young astronomer turns a street corner in Pasadena, California. Later, near his life's end, Shapley could mercurially recount many entomological "episodes". Alamy Lubbock's wasp, described by one journalist as "a little …

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