(Ken Silva, Headline USA) IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley testified Wednesday at a House Oversight Committee hearing that the U.S. Attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, allowed the statute of limitations to expire on tax crimes Hunter Biden allegedly committed in 2014 and 2015.
Because of this, the U.S. President’s son is not criminally liable for some $125,000 in taxes he failed to pay from those years, according to Shapley. Nor does he have to pay those taxes, which stem from some $400,000 in payments Biden received from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma during that time, Shapley said.
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, said Shapley’s disclosures underscore America’s two-tiered justice system.
“He didn’t just get out of criminal [charges]. He got out of having to pay the tax. So he has $125,000 in money that should have gone to federal taxes,” Turner said.
“In Ohio, the average family earns about $62,000 a household. That’s like two full households that Biden got to keep in his pocket.”
Turner then pointed out that Biden could rectify this situation by paying his taxes voluntarily.
“He could pay that today, right? Perhaps Mr. President—who’s supposed to be in charge of taxes coming to our nation, and who so frequently tells us the American people aren’t paying enough taxes—might want to wander down the hall at the White House and tell Hunter to pay his taxes for 2014,” he said.
Wednesday’s hearing is the latest development in the House GOP’s investigation into alleged Biden family corruption.
To date, the House Oversight Committee has revealed that Joe Biden’s family received millions of dollars from foreign nationals—allegedly laundered through a complex scheme entailing more than 20 companies, 12 banks and nine Biden relatives.
Some of the core evidence is presented in a 36-page report the committee released in May.
The report outlines, among other things, that in one instance, Bladon Enterprises Ltd.—owned by Romanian official Gabriel Popoviciu, who was convicted of bribery in 2016—transferred $3 million to Robinson Walker LLC, which was controlled by Hunter’s business partner, Rob Walker. Walker then made a series of payments totaling about $1 million to Hunter between November 2015 and May 2017, according to Comer.
In another instance, Hunter’s company, Owasco P.C., received $100,000 from Chinese national Gongwen Dong through an apparent intermediary shell corporation.
The two IRS whistleblowers testifying Wednesday were mostly speaking about the Justice Department’s alleged sabatage of the Biden investigation. They were still testifying as of the publication of this article.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
