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House Republicans are demanding answers about potential retaliation against IRS whistleblowers who brought claims of political influence in the Hunter Biden investigation to Congress.   House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.; Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., began …

The watchdog Empower Oversight sent a letter on Thursday to House lawmakers regarding alleged retaliatory actions taken against Internal Revenue Service agent Gary Shapley, who blew the whistle on the Hunter Biden investigation. Shapley, who has worked for the IRS for over a decade, was reportedly given an ultimatum from his agency earlier this month. The three …

Two IRS whistleblowers have claimed they were banned from investigating Joe Biden amid the government’s probe into his son Hunter. Gary Shapley And Joseph Ziegler sat down with veteran journalist Catherine Herridge for an interview where they claimed the IRS looks the other way when it comes to the country’s powerful elite, which they call ‘sensitive persons.’ Ziegler said prosecutors …

The Justice Department’s top watchdog and a successful FBI whistleblower took questions Wednesday from a House panel investigating the weaponization of government.  Key witnesses testified before the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government,  noting how such weaponization applies to larger problems within the FBI.  The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General said …

A former FBI staff operations specialist choked up Wednesday as he told lawmakers on Capitol Hill about his years of suffering for lawfully expressing dissent — one of many retaliatory actions deemed “highly inappropriate” by the Justice Department’s inspector general. Marcus Allen, whose attorneys reached a settlement with the bureau earlier this year, told the Judiciary Subcommittee on …

In emotional testimony to House lawmakers, former FBI staff specialist and whistleblower Marcus Allen on Wednesday called out a senior FBI official who is leading the investigation into the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump, saying he retaliated against Mr. Allen over political bias and ridiculed him for his religious beliefs.  Mr. Allen testified that Jeffrey Veltri, now special agent in charge of the Miami field …

The FBI agent leading the investigation into the second Trump assassination attempt was probed for allegedly targeting conservative agents for their viewpoints and retaliating against them for making protected disclosures as whistleblowers, according to a new letter delivered to Congress by a government watchdog which represents several FBI whistleblowers.  The group—Empower Oversight—sent the letter to …