IRS whistleblower speaks out on Biden case
IRS whistleblower says he was told not to pursue steps involving President Biden 04:13
Just two days after being named interim IRS commissioner, Gary Shapley is out of the job, CBS News has confirmed.
His roughly 48 hours heading the agency where he’s spent most of his career was marked by an internal struggle involving billionaire Elon Musk, who backed Shapley taking the job, according to two sources familiar with the dispute.
Shapley is expected to continue serving as an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the sources said.
Shapley, a former supervisor at the agency, became famous after speaking out about alleged political influence in the Hunter Biden tax investigation. Shapley was a supervisory special agent in his 14th year at the IRS when he came forward in a 2023 interview with CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod. He alleged internal misgivings about improper pressure to go easy on former President Joe Biden’s son.
Graham KatesGraham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at [email protected] or [email protected]
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