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   > All feces trails lead to Merrick Garland.   
      
   Correction: The headline of a previous version of this story on IRS   
   whistleblower Gary Shapley misspelled his name.Gary Shapley, the IRS   
   whistleblower who oversaw part of the agency's investigation into the son   
   of U.S. President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, said on Tuesday that his   
   inquiry was prevented from following certain leads that could have   
   potentially led investigators to the current president.   
      
   Shapley, a current IRS agent who has worked for more than 14 years with   
   the agency, made the additional allegations in an interview with CBS News   
   more than one week after Hunter Biden struck a deal with U.S. Attorney   
   David Weiss to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion and   
   resolve a federal firearm offense.   
      
   House Republicans criticized the plea deal as a "slap on the wrist" and   
   pledged to continue their investigations into the president, his son, and   
   allegations of interference by government agencies during the   
   investigation into Hunter Biden.   
      
   President Biden, however, denied on Monday ever lying about speaking with   
   Hunter Biden about his business dealings.   
      
   President Biden and first lady Jill Biden expressed personal support for   
   their son in a statement released by the White House after Hunter Biden's   
   plea deal was announced earlier this month.   
      
   "The president and first lady love their son and support him as he   
   continues to rebuild his life,” White House spokesman Ian Sams said in a   
   statement. “We will have no further comment."   
      
   Here is what you need to know about the IRS whistleblower's new   
   allegations:   
      
   Allegations that the investigation was blocked from pursuing leads   
   Shapley said the investigation he oversaw into Hunter Biden was conducted   
   in an irregular manner and would have ended differently for someone who   
   did not have Biden's connections.   
      
   "If this was any other person, they likely would have already served their   
   sentence," Shapley said.   
      
   He also alleged that while former President Donald Trump was in office,   
   Shapley's team was prevented from taking further measures that could have   
   brought the investigation to Hunter Biden's father, the sitting U.S.   
   president.   
      
   "There are certain investigative steps that we weren't allowed to take   
   that could have led us to President Biden," Shapley added. "We needed to   
   take them."   
      
   Shapley also claimed that the investigation into Hunter Biden should have   
   resulted in additional charges, including felony counts.   
      
   "There were personal expenses that were taken as business expenses," he   
   said. "Prostitutes, sex club memberships, hotel rooms for purported drug   
   dealers."   
      
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   daughter multiple paintings   
      
   The GOP-controlled House is investigating Biden's treatment   
   The House Ways and Means Committee, which has been leading an inquiry into   
   potential interference during the IRS investigation into Hunter Biden,   
   publicly released testimony on June 22 from two IRS whistleblowers who   
   worked on the Biden case.   
      
   Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., who serves as chairman of the House Ways and   
   Means committee, said in a statement that the whistleblowers "describe how   
   the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to   
   protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging, and denying an   
   ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes."   
      
   Smith also indicated that his committee will continue its investigation   
   into Hunter Biden and whether President Biden may be implicated in any   
   interference.   
      
   "If the federal government is not treating all taxpayers equally, or if it   
   is changing the rules to engineer a preferred outcome, Congress has a duty   
   to ask why and to hold agencies accountable and consider appropriate   
   legislative action," he said. "The scales of justice must not be skewed in   
   favor of the wealthy and the politically connected."   
      
   Will this impact Hunter Biden's plea deal?   
      
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