Jordan: DOJ allowed Hunter Biden’s alleged 2014-15 tax crimes to slide for obvious reasons
Jordan: It’s Clear Why DOJ Let Hunter Biden’s Alleged 2014-15 Tax Crimes Go
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan asserted on Thursday that the Department of Justice deliberately allowed Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes from 2014 and 2015 to go unpunished in order to protect his father, President Joe Biden.
In an interview on Fox News, the Ohio Republican made his case ahead of the closed-door testimony of former U.S. attorney Lesley Wolf, who played a role in the decision. According to Fox News, Wolf recently resigned after IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley testified this summer that she restricted questioning related to Biden and any references to him as “dad” or “the big guy.”
Jordan expressed his curiosity about why the investigation allowed the statute of limitations to expire for the tax years 2014 and 2015, when the majority of Burisma income was flowing into Hunter Biden’s accounts.
Hunter Biden secured a lucrative position with Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings, earning $1 million per year starting in 2014, while his father served as vice president and oversaw Ukraine policy under the Obama administration.
Jordan argued that investigating Burisma would ultimately lead to the White House, emphasizing the need to uncover potential financial benefits received by the Biden family. He highlighted the actions of U.S. attorney David Weiss and Lesley Wolf, accusing them of attempting to cover up and conceal the truth.
Four Fundamental Facts
Jordan outlined what he called “four fundamental facts” regarding the Bidens and Burisma:
- Hunter Biden joined Burisma’s board in 2014.
- He lacked the qualifications for the position.
- Burisma executives asked him to intervene in December 2015 to alleviate pressure from Ukrainian government prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was investigating corruption within the company.
- Shortly after, Joe Biden traveled to Ukraine and demanded the firing of prosecutor Shokin or else the country would lose $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees.
During a trip to Kyiv in March 2016, Biden proudly recounted his role in getting the prosecutor fired, stating, “Well, son of a b****, he got fired.”
Jordan emphasized that these four facts make it abundantly clear that there were questionable actions taken by Joe and Hunter Biden. He also mentioned that IRS whistleblowers Shapley and Joseph Ziegler believed Hunter Biden should have been charged for tax crimes in 2014 and 2015, but the DOJ chose not to pursue those charges. However, this month, the DOJ indicted Hunter Biden for not paying at least $1.4 million in federal taxes owed between 2016 and 2019.
According to the New York Post, Burisma reduced Hunter Biden’s board pay by more than half just two months after Joe Biden left the vice presidency in January 2017. Hunter Biden resigned from the Burisma board in April 2019, the same month his father announced his presidential campaign.
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