IRS whistleblowers allege Bidens took more than $17 million from foreign sources

IRS whistleblower Special Agent Joseph Ziegler, formerly known as “Mr. X,” revealed a slew of foreign payments to the Biden family and its business partners totaling more than $17 million between 2014-2019 as part of a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Those payments include $7.3 million paid by Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, $3.1 million from a Romanian entity, $3 million sent to a Robinson Walker LLC from state energy company HK limited, $3.7 million from Hudson West 3.

Congressional representatives from both parties asked Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Ziegler who worked on the Hunter Biden investigation, during a House Oversight Committee hearing.

The two IRS whistleblowers alleged the Justice Dept. interfered with the investigation and hampered the likelihood of the probe resulting in felony charges against Hunter, who instead received a plea deal for misdemeanor tax violations earlier this year.

This violated agency policy, according to Ziegler who made clear that when there are multiple level charges such as a felony and misdemeanor, the misdemeanor is supposed to be dropped instead of the felony, and not the other way around.

But that was not the way prosecutors handled Hunter Biden’s plea.

Before to the hearing, Ziegler's identity was a mystery, and he was only known as Mr. X.

He had previously given closed door testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee as a way to confirm separate claims of his supervisory agent, who previously came forward.

During the hearing. Ziegler revealed foreign transactions funneled to the Biden family, and their business associates from China, Romania, Ukraine.

Chairman Comer explained his committee's investigations into the Biden family and how the first family purportedly used shell corporations for business operations.

The Oversight Committee has reviewed a form FD-1023 the FBI obtained, which has confidential human source information related to an alleged bribery scheme involving Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

That document purports that Hunter Biden was retained by a senior Burisma executive to serve on the board. Soon thereafter, the first son and another Biden were paid millions to purportedly close an investigation by then-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.

The story alleges then-Vice President Biden pressured then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko he would withhold U.S. funds to the country unless he removed the top prosecutor.

“Neither Shapley nor Ziegler ever reviewed the FD-1023, though they admitted its information would have been helpful. Notably, both noted that charges related to the 2014 tax year had passed the statute of limitations,” reported John Solomon’s Just the News, which published an extensive report on the hearings.

“Part of their claims contend that the Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., declined to partner with the federal prosecutors and stopped those charges from being brought.”

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who serves as the committee’s ranking member repeatedly referenced Weiss as former President Donald Trump's “hand-picked” prosecutor.

Just the News pointed out that while the Delaware U.S. Attorney was appointed by the Trump administration, it “did so with the approval of the two Democratic Senators from the state, in accordance with Senate practice.”