On Monday evening the House Committee on Oversight and Government Accountability announced that “committee staff conducted a transcribed interview with a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation” earlier in the day, and that that witness had “confirmed key portions of the IRS whistleblowers’ testimony” in the matter.
Key points of this witness’ testimony, according to the Committee:
- As part of the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, there were multiple witness interviews planned for December 8, 2020. IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and the former FBI supervisory special agent were assigned to interview Hunter Biden.
- On the evening of December 7, 2020, Shapley and the FBI supervisory special agent learned that FBI headquarters had notified Secret Service headquarters about the planned interview with Hunter Biden. Additionally, they learned the Biden transition team was notified about the planned interview. This was not the original plan by the career agents, which frustrated their investigative efforts because people found out who didn’t need to know.
- On December 8, 2020, Shapley and the FBI supervisory special agent were notified they would not be allowed to approach Hunter Biden’s house and instead would have to wait near his residence until Hunter Biden contacted them.
- The former FBI supervisory special agent told committee investigators he had never been told to wait outside to be contacted by the subject of an investigation.
As a result of these actions, Shapley and the former FBI supervisory special agent never interviewed Hunter Biden.
Hunter Biden’s attorneys and Biden apologists have attempted to smear the IRS whistleblowers and claim they’re lying. Having testimony essentially under penalty of perjury from a supervisory agent from another agency who has first-hand knowledge of what happened in this investigation and what how it deviated from normal procedure is a very big deal.
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