Hunter Biden on Wednesday dropped a lawsuit filed in September 2023 against whistleblowers from two Internal Revenue Service.
Biden’s attorneys filed a motion in US District Court to dismiss the case on bias for the District of Columbia.
The lawsuit, first filed by his former eldest son two years ago, alleged that IRS special agent Gary Shapley and IRS criminal investigator Joseph Ziegler “were “treated targeting and annoying” through a statement to the media revealing details of the tax issue for “private citizens.”
Hunter Biden sues the IRS, claiming that agents tried to “target” him and “embarrass” him.
Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, will walk the Southern Lawn of the White House after arriving at the Marines on Friday, January 17, 2025. (via Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg Getty Images)
Shapley and Zielger testified before the House Oversight Committee earlier that year, but said they faced various restrictions when they were tasked with investigating former President Joe Biden’s son.
“It was always clear that the lawsuit was an attempt to threaten us,” Shapley and Zilger said in a statement after Hunter Biden repealed the case. New York Post. “The threats and retaliation never worked. We really wanted to provide a full story in court, but it appears that Biden was afraid to actually fight this case in court.”
“The voluntary dismissal of his case tells us everything we need to know who was right and who was wrong,” they added.
The attorneys for the two whistleblower have first highlighted that Hunter Biden has “dismissed his case for bias.”
IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler prepares to testify on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 on the House of Representatives’ Methods and Means Committee, “Heading with IRS Whistleblowers: Hunter Biden’s Interference.” (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
“Hunter Biden filed this lawsuit against two honorable federal agents in retaliation for blowing whi with the priority treatment he was given,” the lawyer said.
Hunter Biden’s plea deal appears to be falling apart at court hearings
Four Hunter Biden lawyers – Abbe David Lowell, Christopher Mann, David Kolanski and Isabella Oishi began retreating about a month ago as lawyers for their former eldest son.
The Justice Department had been investigating Hunter Biden for several years for possible tax crimes when Shapley’s lawyers sent a letter to Congress claiming “fraud” in the DOJ investigation. CBS News In May 2023, he was told about his decision to blow the whistle.
Hunter Biden’s plea deal would have recognized him Wide immunity From protection to two misdemeanor tax revenue in exchange for admitting guilt, it collapsed during a federal court hearing in Delaware in July 2023.
Gary Shapley, a special agent for the IRS supervisor, is preparing to testify on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 in the House of Representatives’ Methods and Means Committee, “Heading with IRS Whistleblowers: Hunter Biden’s Interference.” (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
Later Hunter Biden Plead guilty To all nine federal tax claims brought against him in September 2024 by special advisor David Weiss. Biden was determined to have failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019. He later paid it back.
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In December, former President Biden recognized his son. Bold pardon, Over the past decade, he acknowledges the hunter’s tolerance from all crimes he “mands or may have committed.”
