Staff Reports
The hearings for the IRS whistleblower in front of the House Oversight Committee were a total disaster for the Democrats. They came across as completely disorganized and uninformed. It was clear that some of them couldn’t even get their timelines right and their line of questioning was quickly shut down. They were truly out of their depth.
Dem Rep Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Joe Biden During IRS Whistleblower Hearing https://t.co/kqWbnXrZ82
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 20, 2023
But the real star of the hearing was Joseph Ziegler, aka “Mr. X” or “Agent X”. He’s a 13-year veteran of the IRS and, oh, did I mention he’s a gay Democrat? That’s right, the Republican operative smear campaign doesn’t apply to him. No matter how hard the Democrats tried to discredit him, they couldn’t. Ziegler is a credible professional who offered damning evidence of wrongdoing in the investigation of Hunter Biden.
So far, the Democrats have largely avoided any specific questions on the specific allegations. However, the "look squirrel, squirrel" tactic is hard to maintain as a distraction. That is particularly when you have two respected experts saying "felony, felony."
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
…The Democrats are usually well prepared and orchestrated in these hearings. That is not the case today. The continual effort to change the subject and to avoid the specific allegations is obvious. It is about a subtle as bringing in a seal bouncing a ball in hearing room.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
YIKES: Rep. Dan Goldman was trying to prove that Joe Biden was not implicated in the IRS Whistleblowers' allegations, but instead accidentally showed that Joe Biden did discuss foreign business dealings with his son Hunter. pic.twitter.com/6nyEhfm36G
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 19, 2023
Rep. Goldman just tripped the wire on Joe Biden. In trying to grill the whistleblowers to show that there is no evidence that Joe Biden was involved, he elicited an answer that the witnesses established that Joe Biden did discuss business deals of Hunter with the Chinese…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
…Unfortunately, time ran out. With a few more minutes along this line, Goldman could well have sealed the case for the appointment of a Special Counsel.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
Repeated Democratic members have now used their time to object to the term "two-tiered justice system" for anything other than systemic racism. Rep. Lee is currently renewing that objection to the term while avoiding the testimony of the whistleblowers.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
Shapley just said that he had been retaliated against by the Administration. This includes being shunned by his immediate supervisor who has not spoken to him since June 1, 2023.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
After a hearing detailing memos and transactions supporting the claims of interference. Rep. Garcia just declared that there has been no evidence put forward in the hearing. Just two respected whistleblowers and hundreds of pages of documents and testimony.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
Shapley just confirmed that the transition team was told before he and his team were going to approach Hunter Biden for an interview. The interview never occurred.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 19, 2023
SUPERCUT!
Regime gaslighters: Actually, the DoJ's "tilted against" privileged white heirs of the president pic.twitter.com/GvT3bah24s
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 27, 2023
Rep. @danielsgoldman: Our "two-tiered system of justice" unfairly forced Hunter Biden to accept plea deal pic.twitter.com/JE1bnhwA5q
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 19, 2023
And let’s not forget about IRS Special Agent Greg Shapley, who also testified and provided mountains of evidence. These two men made it clear that the Biden administration is doing everything in its power to protect Hunter Biden. But unlike Michael Cohen, who was a rat, Shapley and Ziegler are respectable officials with no ulterior motives. Their testimony cannot be ignored or swept under the rug.
In fact, Shapley’s account has now put Attorney General Merrick Garland in serious jeopardy. Garland claimed that US Attorney David Weiss had the power to go after Hunter, but Shapley’s testimony proved that to be false. Garland also said that no one from the DOJ interfered with the case, but we now know that’s not true either. Garland could be facing impeachment for perjury.
But the real dunce of the day goes to Rep. Dan Goldman. During his questioning, he accidentally confirmed what Shapley had alleged weeks ago – that the investigation into Hunter was severely interfered with due to the potential implications for Joe Biden. Goldman’s slip-up could be the final nail in the coffin for the Bidens and could lead to the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate them further.
All in all, the Democrats were left scrambling and running around like chickens with their heads cut off. They couldn’t handle the truth and they couldn’t handle the facts that were presented to them. It’s clear that the Biden family has a lot to answer for, and it’s about time they were held accountable.
