explosive information, potentially about mishandling in the hunter biden investigation and in a new statement, the white house says president biden has made clear that this matter would be handled independently by the justice department. he has upheld that commitment. cnn s paula reed is here now with details for us. okay, what can you tell us? paula about this whistleblower and also about the information? shin that they claim to have so in this letter to lawmakers, this person is described as someone who supervised the investigation into hunter biden. we know the president s son has been under investigations. it s about 2018 . we know from our reporting that they have considered bringing charges that include tax crimes and even a possible false statements charge related to a gun purchase, but no charges have been filed so far, and this person wants whistleblower protections so they can share what they know. with congress. now, they alleged that they not only have evidence that this ca