IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler — who alleged the Justice Department slow-walked its investigation into Hunter Biden — were promoted to leadership positions at the Treasury Department on Tuesday.
The Treasury said in a press release that the two, who spent years investigating the Biden tax evasion case, would come to the department as senior advisers and “help us drive much-needed cultural reform within the IRS.”
“These veteran civil servants join us to help further the agency’s focus on collections, modernization, and customer service, so we can deliver a more effective and efficient IRS experience for hardworking American taxpayers,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement…
…Shapley and Ziegler said in a statement that they are “enormously grateful” to Bessent, Grassley and the rest of Congress “for their leadership and trust.”
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