Biden whistleblowers have already debunked core of GOP's claims: Raskin

A pair of whistleblowers that House Republicans intend to testify against President Joe Biden and his family have serious credibility issues and have already “undermined this Republican narrative in their depositions,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated in a memo to colleagues, reportedThe New Republic on Wednesday.

The two people, an IRS agent named Gary Shapley and a person identified only as "Mr. X," have alleged that the Justice Department interfered in the tax investigation against Hunter Biden. But according to the memo, their own writings contradict this idea.

“'Both witnesses acknowledged it is very common for agents, supervisors, and prosecutors to disagree about investigative steps and charging decisions,' Raskin said in the memo, which was sent late Tuesday and obtained by The New Republic."

"Shapley previously testified that such disagreements happened with '90-plus percent' of his work. Meanwhile, Mr. X said that even his direct supervisors disagreed with his conclusion about the strength of the case against Hunter Biden."

All of this suggests that what these two people claimed was a conspiracy from the top to quash investigations into the president's son, was actually just day-to-day ordinary debate about how to go about the investigation or whether there was enough evidence.

This comes after Delaware District Attorney David Weiss, a Trump appointee who ultimately brokered a plea deal with Hunter Biden over tax and firearm offenses, contradicted Shapley's account and said there was no pressure against him to move forward with the investigation or charges.

The House GOP's production of whistleblowers in a number of investigations against Biden has been plagued with credibility issues. Gal Luft, a whistleblower in a separate House Oversight probe into discredited claims the Bidens profited off their name in overseas deals, was recently revealed to have been under indictment for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran — and that the charges were filed months before Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) called him "credible."