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WASHINGTON — When Gary Shapley, a longtime IRS investigator, wanted to air his accusations that the federal government had mishandled the tax investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, the information he had was so sensitive he couldn’t even provide it to his own lawyer without potentially committing a felony. So through his attorney, he approached Empower Oversight, a small group mostly composed of Republican lawyers with deep experience in Capitol Hill investigations — including year

Empower Oversight, a group of lawyers including former aides to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, is part of a constellation of groups facilitating G.O.P. investigations in Congress.

G.O.P. leaders have talked tough about investigating the New York prosecutor bringing charges against the former president, but behind the scenes, they are weighing how to move ahead.