Shades of the Watergate Saturday Night Massacre?
A letter sent out Monday to Republican and Democrat members of House and Senate committees by lawyers representing the IRS whistleblower in the Hunter Biden examination specifies that the whistleblower and his group of private investigators have actually been eliminated from the examination at the demand of the Justice Department.
The news broke the very same day a free-as-a-bird Hunter Biden joined his dad and household at a graduation event for his child Maisy:
The letter was initially reported by Steven Nelson with the New York Post:
Scoop: IRS whistleblower who declared coverup in Hunter Biden tax examination states his whole group was eliminated from case
His attorneys inform Congress that ‘this relocation is plainly vindictive and might likewise make up blockage of a congressional questions’ https://t.co/bvAys2dUGS
— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) May 15, 2023
Just the News published a copy of the letter:
Dear Chairs and Ranking Members:
Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was notified that he and his whole investigative group are being eliminated from the continuous and delicate examination of the prominent, questionable subject about which our customer looked for to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress. He was notified the modification was at the demand of the Department of Justice.On April 27, 2023, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel appeared prior to your house Committee on Ways and Means. He affirmed: “I can state with no doubt there will be no retaliation for anybody making an accusation or a call to a whistleblower hotline.” This relocation is plainly vindictive and might likewise make up blockage of a congressional questions.
Our customer has a right to make disclosures to Congress pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6103( f)( 5) and 5U.S.C. §7211 He is safeguarded by 5 U.S.C. § 2302 from vindictive workers actions– consisting of getting a “substantial modification in responsibilities, duties, or working conditions” 1 (which this plainly is) since of his disclosures to Congress.2 Any effort by any federal government authorities to avoid a federal worker from providing details to Congress is likewise a direct offense of longstanding appropriations limitation.3 Furthermore, 18 U.S.C. § 1505 makes it a criminal activity to block an examination of Congress.
We respectfully ask for that you provide this matter your timely attention. Eliminating the knowledgeable detectives who have actually worked this case for several years and are now the subject-matter specialists is precisely the sort of concern our customer meant to blow the whistle on to start with.
Cordially, Tristan Leavitt
President Empower OversightMark D. Lytle
Partner Nixon Peabody LLP
The letter was dealt with to:
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Chairman, Committee on Finance, Co-Chair, Whistleblower Protection Caucus
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) Ranking Member, Committee on Finance
Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) Chairman, Committee on Ways & & Means
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Ranking Member, Committee on Ways & & Means
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) Co-Chair, Whistleblower Protection Caucus
Member, Committee on Finance
CBS News reported recently the whistleblower’s lawyer just recently consulted with members of Congress (excerpt):
The lawyer for the IRS whistleblower who has actually declared that the Justice Department interfered in and mishandled the Hunter Biden criminal probe consulted with members of Congress recently on behalf of his customer, according to 2 sources knowledgeable about the matter.
The Friday conference was explained to CBS News as a proffer session with your home Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees to prepare for what the whistleblower might inform detectives and how he might do so without contravening of taxpayer personal privacy laws. CNN initially reported the conference.
In a letter to Congress last month, the lawyer, Mark Lytle, stated his customer, an unnamed IRS criminal supervisory unique representative, might clarify how the years-long, prominent examination had actually been impeded by “favoritism and politics.” Lytle stated his customer might not share “specific info” since of the taxpayer personal privacy laws.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated on Sunday that he understands the names of individuals at the Biden White House who are daunting whistlblowers.
Really cooling clip.
James Comer, Chair of House Oversight, states 9 of the 10 whistleblowers that they’ve determined are missing out on! They’re either presently in court, they’re presently already prison, or they’re missing out on. He likewise states he understands who is frightening them. pic.twitter.com/Uow0XEnPaa
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 14, 2023
Earlier this month Joe Biden protected Hunter in an interview with MSNBC:
Joe Biden on the claims of corruption versus his deadbeat child, Hunter: “My kid’s not done anything incorrect. I trust him, I believe him, and it affects my presidency by making me feel happy with him.” pic.twitter.com/zWh4kwY4K0
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 6, 2023
For those too young to keep in mind:
Excerpt from the History Channel:
One of the most questionable episodes of the Watergate scandal, the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre” began October 20, 1973, when embattled President Richard Nixon fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and accepted the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus.
The “massacre” came from a query into the well-known June 1972 burglary at the Watergate complex, in which 5 Nixon operatives were captured attempting to bug the Democratic National Committee head office. Archibald Cox, a Harvard law teacher and previous U.S. lawyer general, was tapped to examine the occurrence in May1973 He quickly encountered the White House over Nixon’s rejection to launch over 10 hours of secret Oval Office recordings, a few of which linked the president in the burglary.
On October 20, 1973, in an extraordinary program of executive power, Nixon bought Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox, however both males declined and resigned their posts in demonstration. The function of chief law officer then was up to Solicitor General Robert Bork, who hesitantly adhered to Nixon’s demand and dismissed Cox. Less than a half hour later on, the White House dispatched FBI representatives to block the workplaces of the Special Prosecutor, Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General.
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