Attorneys for Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley made the following comment after filing an appeal of a recent ruling denying the whistleblowers’ (Shapley and Special Agent Joe Ziegler) request to intervene in Hunter Biden’s lawsuit against the IRS. The lawsuit against the IRS falsely accuses the IRS whistleblowers of violating tax secrecy laws.
“SSA Shapley and SA Ziegler meticulously followed the law when they blew the whistle to Congress on the unequal treatment of American taxpayers. They should have a chance to be able to defend their actions in court, and we continue to fight for them to do that.”
Shapley is being represented in the appeal by Tristan Leavitt and Jason Foster of Empower Oversight, Mark Lytle of Nixon Peabody, Justin Gelfand of Margulis Gelfand.
To see the notice of appeal, click here.