
The IRS said it does not comment on pending litigation. Ziegler’s attorney said the lawsuit is an effort to “distract from the ever-growing evidence that supports the testimony of the two IRS whistleblowers.” Shapley’s attorneys called the lawsuit a “frivolous smear” and said the agents only discussed information allowed under the statute. During the interview, Shapley alleged that Biden took certain personal expenses as business expenses, including “prostitutes, sex club memberships, hotel rooms for purported drug dealers,” and that Biden owed $2.2 million in unpaid taxes, the lawsuit alleges. Specifically, Hunter Biden’s attorneys point to details Shapley shared in an interview with CBS News that aired in late June. Biden’s confidential tax return information that were not previously included in their transcripts before the Committee on Ways and Means.” “And finally, since their public testimony before the House of Representatives on July 19, 2023, the agents have become regular guests on national media outlets and have made new allegations and public statements regarding Mr. Ziegler’s testimony only emboldened their media campaign against Mr. “Despite clear warnings from Congress that they were prohibited from disclosing the contents of their testimony to the public in another forum, Mr. It’s being filed amid a swirl of other legal issues facing Hunter Biden, who was indicted by special counsel David Weiss on three felony gun charges last week and is potentially facing additional tax charges by Weiss.
