A whistleblower has accused the CIA of impeding the tax fraud investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden by intervening to block an interview of a witness by other federal agencies.
The CIA allegedly meddled in the investigation into Mr. Biden in August 2021 by preventing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the IRS from interviewing Kevin Morris, an associate of Mr. Biden’s, according to the unidentified whistleblower, per House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).
A CIA spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that the agency would not comment on specific investigations but that, as a matter of principle, it doesn’t interfere in investigations.
‘Preferential Treatment’
Following a five-year probe, Mr. Biden was indicted in December 2023 on nine tax-related charges—three felony and six misdemeanor tax offenses—for failing to pay roughly $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.
Court documents indicate that Mr. Biden’s alleged actions involved an intentional effort to avoid paying taxes, including subverting his own company’s payroll and tax withholding process by withdrawing millions outside of established procedures.
Now another whistleblower has come forward, this time alleging that the CIA intervened in the investigation to prevent the DOJ and IRS from interviewing Mr. Morris, a Hollywood lawyer and Mr. Biden’s benefactor.
“It is unknown why or on what basis the CIA allegedly intervened to prevent investigators from interviewing Mr. Morris,” Mr. Jordan and Mr. Comer wrote in the letter to the CIA chief.
“However, these allegations track with other evidence showing how the DOJ deviated from its standard investigative practices during the investigation of Hunter Biden,” they wrote. They also demanded that the CIA provide documents and information that could shed light on the whistleblower’s allegations.
‘Deviations From Standard Process’
As part of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, the two committees have been investigating whether the president abused his power to impede investigations or the prosecution of his son.“When a federal judge rejected the Department’s attempt to push through a sweetheart plea deal and quietly end the five-year investigation of Hunter Biden, Attorney General Garland appointed Weiss as special counsel and refused to answer questions about the case on the basis of the existence of an ‘ongoing investigation,’” the 78-page report by the two committees reads.
“Using the ‘ongoing investigation’ as a veil to shield its misconduct, the Biden Justice Department unilaterally limited the scope of witness testimony and document productions to Congress, severely curtailing the Committees’ ability to gather information.”
Another way that DOJ officials allegedly stymied the investigation was by restricting the investigative steps that investigators could take, tipping off Mr. Biden’s attorneys, and preventing witness interviews.
“The information we recently received from the whistleblower seems to corroborate our concerns about DOJ’s deviations from standard process to provide Hunter Biden with preferential treatment,” the two committee chairs wrote in the March 21 letter to the CIA chief.
The whistleblower told Mr. Comer and Mr. Jordan that, in August 2021, when IRS investigators were preparing to interview Mr. Morris, the CIA intervened to block the interview.
“Two DOJ officials were allegedly summoned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, for a briefing regarding Mr. Morris. At that meeting, it was communicated that Mr. Morris could not be a witness during the investigation,” their letter states.
Noting that it remains unclear why the CIA allegedly intervened to block the witness interview, the two committee chairs have requested all documents and communications from the agency in regard to DOJ and IRS investigations into Mr. Biden.
Probe Into Hunter Biden’s Links to Kevin Morris
In mid-2022, when the investigation into Mr. Biden’s tax affairs was still in progress, Mr. Comer launched a probe into what he described as Mr. Morris’s “sudden patronage” of the president’s son.Mr. Comer, then a ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said at the time that he was investigating Mr. Biden’s domestic and foreign business dealings to determine if they compromised U.S. national security and undermined President Biden’s ability to lead the country “with impartiality.”
Mr. Comer wrote in a letter to Mr. Morris in June 2022, “Your sudden patronage of the President’s son, enormous financial contributions to President Biden, and outsized role you are taking in defending against both congressional and criminal investigations raise serious concerns about whether you are providing in-kind contributions to President Biden’s re-election efforts.”
The Republican lawmaker noted that Mr. Morris funded a documentary about Mr. Biden’s life, which the lawmaker said serves to “deflect oversight of Hunter Biden’s numerous foreign business dealings” and “shield President Biden from becoming implicated in them.”
In addition, Mr. Comer said that Mr. Morris “convened a team of 30 lawyers and investigators” to discredit the allegations against Mr. Biden and thereby protect the president.
Mr. Comer and other Republicans have accused the president’s son of leveraging his family name for profit, peddling influence, and effectively selling access to his father while he was vice president.
