IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joseph Ziegler issued the following statement. “Eight months ago we did something ordinary people don’t do: we risked our careers and reputations to bring the truth out of the shadows and into the light. We were moved solely by our consciences, yet faced continual attacks. Nevertheless, …
Hearing Before the U.S. House of RepresentativesCommittee on Ways and MeansOpening Statement of IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary ShapleyDecember 5, 2023 This last spring, when I put my career on the line to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress, I wish I could have seen the future. In my transcribed interview with staff from this committee …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight has obtained copies of five previously sealed court orders between 2017 and 2021 that prohibited Google from notifying Congressional staff that it had turned over their email and text records to the Justice Department. Copies of these newly public orders are attached to the latest in a series of Freedom of …
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONSTRUST IN TRANSPARENCY: HOLDING VA ACCOUNTABLE AND PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERSNOVEMBER 2, 2023 TESTIMONY OF TRISTAN LEAVITT PRESIDENTEMPOWER OVERSIGHT Chairman Kiggans, Ranking Member Mrvan, and members of the Subcommittee: I’m very pleased to have been invited back before this Subcommittee today. I appear today as the president of …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight and Whistleblowers of America renewed their questions to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG), and Veterans Education Success (VES), a service provider with the VA Education Services. The questions revolve around conflicts of interest with the VA and VES and the service provider’s …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is seeking information regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s subpoenas of the personal phone and email records of Members of Congress and a dozen or more attorneys for congressional committees, including Empower’s founder, Jason Foster, while they worked on Capitol Hill in 2017. The Justice Department’s targets were from both political …
WASHINGTON – Citing new, overwhelming evidence in support of FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen, Empower Oversight filed an appeal with the FBI to restore him to work, provide back-pay, and reverse the proposed revocation of his clearance in retaliation for raising concerns about the truthfulness of FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony to the U.S. Senate. The …
WASHINGTON – IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley’s legal team issued the following statement today in reaction to the the Hunter Biden lawsuit against the IRS: “This suit against the IRS is just another frivolous smear by Biden family attorneys trying to turn people’s attention away from Hunter Biden’s own legal problems and intimidate any …
WASHINGTON – In a desperate attempt to save their client, Hunter Biden’s attorneys continue to press a false narrative against two whistleblowers who risked their careers to show government malfeasance in its investigation and prosecution of Biden. Attorneys for IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley made the following comment in response to the outrageous accusations …
WASHINGTON – Attorneys for IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley have provided a copy of Shapley’s hand-written notes from the Oct. 7, 2022, meeting with U.S. Attorney David Weiss to several House committees. The unredacted version of the notes was provided to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees, and a redacted version …