A federal prosecutor last year blocked then-Delaware US Attorney David Weiss from bringing tax charges against first son Hunter Biden in California, a third IRS official has testified to Congress.
IRS Director of Field Operations Michael Batdorf told the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this month that US Attorney E. Martin Estrada of the Central District of California had declined to partner with Weiss on the case., further undermining the AG’s claim that the Delaware US attorney always had sole charging authority in the case.
IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley and IRS special agent Joseph Ziegler testified earlier this year to the House Ways and Means and House Judiciary Committees that Weiss also informed them of Estrada’s decision.testified earlier this year to the House Ways and Means and House Judiciary Committees that Weiss also informed them of Estrada’s decision to prevent charges.
The whistleblower’s attorneys have since released their client’s hand-written notes of the meeting as well as a summary email he sent four days later to Waldon, who responded: “Thanks, Gary. You covered it all.” In a Sept. 8 transcribed interview, Darrell Waldon confirmed that Weiss had presented his case to Estrada’s office but could not “recall the outcome” — contradicting Batdorf’s testimony that they talked “about the Central District of California saying no.”“What I recall about the case was, we wanted to be a part of the presentation and I asked,” Waldon told the House Ways and Means Committee. “That was not granted. But I do not recall.
FBI Baltimore Special Agent in Charge Tom Sobocinski, who was at the Oct. 7 meeting, testified to the House Judiciary Committee that heFBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryeshia Holley, who was also present, told the House panel: “I don’t remember him saying that.” “I mean, the decision to remove Mr. Shapley was made by Darrell and I in December, when we knew there was an issue — potential issue going forward,” Batdorf said.
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