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IRS Lashes Out at Whistleblower in Hunter Biden Case After Catherine Herridge Interview
When does a government bureaucracy move quickly? When it's threatened by a whistleblower, among other things. IRS-CI Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley, one of the two whistleblowers in the Hunter Biden tax evasion case, had already experienced the speed with which his agency could move in retaliation, but was reminded of it once again when he received a "be demoted or resign" letter less than an hour after his latest interview with journalist Catherine Herridge dropped.
Tristan Leavitt of Empowr Oversight, which represents Shapley and Ziegler, shared the letter, which was dated October 15 (emphasis added):
Less than an hour after @C__Herridge posted this story yesterday about the retaliation against the IRS whistleblowers, the IRS sent SSA Shapley this notice telling him he had 15 days to choose whether to be demoted or to resign. (Apparently they were sitting on it for two weeks before the story.)
@US_OSC should issue an immediate stay while they conduct their investigation into the 4 promotions SSA Shapley has been passed over for since he blew the whistle, and provide a briefing to Congress on what they have done to date. It's been 17 months since we filed with OSC about the first promotion the IRS passed over SSA Shapley for, and OSC has yet to issue any findings.
As Hunter Biden's lawsuit against the IRS progresses, the IRS will no doubt also use that against SSA Shapley and SA Ziegler. They meticulously followed the law when they came forward. Please help @EMPOWR_us fight the false allegations from Hunter Biden and Abbe Lowell by donating at http://DefendWhistleblowers.com.
It's clear that there has been some type of retaliation occurring given that Shapley's been passed over for four promotions, yet his supervisor is ready to demote him without a full investigation into the retaliation allegations. All while there's no investigation into suspected Pentagon leaker Ariane Tabatabai (if you believe Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin) and she gets a promotion. Simply amazing.
Commentary:
So much for those supposed Whistleblower Protection Laws...
Here's a blatant fact of Federal Agency retaliation against a whistleblower...
If it hasn’t happened already, the IRS is sure to utter those last resort words of a scoundrelous employer: “disgruntled employee.”
What should be done is, fire the appointed DEI-IRS bureaucrat who issued the letter and then prosecute him/her for abusing their authority and discrimination of the whistleblower’s civil rights.
Perhaps the IRS may have to do a re-check after January 2025. They will not be hiring those new IRS agents nor the increase in funds and may lose many of those DEI hires.
