Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is pushing for the House to get involved in a lawsuit filed by first son Hunter Biden‘s lawyers against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over whistleblower disclosures.
A letter Gaetz sent on Wednesday urges Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to task the House Office of General Counsel to intervene in the case to defend the IRS agents who raised concerns about the federal inquiry into Biden.
“Due to federal law, this is the only available action of Hunter Biden and the Democrats to silence the I.R.S. whistleblowers who have so bravely come forward with details of Hunter Biden’s tax fraud,” Gaetz wrote.
“The interests of the House of Representatives and the legal rights of our whistleblowers are not being zealously defended by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), who is defending the lawsuit on behalf of the I.R.S.,” he added.
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