Whistleblower reveals CIA briefing led to halting investigation into Hunter Biden’s lawyer in Hollywood

The CIA gave a briefing to the Department of Justice in the summer of 2021 that prompted the department to shut down any pursuit of Hunter Biden’s lawyer and friend Kevin Morris, according to an affidavit published by Congress on Wednesday.

Whistleblower Gary Shapley, a senior IRS investigator, wrote in the affidavit that while he was working on the DOJ’s broader inquiry into Biden, he was unexpectedly told by a prosecutor that he could not use Morris as a witness.

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, a Delaware-based prosecutor who was heavily involved in the Biden investigation, gave the instruction to Shapley after she had been “summoned” to the CIA headquarters in Virginia to receive the briefing, Shapley said.

“AUSA Wolf stated that they were provided a classified briefing in relation to Mr. Morris and as a result we could no longer pursue him as a witness,” Shapley wrote.

Shapley said he repeatedly requested more information from Wolf but that he was stonewalled.

“It is possible that this was simply another roadblock placed in front of investigators to continue to deny investigators access to all relevant information,” Shapley wrote.

He noted that to this day, he is unaware of how the CIA knew to talk to Wolf about Morris and what was discussed at the briefing that led Wolf to issue her directive.

Morris, a Hollywood entertainment lawyer, became a financial savior to Biden when the first son was drowning in years’ worth of unpaid tax bills in 2020, according to an indictment against Biden and testimony Morris gave to Congress in January.

Biden was charged last year by the DOJ with several tax felonies and misdemeanors, and the indictment stated that a “personal friend” — details in the indictment corroborate that the friend is Morris — paid off $1.2 million in bills for Biden in 2020.

In a letter to Congress, Morris also said he set up several loans for Biden beginning in October 2021. The loans totaled $6.5 million and stipulated that Biden must begin paying them off by October 2025, according to the letter.

An attorney for Morris did not respond to a request for comment. The CIA did not respond to a request for comment.

Shapley’s affidavit revealing the CIA’s interest in Morris came as part of a document dump by the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.

Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) said in a statement that the documents showed Biden lied under oath when he appeared before Congress for a deposition in February. Smith called for the DOJ to add perjury to its list of charges to consider as it investigates and prosecutes Biden for tax charges and charges related to a 2018 gun purchase.

Biden, for example, said in the deposition that he was “high or drunk” when he sent a WhatsApp message to a Chinese energy executive pressuring the executive to pay him while leveraging his father, President Joe Biden. Hunter Biden testified that he actually sent the now-viral message to the “wrong Zhao” and that Zhao had no idea what the first son was talking about.

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But the committee’s documents show the WhatsApp number clearly belonged to the Zhao associated with the energy company and that Hunter Biden’s testimony about the threatening message was misleading.

“The Zhao that this is sent to is not the Zhao connected to [Chinese energy company] CEFC,” Hunter Biden had said during the deposition.