and do this to say i ve been on vacation with you, and you are fun. emily. like an adult only resort, if you want to be a place everyone else is doing the same thing, you find others on the phone distracting, go ahead. i m going on vacation for a little while, i ll miss you guys, and i ll have my phone but put i on music. anyway, america reports now. john: all right, have a great vacation, i m right behind you. awaiting a briefing of karine jean-pierre and john kirby in the wake of stunning whistleblower testimony alleging interference at every step of the hunter biden tax probe. good friday afternoon to you. we made it, good to see you, i m aishah hasnie in for sandra
whistle-blowers told congress about the hunter biden investigation that led to the plea deal. accusations that there was special treatment around this case, that it was on the back burner, that it was slow-walked and that there were conflicts of interest. justice department david spunt reporting live from the department of justice. hi, david. good afternoon. hundreds of pages of transcripts released in the last few hours done by whistle-blowers that worked at the irs. irs agents investigating the hunter biden tax probe. that probe ended two days ago. now the transcripts are being released and have interesting information. gary shapley gave testimony for about six hours behind closed doors in may. he said the department of justice where i am now walked the investigation, slow walked the investigation and made his job difficult. we re seeing what he said in his testimony and now relates to
quote, high-level case that sources say is related to hunter biden. david, what might be happening behind the closed doors today? he s been with the irs for 14 years, behind the closed doors, as you say, for several hours. he s meeting with staff members on the house ways and means committee, because we re talking about an irs investigation. no members are there, i m told, by a source, because this is the friday before memorial day, but their staffs are there. he wanted to meet with members of the senate from the senate side, but there s nobody from the senate side there today, however in this meeting with staff members he s talking to both republicans and democrats. they have even time, important to note. now we could know that he will only call it a high-profile investigation, but multiple sources say it s clearly the hunter biden tax probe underway since 2018. he started on the team, john, in 2020. he says when he spoke up about
be the hunter biden tax probe. gary half lee, 14 year veteran of the irs revealed his identity in an interview. a congressman is here on what democrats are saying about the latest revelations. we begin with david punt at the justice department. before we get to that, you have breaking news for us. that s right. following several stories on the justice beat. the first seditious conspiracy sentence has now been handed down from the attack on the capitol, january 6, 2021. that s for stewart rhodes, leader of the oath keepers. we can confirm he was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison. this came down just moments ago from federal judge meta. i want to read notes from producer jay gibson who was in the courthouse. according to the judge, he told stewart rhodes you celebrated it, meaning january 6th, you thought it was a good thing. your only regret is you
experiencing the same thing without appropriate help. todd: they added adams does not know their community and should focus on their city. and a second whistleblower coming 23rd in the hunter biden tax probe. ashley: cheryl casone has those stories and more next.