howard: joining us now from utah, jason chaffetz, former republican congressman, fox news contributor. jason, start with the hunter biden probe. these whistle-blowers, gary shapley and joe ziegler, were frustrated because they wanted to bring felony tax charges against hunter biden which would have meant jail time, not some probationary deal. don t investigators and prosecutors have these disagreements all the time? but as these two people testified they never had it like this. they also weren t able to do things in a normal investigation. they couldn t interview the witness. they wouldn t go interview some of the others that may have had information. they weren t allowed to bring up the issue of the dad. they wouldn t pursue the tiktok, or the whatsapp message that said that joe biden was in great proximity sitting right next to hunter biden. they couldn t go and do that. all these things they laid out, they normally would have been allowed to do, the testimony
file a felony tax charges instead of striking a plea deal that allows the president son to avoid prison time. still using the trump department as well. right. so that along having elsewhere even talking about this morning should tell you everything you need to know. parallel edged that the prosecutor leading the hunter biden probe was prevented from charges of jurisdictions outside delaware. he told congress that he was granted quote, ultimate authority over, when and whether to file charges in the case. ziegler said that he was the lead irs case agent on the investigation. and the irs had recommended both felony and misdemeanor charges against hunter biden. democratic congressman russia of illinois got ziegler to
to 14, john. john: the bombshell testimony during yesterday s hearing on capitol hill and irs whistle-blowers details what they saw during the hunter biden tax fraud investigation before the house oversight committee. alleging the justice department ignored recommendation to file felony tax charges giving undeniable pattern of preferential treatment for the biden family. where does this investigation go now? let s bring in missouri congressman jason smith chair of house ways and means committee. we will get to that hearing which is extraordinary and you attended yesterday. first of all, this is the latest news to come out of washington, d.c. this is the fd 1023 form we have been hearing about for so long regarding hunter biden and the bidens what payments went their way from people they were involved in business with. this is a confidential you talking about nicholas a founder of burisma, it says in part,
years, and he s a democrat. and he, actually i should say he or she says the president s son hunter should be facing felony tax charges not misdemeanors. brian: meanwhile lucas tomlinson is live in washington. i should say he. that s the pronoun we are going with right, lucas? i ll take it. good morning steve, ainsley and ryan. as you mentioned not one whistleblower but two coming out to testify together this afternoon. we don t know the identity of the second whistleblower. for now only known as whistleblower x. the oversight committee says is he from the fbi s wilmington office and the biden criminal division. here s a bit from the opening statement not mincing words, quote: prosecutors did not follow the ordinary process. slow-walked the investigation and put in place unnecessary approvals and road blocks from effectively and fixturesly investigating the case. otherwise, perfectly fine. here s from the opening statement from irs whistleblower gary shapely, a supervisor testifi
as to what they are talking about. this goes down to the bottom line is that hunter biden is the bag man for joe biden. they both became very wealthy because of their government connections and because of joe biden s public service. i have think it raises tons of questions. merrick garland needs to answer the simply questions as to why those felony tax charges were not brought before the statute of limitations required. that s a fundamental question we need to understand or it does look like a two tiered system of justice. gillian: the wall street journal is talking about david weiss. they say in a friday letter to house republicans he count provide specific information about the hunter biden case. his refusal to contradict the whistleblowers enhances their credibility. do you see it that way? i do.