Hunter Biden whistleblower out as IRS commissioner after 2 days

IRS whistleblower speaks retired connected Biden lawsuit

IRS whistleblower says helium was told not to prosecute steps involving President Biden 04:13

Just 2 days aft being named interim IRS commissioner, Gary Shapley is retired of the job, CBS News has confirmed.

His astir 48 hours heading the bureau wherever he's spent astir of his vocation was marked by an interior conflict involving billionaire Elon Musk, who backed Shapley taking the job, according to 2 sources acquainted with the dispute.

Shapley is expected to proceed serving arsenic an advisor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the sources said.

Shapley was placed astatine the apical of the IRS portion President Trump's prime for the job, Billy Long, has been awaiting Senate confirmation. Long, a erstwhile congressman from Missouri, has faced questions astir his qualifications.

A erstwhile supervisor astatine the agency, Shapley became celebrated aft speaking retired astir alleged governmental power successful the Hunter Biden taxation investigation. Shapley was a supervisory peculiar cause successful his 14th twelvemonth astatine the IRS erstwhile helium came guardant successful a 2023 interview with CBS News main investigative analogous Jim Axelrod. He alleged interior misgivings astir improper unit to spell casual connected erstwhile President Joe Biden's son.

Shapley was 1 of 2 IRS whistleblowers to attest earlier Congress astir alleged misgivings successful the Hunter Biden probe. The IRS agents alleged the Department of Justice "slow-walked" the probe and told them not to probe leads related to Joe Biden. They were removed from the lawsuit and temporarily sidelined with pay.  Hunter Biden aboriginal pled blameworthy to taxation crimes and was pardoned by his father. 

Shapley and different cause who said they faced retaliation aft blowing the whistle to Congress and speaking out to CBS News astir their probe person already retained precocious ranking positions successful the Trump administration. Shapley was initially assigned to Bessent's bureau arsenic a elder advisor for IRS reform, and aboriginal named lawman manager of transgression investigations astatine the agency. 

Mr. Trump revoked Secret Service protections for erstwhile President Joe Biden's big children, contempt an enforcement bid signed by Biden extending those protections done July.  An lawyer for Hunter Biden did not instrumentality a petition for comment.

Hunter Biden entered a blameworthy plea to the taxation crimes aft a Delaware justice rejected a plea woody that would person fixed him wide immunity. He was separately convicted successful July 2024 connected 3 felony charges related to the acquisition of a revolver successful 2018. 

He was pardoned by his begetter successful December, a arguable determination since it was a "Full and Unconditional Pardon" that applied to immoderate national crimes Hunter Biden whitethorn person committed from Jan. 1, 2014, done Dec. 1, 2024.

This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated.

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