IRS agent claims retaliation over whistleblowing

(NewsNation) — An IRS agent claims that he and his entire team have been removed from an investigation regarding Hunter Biden, in what the agent's lawyers say is a violation of whistleblower protection laws.

The criminal supervisory special agent was leading a team investigating the possibility that Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was engaging in tax fraud. Lawyers for the agent sent the letter to the House Ways and Means Committee in Congress, asking for their attention to the matter.

Whistleblowers are protected under law, and the letter called attention to April testimony from IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, where he stated no employees would face retaliatory action for contacting a whistleblower hotline.

Previously, lawye...