{"id":6749,"date":"2023-08-23T10:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/08\/23\/doj-admits-there-are-potential-limitations-to-open-investigation-into-whistleblowers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:54:36","slug":"doj-admits-there-are-potential-limitations-to-open-investigation-into-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/doj-admits-there-are-potential-limitations-to-open-investigation-into-whistleblowers\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ admits there are potential &#8216;limitations&#8217; to open investigation into whistleblower&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"89.936046511628\">\n<h2>DOJ admits there are potential &#8216;limitations&#8217; to open investigation into whistleblower&#8217;s bombshell Hunter Biden probe politicization claims<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Republicans are worried that the DOJ is stonewalling watchdog Horowitz from conducting an investigation of the whistleblower claims<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley stated publicly that he&#8217;s brought his concerns to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-480\/morgan-phillips.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Phillips, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-08-22T21:26:20+0100\"> 16:26 EDT, 22 August 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/7.2.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/9.6.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.1\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.1\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.4.1\/styles\/fff.css\" \/> <!--<![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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who worked on the Hunter Biden criminal investigation &#8211; recently told <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/us-congress\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d8e2d0d0-4126-11ee-92f7-791198b9a8be\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> that the DOJ had significantly interfered into the investigation run by the <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/delaware\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d8fa2960-4126-11ee-92f7-791198b9a8be\" rel=\"noopener\">Delaware<\/a> field office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Shapley stated publicly that he&#8217;s brought his concerns to Inspector General Michael Horowitz and also has filed a complaint claiming he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on politicization in the Hunter Biden investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Top watchdog Horowitz assured congressional leaders that his office is investigating information obtained by Shapley, in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But he said the complaints made by the whistleblower might fall under the purview of the Office of Professional Responsibility, which would hamper its independent investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-86518957f00932f4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/22\/21\/74611241-12434171-image-a-3_1692734456001.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Top watchdog Horowitz assured congressional leaders that his office is investigating information obtained by Shapley, in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-86518957f00932f4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/22\/21\/74611241-12434171-image-a-3_1692734456001.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Top watchdog Horowitz assured congressional leaders that his office is investigating information obtained by Shapley, in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Top watchdog Horowitz assured congressional leaders that his office is investigating information obtained by Shapley, in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f61621e1136507de\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/22\/20\/74611201-12434171-image-a-1_1692734383393.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and IRS agent Joseph Ziegler - who worked on the Hunter Biden criminal investigation - recently told Congress that the DOJ had significantly interfered into the investigation run by the Delaware field office\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f61621e1136507de\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/22\/20\/74611201-12434171-image-a-1_1692734383393.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and IRS agent Joseph Ziegler - who worked on the Hunter Biden criminal investigation - recently told Congress that the DOJ had significantly interfered into the investigation run by the Delaware field office\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and IRS agent Joseph Ziegler &#8211; who worked on the Hunter Biden criminal investigation &#8211; recently told Congress that the DOJ had significantly interfered into the investigation run by the Delaware field office<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Horowitz writes that his team is &#8216;mindful&#8217; of the &#8216;potential limitations&#8217; of his office due to a &#8216;jurisdictional issue&#8217; that would require OPR to take over the probe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Shapley has claimed that the DOJ dragged out the investigation into Hunter Biden to allow the statute of limitations to run out on some criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He also alleged that the department blocked investigators from interviewing Hunter Biden giving him &#8216;special treatment&#8217; throughout the probe not afforded to most subjects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In addition, Shapley&#8217;s big bombshell was that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss was prevented by Biden appointed prosecutors from bringing charges against the president&#8217;s son in Washington, D.C., and California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Horowitz went on to tell the lawmakers that he could not share additional details because the investigation is &#8216;ongoing&#8217; and &#8216;related to an ongoing criminal case.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A sweetheart plea deal that would have seen Hunter Biden plead guilty to two tax crimes and a gun charge blew up last month when a judge informed Hunter he could be prosecuted in the future for other charges &#8211; including a possible indictment for failing to register as a foreign agent.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7a03238c86c2af17\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/22\/20\/74611219-12434171-image-a-2_1692734386245.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A sweetheart plea deal that would have seen Hunter Biden plead guilty to two tax crimes and a gun charge blew up last month when a judge informed Hunter he could be prosecuted in the future for other charges - namely failing to register as a foreign agent\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7a03238c86c2af17\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/22\/20\/74611219-12434171-image-a-2_1692734386245.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A sweetheart plea deal that would have seen Hunter Biden plead guilty to two tax crimes and a gun charge blew up last month when a judge informed Hunter he could be prosecuted in the future for other charges - namely failing to register as a foreign agent\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A sweetheart plea deal that would have seen Hunter Biden plead guilty to two tax crimes and a gun charge blew up last month when a judge informed Hunter he could be prosecuted in the future for other charges &#8211; namely failing to register as a foreign agent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The July 19 letter obtained by DailyMail.com was addressed to three GOP committee chairmen &#8211;\u00a0House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Oversight ChairJames Comer, R-Ky., and Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The chairmen wrote back asking Horowitz to lay out the roadblocks he is facing, worried that the DOJ is stonewalling Horowitz from conducting an investigation of the whistleblower claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;DOJ appears to be continuing to sacrifice its professional responsibility to cover for the President&#8217;s son \u2014 and perhaps, the President himself,&#8217; the chairmen wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They requested all documents and information related to whether there had been any limitations on the investigation of DOJ&#8217;s handling of the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12434171\/DOJ-admits-potential-limitations-open-investigation-whistleblowers-bombshell-Hunter-Biden-probe-politicization-claims.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ admits there are potential &#8216;limitations&#8217; 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