Forum Index
»
Political Discussion
IRS Whistleblowers and Devon Archer - House Oversight
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
|
Exactly right. The IMF and many other international organizations were calling for Shokin's removal long before Biden even got involved. The GOP's claims are a dog that won't hunt |
Anonymous
| "Biden" didn't get involved. The US got involved and the Administration put it in Biden's portfolio. It could have just as easily been with the Sec State or the Asst Sec Treasury for International Affairs. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Exactly. |
Anonymous
|
Not exactly. According to transcripts provided to CNN, several FBI and IRS officials brought in for closed-door testimony by House Republicans in recent days said they donât remember US Attorney David Weiss saying that he lacked the authority to decide whether to bring charges against the presidentâs son, or that Weiss said he had been denied a request for special counsel status. While the witnesses disputed Shapleyâs key allegations from that meeting, they acknowledged Weiss was having trouble finding a venue to bring charges against the presidentâs son, as US attorneys from other states rejected partnering on the case. They also expressed frustration with the pace of the probe, which at that point had been ongoing for roughly four years. âMr. Sobocinski apparently acknowledged that he took no notes in the meeting, nor did he document it in any contemporaneous fashion afterwards,â attorney Mark Lytle and Tristan Leavitt, president of Empower Oversight, a nonprofit group that represents whistleblowers, wrote in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee. âBy contrast, [supervisory special agent] Shapley took notes during the meeting.â When emailing his supervisor about the October 2022 meeting later the same day, Shapley claimed that Weiss stated he requested special counsel authority, and that the Justice Department âdenied his request and told him to follow the process.â Waldon responded to the 2022 email at the time by saying, âthanks, Gary. You covered it all.â But when pressed by committee investigators earlier about it this month, Waldon said, âI agreed that he covered it all, but, in terms of the word âspecial counselâ being requested, I donât recall those words being used.â Both Holley and Sobocinski also said they did not remember Weiss bringing up any discussion of special counsel authority during the meeting. Since, Shapleyâs allegation came to light in June, Weiss has told Congress that he had never requested special counsel status, but rather explored becoming a âspecial attorneyâ under a different statute. Though they contested Shapleyâs claims that Weiss said he had been denied special counsel status, they did confirm that Weiss said he had been rejected when he tried to partner with US attorneys in Washington, DC, and California in order to bring a potential case there. The House Judiciary Committee requested US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Mathew Graves. and US Attorney for the Central District of California, E. Martin Estrada, to appear for transcribed interviews on October 2nd and 3rd respectively to offer their take on the situation. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/politics/witness-testimony-disputes-irs-whistleblower-hunter-biden/index.html |
Anonymous
| Graves is a complete hack for the left. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
Having whistleblowers testify in front of Republicans is intimidation? |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| What? Joe Biden was supposed to disclose Hunter's income? Makes no sense. Public officials only have to report their own household income, not that of adult children. |
Anonymous
+1 The GQP knows they have nothing here and are throwing things against the wall to see if anything will stick.. It won't. |
Anonymous
|