Republican lawmakers on key House committees have amassed a great deal of evidence about the weaponization of government and on President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, but now are finding themselves having more information than can be fully presented in a way the public can absorb it.
The information includes not only the hundreds of pages in special counsel John Durham's report, but also transcripts of interviews with IRS whistleblowers about their efforts to investigate Hunter Biden being thwarted, and documentation concerning allegations that the president was involved in a pay-to-play bribery scheme and more, reported the Washington Examiner.
In addition to the items involving the Bidens, there is also information to present including the FBI's plans to infiltrate Catholic parishes and the Justice Department's aggressive prosecution of former President Donald Trump, including the felony indictments he faces in connection with the documents investigation by special counsel Jack Smith.
"I think what they need to do is just focus on the substance of the investigation, narrow it, and then make sure every investigation goes back to Joe Biden," a former senior congressional aide involved in oversight told the Examiner. "They've got a lot of different angles."
The former aide added that if he were making the decisions, "the most potent angle right now that I would focus on is the stuff that [House Oversight Committee Chair James] Comer and [Sen. Chuck] Grassley uncovered."
Three House committee chairs last week sent a letter to the Biden administration seeking testimony from a dozen officials from the IRS, Justice Department, and Secret Service concerning allegations that a U.S. attorney in Delaware had been denied permission to charge Hunter Biden in districts overseen by Biden appointees, adding even more challenges to getting out the message to the public.
Adding to the challenge in messaging, the list of key players continues to grow, the Examiner noted:
- Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who denies whistleblower claims that he was blocked from charging Hunter Biden in the IRS tax evasion investigation
- Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie Wolf, who whistleblowers said obstructed the Hunter Biden investigation
- FBI agents Tom Socinski and Ryeshia Holley, who the IRS whistleblowers said attended a meeting where Weiss said Biden appointees blocked him from charging the president's son
- California U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada and Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, who whistleblowers said blocked Weiss
- Gary Shapley, an IRS agent and whistleblower who reported allegations of political interference
- Steven D'Antuono, a former FBI agent who told the House Judiciary Committee that the DOJ had overridden FBI agents in the Trump documents case
- Ukrainian energy executive Mykola Zlochevsky, who was involved in the alleged Biden bribery scheme
- Henry Zhao, a Chinese businessman who Hunter Biden allegedly threatened, according to a message revealed by Shapley
The current investigations are nothing like other matters, such as in 2013 and 2014, when the IRS was accused of discriminating against conservative groups.
Bu in recent weeks, more GOP lawmakers are focused on fighting back against what they call a "two-tiered system of justice," including with a deal that allowed Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax evasion charges.
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Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics.
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