The IRS Whistleblower Goes Public and Goes On Camera; The IRS Kept Changing the Rules On His Investigation of Hunter Biden -- "Each and Every Time, It Seemed to Always Benefit the Subject [of the Investigation]"

—Ace

He has not publicly said this concerns Hunter Biden, but sources have confirmed it is about Hunter Biden, and the mobbed-up DoJ and IRS running interference for him.

The 14-year-veteran of the IRS, Gary Shapley, claimed the Justice Department gave special treatment to the investigation in ways he had never witnessed before during an interview with "CBS Evening News" Tuesday.

"There were multiple steps that were slow-walked -- were just completely not done -- at the direction of the Department of Justice," Shapley told CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod in his first public remarks. "When I took control of this particular investigation, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process. It was way outside the norm of what I've experienced in the past."

The IRS investigator -- who was recently removed from the highly sensitive probe in what he believes was an act of retaliation -- is scheduled to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee in a closed-door meeting Friday.

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Shapley was assigned to supervise the investigation in January 2020 and said over the summer, he grew concerned at how he saw the Justice Department treating the case and certain measures being used to seemingly shield the first son.

"Each and every time, it seemed to always benefit the subject," he said during the CBS News interview. "It just got to that point where that switch was turned on. And I just couldn't silence my conscience anymore."

Shapley had expressed concerns about the case being swept under the rug internally for years before bringing his misgivings to the public.

He said the final straw came following a "charged meeting" with Justice Department officials in October 2022 that ended with him and his team being removed from the investigation after years of work.

"It was my red-line meeting," Shapley told CBS News.

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