FBI and IRS officials subpoenaed to testify on political interference in Hunter Biden tax crimes investigation: Republicans ramp up probe after accusing Biden DOJ of 'stonewalling'

FBI and IRS agents are being compelled to testify before Congress as Republicans work to expose political interference in the Hunter Biden criminal tax probe.

GOP chairmen Jim Jordan and Jason Smith say four agents have knowledge of an October 7, 2022 meeting where David Weiss - the top prosecutor in the Hunter case - allegedly said 'he is not the deciding person on whether charges are filed.' 

IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley made the bombshell claim, saying he raised concerns during that meeting and then two weeks later was shut out entirely from working on the case in an act of retribution. 

Shapley claimed that during the October 2022 meeting, Weiss said he had been blocked by Biden appointees in Washington, D.C., and California from bringing charges against Hunter. 

But in a July letter, Weiss insisted he had 'never been denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction.' 

FBI and IRS agents who were involved in a meeting with now-special counsel David Weiss when he allegedly claimed he was prevented from bringing charges against Hunter Biden for tax crimes have now been hit with subpoenas

Chairs Jim Jordan and Jason Smith said they believe the individuals have knowledge of an October 7, 2022 meeting where Weiss, a U.S. attorney in Delaware, allegedly said 'he is not the deciding person on whether charges are filed'

Attorney General Merrick Garland has vigorously denied that the Hunter Biden investigation faced any outside influence and insisted that Weiss, a Trump appointee, had ultimate charging authority. 

Weiss has since been appointed special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation, which gives him authority to file charges in any jurisdiction without permission of the U.S. attorney in that district. 

Weiss was nominated to the Delaware district attorney's office in 2018 by Trump and left in place by the Biden administration to avoid a conflict of interest. 

The Hunter Biden investigation by that office began in 2018 and culminated in two tax fraud charges and a gun charge - and a now-defunct plea deal that blew up when Hunter was informed he could still be charged for other crimes in the future. 

The Hunter Biden case could now be headed to trial as House Republicans press forward with their own investigations both of the Biden family business deals and of the Department of Justice's handling of the Hunter Biden criminal probe. 

Jordan has requested to speak with 11 officials at the DOJ and FBI he believes might have information on the matter. 

The Republican-led House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees subpoenaed Michael Batdorf, IRS Director of Field Operations, Darrell Waldon, IRS special agent in charge, Thomas Sobocinski, FBI Special Agent in Charge and Ryeshia Holley, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge to come in for testimony on September 7-11.