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Excerpt from thefederalist.com
Late Friday, IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and IRS Special Agent Joseph Ziegler filed a motion to intervene in Hunter Biden’s pending civil case against the IRS, simultaneously also filing a motion to dismiss Hunter’s lawsuit. The move is bold — possibly the first of its kind — but intervention may be the only way the whistleblowers can ensure the Biden administration’s Department of Justice doesn’t throw the case, to the detriment of Shapley and Ziegler.
In mid-September 2023, following months of bad press, Hunter Biden’s legal team went on the offensive, filing a two-count civil lawsuit against the IRS. While the IRS is the named defendant in the case, the complaint focuses on the conduct of Shapley and Ziegler, seeking to hold the IRS liable for the duo allegedly unlawfully disclosing Hunter Biden’s tax returns and return information. Hunter’s lawsuit further claims the IRS violated the Privacy Act by failing to ensure the security and confidentiality of the records.
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