IRS Whistleblowers File Defamation Lawsuit Against Hunter Biden’s Lawyer

On Friday, two whistleblowers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) filed a lawsuit against Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, for defamation.

As reported by the Daily Caller, the lawsuit was fired by whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who first came forward with claims that the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) was giving preferential treatment to the president’s son during the investigation into his tax crimes.

In the new lawsuit, the whistleblowers allege that Lowell caused “incredible and malicious harm” by making numerous defamatory statements. The plaintiffs are seeking a total of $20 million in damages, with $10 million for each of them.

“It is particularly ironic and damaging that a well-known attorney like Lowell — in his words, ‘one of the country’s foremost white collar defense and trial lawyers’ that is ‘widely viewed as counsel of choice for individuals facing government investigations and potential indictments’— has chosen to falsely accuse these special agents of criminal behavior,” the lawsuit states.

“Lowell’s stature and credibility in the legal community have amplified the harm caused by his defamatory statements,” the complaint continues. “Lowell’s malicious and false allegations, including accusations that Shapley and Ziegler ‘committed felonies’ and ‘violated the law,’ were published to third parties, including the media, and have severely harmed their professional and personal reputations.”

The whistleblowers specifically claim that Lowell committed defamation by alleging that they were in violation of grand jury secrecy rules, as well as taxpayer protection laws. These comments were subsequently promoted by the mainstream media, further exacerbating the defamation.

Among their most explosive claims when they first came out was that the Biden presidential transition team was warned ahead of time of DOJ plans to interview Hunter Biden, as well as the Biden-Harris DOJ refusing to grant expanded charging powers to U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who oversaw the tax investigation.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Although he initially remained defiant after the tax charges were subsequently filed, Hunter Biden eventually pleaded guilty to all of the charges on September 5th. He has been charged with three felony counts, including one count of tax evasion and two counts of filing false returns, as well as six misdemeanor charges.