IRS Whistleblowers Hit Hunter Biden’s Attorney With Major Defamation Lawsuit

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler filed a massive defamation lawsuit against Hunter Biden’s attorney on Friday.

Shapley and Ziegler, both IRS agents, alleged to Congress that officials in President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) gave Hunter Biden preferential treatment during an investigation into his taxes and overseas business dealings in testimony delivered in May and June 2023. The two IRS whistleblowers, who also provided other information about Hunter Biden’s business affairs and laptop, are now suing Abbe Lowell — the first son’s attorney — in federal court, seeking a combined $20 million in damages for allegedly defamatory statements that caused “incredible and malicious harm.”