Republicans continue their Hunter Biden investigation.

An Internal Revenue Service employee is believed to have knowledge of the federal investigation into President Biden’s son, who was tested behind closed doors at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday, and a second employee will testify privately on Tuesday, two sources said. are familiar with the matter. The times. The sources were not authorized to speak to the press about the sensitive investigation.

Republicans in the House of Representatives have been investigating Hunter Biden’s business dealings since the takeover

control over the house

last year. Their investigation was strengthened after two IRS agents alleged that the Justice Department mishandled the investigation into the president’s son.

has reversed this sentence. Should we say “The” by the Republican-controlled committee? It is W+M that sent the subpoena to two employees Darrell J. Waldon and Michael T. Batdorf in August after an IRS whistleblower claimed they had knowledge that could help the GOP investigation.

Waldon sat for a transcribed interview before the Ways and Means Committee

about ways and means

on Friday. Batdorf is expected to be there Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.

The pair were named by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who claimed they had direct knowledge of an October 2022 meeting in which the prosecutor in charge of the investigation US Atty. David Weiss indicated that he did not have full authority to decide whether

or not

to accuse Hunter Biden of a crime

in tax decisions

.

Republicans have suggested that Weiss’ alleged comment is evidence that the Biden White House, or political appointees at the Justice Department, interfered with the investigation. Prosecutors generally do not have sole authority in charging decisions, especially when it comes to prominent figures.

But Weiss, who was appointed by former President Trump and is based in Delaware, said in a June letter to the House Judiciary Committee that Atty. General Merrick Garland had granted him ultimate authority over the Hunter Biden investigation.

sample.

Weiss has never been denied authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction, he wrote.

you said added later, but it’s the same letter right?

A federal grand jury began an investigation

insistent

Hunter Biden’s taxes and business dealings as early as 2018. In August, Garland appointed Weiss special counsel after a plea deal on tax and gun charges collapsed.

Online provocateurs have published the names of IRS employees involved in the investigation and several of their family members, along with their personal email addresses, home cities and zip codes.